Sharon Macdonald Awarded 2026 Warburg Professorship

We are thrilled to congratulate our MoA member Sharon Macdonald on being named the prestigious 2026 Warburg Professor by the Aby Warburg Foundation and the Warburg House. Sharon, an internationally renowned social anthropologist based at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, will spend her professorship living and working in Hamburg from mid-October to mid-December 2026. Alongside her research, she brings invaluable leadership to her roles as Director of the Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik (ZfK) and Founding Co-Director of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg | Centre for Advanced Study inherit. heritage in transformation. We wish her a highly inspiring and successful time in Hamburg!