Events
Public events
24 November 2026 / 19:00-21:00
At the Heart of Power - Panel Discussion with Johannes Krause, Harald Meller, Kai Michel and Harald Ringbauer (in German)
Foyer, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig
Admission free!
Panel discussion on the new book by Harald Meller and Kai Michel:
At the Heart of Power. Germany's Dark Beginnings: An Archaeological Search for Clues
Spectacular archaeological discoveries and new DNA analyses are challenging our long-held assumptions about the early Middle Ages, revealing that the era which gave rise to Germany is not only fascinating, but also surprisingly relevant to the present day.
Permanent & temporary exhibitions
Our permanent exhibition is located in the entrance hall of the Institute and consists of five showcases. It invites visitors to learn about interdisciplinary research at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA). This exhibition is currently undergoing renovations.
In addition, MPI-EVA hosts temporary exhibitions. Artists from the region as well as institute staff members have shown mainly photographs and graphic design works.
- "City Countryside Sea" by Cornelia Warnicke / September 2026 through January 2027
- "Real. No AI." by Sonja Ascheron / May through August 2026
- "The aesthetic pleasure of data" by Sebastian Sosa / November 2025 through April 2026
https://s-sosa.com/ArtScience
- "The Haida Nation" by Karl Frost / March through October 2025
https://www.culturalvariant.org/the-haida-first-nation/
- "The Opposite of Gray" by Cornelia Bochmann-Hochmuth / October 2024 through February 2025
- "White" by Cornelia Starke / May through September 2024
- "Underwater Hunters" by Karl Frost / January through April 2024
https://www.culturalvariant.org/underwater-hunters-tonga-and-japan/