Team > Prof. Dr. Katharina Schramm

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Social and Cultural Anthropology

Scientifc career

Academic Positions

• since Oct. 2017: Professor for Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth
  
• Oct. 2015 - Sep. 2017: Professor (W2 temporary) at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin; Governance of Global Inequalities
• Apr. 2008 - Sep. 2015: Research associate at the Seminar for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, at the research group chaired by Richard Rottenburg, member of the LOST research group (Law, Organisation, Science and Technology)
  
• 2005 – 2015: Participation in the research colloquium Law, Organisation, Science and Technology (LOST) of Prof. Richard Rottenburg, participation in doctoral supervision (2011, 2014, 2015 provisional leadership)
• 2005 – 2008: Supervision of doctoral students among other duties in GSAA/SCM

Training

• Aug. 2005 - Mar. 2008: Post-doctoral fellow at the Graduate School Asia and Africa in World Reference Systems (currently: Societies and Cultures in Motion) at Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• 2003 - 2008: Various teaching positions (FU Berlin; MLU Halle-Wittenberg)
• 28/06/2004: Defence of doctoral thesis (summa cum laude). Topic: Struggling over the Past: The Politics of Heritage and Homecoming in Ghana
• 1998 - 2004: Doctorate with Ute Luig and Ayşe Çağlar (FU Berlin)
• 14 Oct. 1997: “Magister” degree (distinction). Topic: Dancing the Nation: Ghanaian cultural policy in the field of tension between nation and global challenge using the example of the Ghana Dance Ensemble
• 1991 - 1997: Studied social and cultural anthropology (Freie Universität Berlin) and African studies (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)

Academic administrative autonomy

• 2014 - 2015: Examination board of the Faculty of Philosophy I of MLU
• 2011 – 2015: Member of the interdepartmental research cluster Society and Culture in Motion: Diffusion - Experiment - Institution
• 2009 – 2014: Member of the Bologna Reform working group; draft of the bilingual Master's programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology with 45/75/120 LP
• 2009 – 2011: Member of the interfaculty SFB research initiative Translatio
• 2008 – 2015: Study Counselling for Magister and Master’s programmes at the Seminar for Social and Cultural Anthropology
• 2008 – 2013: Curriculum at the Seminar for Social and Cultural Anthropology

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Social and Cultural Anthropology

Working groups:

Anthropology of Global Inequalities

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Social and Cultural Anthropology

Publications

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Social and Cultural Anthropology

Prof. Dr. Katharina Schramm
Chair for Social and Cultural Anthropology

Building: GW II
Room: 00.17
Universitätsstraße 30
​D-95447 Bayreuth

Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4170
E-mail: katharina.schramm@uni-bayreuth.de
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