Academic Staff: University Professors

University Professors

• Thomas Bierschenk (Chair of Anthropology and Modern African Studies)
• Heike Drotbohm (Heisenberg Chair of Anthropology "African Diaspora and Transnationalism")
• Raimund Kastenholz (Chair of African Languages and Linguistics)  
• Matthias Krings (Chair of Anthropology and African Popular Culture)
• Carola Lentz (Chair of Anthropology)
• Nico Nassenstein (Juniorprofessur of African Languages and Linguistics)
• Markus Verne (Chair of Anthropology with a Focus on Aesthetics)

Honorary Professors and Adjunct Professors

• Helmut Asche
• Ute Röschenthaler

Retired Professors

• Gerhard Grohs †
• Ernst Wilhelm Müller †
• Ivo Strecker