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PD Dr. Katja Werthmann
Personal Profile
Current Position
Associate Professor, Department for Anthropology and African Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany |
Education
2004 |
Habilitation in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
1996 |
Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Free University Berlin |
1990 |
Magister Artium in European Cultural Anthropology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt/Main |
Professional experience
2002-present |
Associate Professor, Institut fuer Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
2003-2004 |
Substition for a full professorship, Institut fuer Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
1997-2001 |
Research Associate, Institut fuer Historische Ethnologie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main |
Other activities
2004-present |
Member of the executive committee, African Studies Association Germany (Verein fuer Afrikawissenschaften, VAD) |
2003-present |
Member of editoral board, Afrika Spectrum |
Organization of conferences and workshops
2008 |
Biannual conference of the African Studies Association Germany (Verein fuer Afrikawissenschaften, VAD), Freiburg (Germany) and Basel (Switzerland) |
2006 |
Biannual conference of the African Studies Association Germany (Verein fuer Afrikawissenschaften, VAD), Frankfurt/Main |
2005 |
Workshop „Vigilantes and militia: The problem of ‚legal self-help groups' in Africa“, Biannual Conference of the German Association of Anthropology (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Voelkerkunde, dgv), Halle |
2003 |
Workshop „ Mobilitaet und kulturelle Identitaet“ (Mobility and cultural identity) , Biannual Conference of the German Association of Anthropology (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Voelkerkunde, dgv), Hamburg |
2003 |
Workshop „Mining frontiers: social conflicts, property relations and cultural change in emerging boom regions“, Max Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle |
2002 |
Panel „Globalization, gold and blood diamonds: The supernatural and the macro-economic“, African Studies Association, 45th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. |
Fieldwork and stays abroad
2007 |
Five months in Burkina Faso |
2006 |
Three months in Burkina Faso |
2005 |
Three weeks in Cameroon |
2004 |
Three weeks in Burkina Faso |
1997-2001 |
12 months in Burkina Faso |
1992-1994 |
18 months in Kano, Nigeria |
1990 |
Two months Hausa language course in Nigeria |
1988 |
Two months Swahili language course in Kenia |
Since 1987 |
Travels in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe |