| 07/2017 Professor of Anthropology with specialization in aesthetics at the University of Mainz |
| 2015 – 2017 Substitute for professorships in Anthropology at the universities of Freiburg, Cologne, Bayreuth and Mainz |
| 06/2014 – 03/2017 Senior Lecturer [Akademischer Oberrat] at the Chair of Anthropology, University of Bayreuth |
| 01/2014 Habilitation in Anthropology, University of Bayreuth (title of professorial dissertation: Heavy Metal in Madagascar. Anthropology, Aesthetics, and Popular Music) |
| 11/2010 – 10/2012 “Experienced Research Scholar” as part of a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship (EU funding program CORDIS) at the Department of Ethnomusicology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA, 1st year) and at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth (2nd year) |
| 07/2006 – 50/2014 Temporary lecturer with tenure [Akademischer Rat] at the Chair of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth |
| 11/2005 Doctorate in Anthropology, University of Bayreuth (title of doctoral dissertation: Der Mangel an Mitteln. Konsum, Kultur und Knappheit in einem Hausadorf in Niger) |
| 07/2000 – 06/2006 Researcher in the research project “Lokaler Konsum im globalen Kontext. Konsum und Güterbeschaffung in drei westafrikanischen Gesellschaften” (Gerd Spittler, Hans Peter Hahn), sub-project of the SFB/FK 560 “Lokales Handeln in Afrika im Kontext globaler Einflüsse” (Univ. Bayreuth); doctorate in Nov. 2005 |
| 08/1999 – 03/ 2000 Researcher in the research project “Takt und Tabu. Selbst- und Fremdgestaltung in Deutschland” (Thomas Hauschild); sub-project of the SFB 511 Anthropology and Literature, University of Konstanz |
| 07/1999 Magister Artium, University of Tübingen (Titel der Magisterarbeit: Alltägliche Zauberei. Über Sinn und Symbolik magischen Handelns bei den Hausa in Niger) |
| 1991 – 1999 Studies in Anthropology, Philosophy, Psychology, Geography, Musicology and African Languages at the Universities of Tübingen and Mainz |
Publications at a glance
Prof. Dr. Markus Verne
Room 01-688
Forum universitatis 6
55099 Mainz
Tel.: 06131-3920526
E-Mail: mverne(at)uni-mainz.de
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