Curriculum Vitae

Since 01/04/2010
Ph.D Candidate at Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale).

Februar 2005 – Februar 2007
Chief librarian and assistant lecturer at the Institute for Ethnology at Leipzig University

September 2000 – Februar 2005
Staatsexamen (MA) History & Philosophy (Leipzig University)

September 1999 – September 2000
Social Anthropology & Afro-American culture at University of Havana (Cuba)

September 1993 – September 1995
Social Anthropology, Oriental Studies, German for foreigners (Leipzig University)

Field Research

2007 – 2010 (22 months)
Development and peace building in the Kenya-Uganda-Sudan-Ethiopia border region (wider Ateker cluster)
(alongside practical work)

02/2006 – 04/2006
Myth, religion & conflict in India (Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi)

09/1999 – 11/2002
Afro-Cuban religion (Cuba & Germany)