Africa
Dr. Hansjörg Dilger
Professor of Social Anthropology
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Landoltweg 9-11, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Anthropology of religion, especially Pentecostal churches and Islam in Africa
- Christian-Muslim relations
- Migration and religion
- Medical anthropology (in particular HIV / AIDS, international health policies, migration and health)
- Research on masculinity and kinship
- Anthropology of education and learning in East Africa
- Regional: Eastern and Southern Africa (especially Tanzania and South Africa)
- Context of migration
Dr. Philipp Krämer
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Institute of German and Dutch Languages and Literatures
Dutch Linguistics
Habelschwerdter Allee 45
Dipl.-Frankreichwissenschaftler, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Overseas France, Indian Ocean Islands, and the Caribbean
- Saarland, Lorraine, and Luxembourg
- France
- Belgium
- Scandinavia
- Creole languages, languages of the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean region
- Multilingualism and language policy
- Dialects, minority languages, regional languages
- Critique of language, linguistic purism, language ideology
- Racism
- Colonialism and postcolonial societies
Dr. Hannelore Kußerow
Privatdozent
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geographical Sciences
Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics
Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin
Homepage
Areas of Expertise
- Desertification in the Sahel region of Africa
- Focus on Mali, Niger, and Darfur/Sudan
- Strategies for combating desertification
- Resource protection
- Remote sensing
- Early recognition of crisis
- Security policy
Dr. Ute Luig
Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Teutonenstraße 24, 14129 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- HIV/AIDS
- Natural disasters
- Sacred landscapes
- Africa (especially East-Central and West Africa)
- Gender studies
- Rituals
Louisa Prause
Political Scientist
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
Junior Research Group: "Global Change - Local Conflcts?"
Boltzmannstraße 1, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Conflicts over land, mining, and resources
- Social movements in Africa
- Land grabbing
- Development cooperation
- Western Africa
Dr. Tobias Wendl
Professor of Art History
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Art History Institute
Art History of Africa
Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin
Phone (Office)
Areas of Expertise
- African art
- Art history of the African continent
- Masks and sculptures
- Visual culture
- Contemporary African art scene
Dr. Thomas Zitelmann
Privatdozent
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geographical Sciences
Centre for Development Studies (ZELF)
Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin
Homepage
Areas of Expertise
- Northeast Africa