Curriculum Vitae

Education

2010
Habilitation (PD Dr. habil.) in Social/Cultural Anthropology, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Thesis: Performing the Divine.

1995-2000
Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) in Social/Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany
Thesis: Rites, Feasts and Politics in Northern Vietnam.

1981-1988
M.A. (Magister Artium) in Social/Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany
Thesis: Islamic Education for Girls in Indonesia.

1977–1981
Gymnasium (Upper Secondary School), Neubiberg and Ottobrunn, Germany

Employment

2010-
Head of Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany

2009-2010
Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany

2005-2009
Post-doctoral Research Fellow (funded by German Science Foundation, DFG), University of Freiburg, Germany

2004–2005
Post-doctoral Research Fellow (funded by German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD), University of Heidelberg, Germany

2001-2004
Director of Study Information Center (DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service), Hanoi University of Technology, Vietnam

1999–2001
Associate Lecturer, Southeast Asian Studies Program, University of Passau, Germany

1996–1998
Ph.D. Research Fellow (funded by FORAREA), University of Passau, Germany

1991-1994
Language Instructor, Department of German, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani, Thailand

1989-1991
Language Instructor, Department of German, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand

Service

2020-
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Martin-Luther- Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

2016-2023
Member of International Advisory Committee, SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia

2010-2020
Private Lecturer of Anthropology, Martin-Luther- Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

2010-
Review and evaluation of funding proposals for German Science Foundation (DFG), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation

Peer reviews for American Ethnologist, Anthropologica, Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, Asian Ethnology,Comparative Studies in Society and History, Development and Change, Gradhiva, Journal of the American Academy of Religion; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Society, Journal of Vietnamese Studies, Law and Society Review, Modern Asian Studies, Museum Anthropology, Pacific Affairs, Paideuma, PoLAR, Positions, Social Anthropology, Sojourn, South East Asia Research, Tropical Geography

Completed PhD supervision
Thao Vu
Floramante S.J. Ponce
Milana Cergic
Hoài Trần
Esther Horat
Lisa Barthelmes