Prof. Dr. em J.C. Winter
Profile
Academic Career
Studies
He studied Law from 1958 to 1965 in Cologne, Geneva, and Dar es Salaam. In 1970, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.) at the University of Cologne with a dissertation entitled:
Tort Liability in Hehe Law: An Attempt at the Codification and Developmental Analysis of an East African Customary Legal System Based on the Court Records (1931-1964) of the Native Local Courts.
Cologne, 1971.
From 1959 to 1966, he also studied African Studies at the University of Cologne. He completed his habilitation in 1978 with the thesis:
Self-Actualization in an African Society: Its Impact Upon the Development of Christianity Among the People of Old Moshi, Kilimanjaro, During the Period from 1870 to 1970.
(unpublished manuscript, 1978)
In addition, he studied Sociology and Ethnology in Cologne from 1963 to 1966.
From 1966 to 1969, he studied Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. He earned a B.Litt. in 1969 with the thesis:
Bruno Gutmann 1876-1966: A German Approach to Social Anthropology.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979.
Professional Career
He has served as Professor of Ethnology and Social Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth since 1979.
Prior to his appointment in Bayreuth, he worked as a Research Associate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Cologne. He was also a freelance collaborator in the Swahili Department of Deutsche Welle in Cologne and a freelance consultant for the German Foundation for International Development (Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung) in Bad Honnef.
Academic Career
Studies
He studied Law from 1958 to 1965 in Cologne, Geneva, and Dar es Salaam. In 1970, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.) at the University of Cologne with a dissertation entitled:
Tort Liability in Hehe Law: An Attempt at the Codification and Developmental Analysis of an East African Customary Legal System Based on the Court Records (1931-1964) of the Native Local Courts.
Cologne, 1971.
From 1959 to 1966, he also studied African Studies at the University of Cologne. He completed his habilitation in 1978 with the thesis:
Self-Actualization in an African Society: Its Impact Upon the Development of Christianity Among the People of Old Moshi, Kilimanjaro, During the Period from 1870 to 1970.
(unpublished manuscript, 1978)
In addition, he studied Sociology and Ethnology in Cologne from 1963 to 1966.
From 1966 to 1969, he studied Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. He earned a B.Litt. in 1969 with the thesis:
Bruno Gutmann 1876-1966: A German Approach to Social Anthropology.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979.
Professional Career
He has served as Professor of Ethnology and Social Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth since 1979.
Prior to his appointment in Bayreuth, he worked as a Research Associate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Cologne. He was also a freelance collaborator in the Swahili Department of Deutsche Welle in Cologne and a freelance consultant for the German Foundation for International Development (Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung) in Bad Honnef.
- Khoisan languages and cultures of southern Africa
- Bantu linguistics
- Legal anthropology
- Social anthropology
- Cognitive anthropology
- Language and culture
- Semantic field research (lexical field studies)
- Kinship and social organization
- Cross-cultural studies
- The Bantu migrations, examined from historical-comparative linguistic, prehistoric-archaeological, and anthropological perspectives
- The history of anthropological scholarship, particularly the tradition of cultural-historical anthropology.
Research Areas
From 1983 to 1997, Thomas Bargatzky conducted continuous field research on a residential basis in the Kilimanjaro region, as well as itinerant survey research in southern Kenya, western Uganda, and northeastern Tanzania within the framework of the Collaborative Research Centre (Sonderforschungsbereich) “Identity in Africa.” His research focused on the topic:
“Cultural Identity in the Vocabulary of Mochi (a Chagga dialect) and in the Semantic Field of Kinship Terminology in the Bantu Dialects of Northern East Africa.”
His additional research interests include:
Research Areas
From 1983 to 1997, Thomas Bargatzky conducted continuous field research on a residential basis in the Kilimanjaro region, as well as itinerant survey research in southern Kenya, western Uganda, and northeastern Tanzania within the framework of the Collaborative Research Centre (Sonderforschungsbereich) “Identity in Africa.” His research focused on the topic:
“Cultural Identity in the Vocabulary of Mochi (a Chagga dialect) and in the Semantic Field of Kinship Terminology in the Bantu Dialects of Northern East Africa.”
His additional research interests include:
- Khoisan languages and cultures of southern Africa
- Bantu linguistics
- Legal anthropology
- Social anthropology
- Cognitive anthropology
- Language and culture
- Semantic field research (lexical field studies)
- Kinship and social organization
- Cross-cultural studies
- The Bantu migrations, examined from historical-comparative linguistic, prehistoric-archaeological, and anthropological perspectives
- The history of anthropological scholarship, particularly the tradition of cultural-historical anthropology.
Profile
Academic Career
Studies
He studied Law from 1958 to 1965 in Cologne, Geneva, and Dar es Salaam. In 1970, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.) at the University of Cologne with a dissertation entitled:
Tort Liability in Hehe Law: An Attempt at the Codification and Developmental Analysis of an East African Customary Legal System Based on the Court Records (1931-1964) of the Native Local Courts.
Cologne, 1971.
From 1959 to 1966, he also studied African Studies at the University of Cologne. He completed his habilitation in 1978 with the thesis:
Self-Actualization in an African Society: Its Impact Upon the Development of Christianity Among the People of Old Moshi, Kilimanjaro, During the Period from 1870 to 1970.
(unpublished manuscript, 1978)
In addition, he studied Sociology and Ethnology in Cologne from 1963 to 1966.
From 1966 to 1969, he studied Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. He earned a B.Litt. in 1969 with the thesis:
Bruno Gutmann 1876-1966: A German Approach to Social Anthropology.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979.
Professional Career
He has served as Professor of Ethnology and Social Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth since 1979.
Prior to his appointment in Bayreuth, he worked as a Research Associate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Cologne. He was also a freelance collaborator in the Swahili Department of Deutsche Welle in Cologne and a freelance consultant for the German Foundation for International Development (Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung) in Bad Honnef.
Research Areas
From 1983 to 1997, Thomas Bargatzky conducted continuous field research on a residential basis in the Kilimanjaro region, as well as itinerant survey research in southern Kenya, western Uganda, and northeastern Tanzania within the framework of the Collaborative Research Centre (Sonderforschungsbereich) “Identity in Africa.” His research focused on the topic:
“Cultural Identity in the Vocabulary of Mochi (a Chagga dialect) and in the Semantic Field of Kinship Terminology in the Bantu Dialects of Northern East Africa.”
His additional research interests include:
- Khoisan languages and cultures of southern Africa
- Bantu linguistics
- Legal anthropology
- Social anthropology
- Cognitive anthropology
- Language and culture
- Semantic field research (lexical field studies)
- Kinship and social organization
- Cross-cultural studies
- The Bantu migrations, examined from historical-comparative linguistic, prehistoric-archaeological, and anthropological perspectives
- The history of anthropological scholarship, particularly the tradition of cultural-historical anthropology.