Katharina Schramm
Professor for Social and Cultural Anthropology
Profil
Career
Since 10/2017
W3 Professorship for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Universität Bayreuth
10/2015 – 09/2017
Professor (temporary W2) at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, FU Berlin; Governance of Global Inequalities
04/2008 – 09/2015
Research associate at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Chair Richard Rottenburg, member of LOST-research group (Law, Organisation, Science and Technology)
08/2005 – 03/2008
PostDoc at the graduate school Asia and Africa in World Reference Systems (now: Societies and Cultures in Motion), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
2003 – 2008
Various teaching assignments (FU Berlin; MLU Halle-Wittenberg)
06/2004
Defense of PhD thesis (summa cum laude). Title: Struggling over the Past: The Politics of Heritage and Homecoming in Ghana
1998 – 2004
PhD under supervision of Ute Luig und Ayşe Çağlar (FU Berlin)
10/1997
Master’s degree (very good). Title: Dancing the Nation: Ghanaische Kulturpolitik im Spannungsfeld von Nation und globaler Herausforderung am Beispiel des Ghana Dance Ensemble
1991 – 1997
Studies in Anthropology (Free University Berlin) and African Studies (Humboldt University Berlin)
Service to the Discipline / Positions
Since 01/2026
PI and co-applicant of the „Africa Multiple: Towards Reconfiguring African Studies” Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth
Since 02/2024
Elected Member and Spokesperson of DFG review board 1.16 “Social and Cultural Anthropology, Non-European Cultures, Jewish Studies and Religious Studies”
Since 09/2023
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Since 10/2017
Committee work at the University of Bayreuth (appointment committees etc.)
Profil
Career
Since 10/2017
W3 Professorship for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Universität Bayreuth
10/2015 – 09/2017
Professor (temporary W2) at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, FU Berlin; Governance of Global Inequalities
04/2008 – 09/2015
Research associate at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Chair Richard Rottenburg, member of LOST-research group (Law, Organisation, Science and Technology)
08/2005 – 03/2008
PostDoc at the graduate school Asia and Africa in World Reference Systems (now: Societies and Cultures in Motion), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
2003 – 2008
Various teaching assignments (FU Berlin; MLU Halle-Wittenberg)
06/2004
Defense of PhD thesis (summa cum laude). Title: Struggling over the Past: The Politics of Heritage and Homecoming in Ghana
1998 – 2004
PhD under supervision of Ute Luig und Ayşe Çağlar (FU Berlin)
10/1997
Master’s degree (very good). Title: Dancing the Nation: Ghanaische Kulturpolitik im Spannungsfeld von Nation und globaler Herausforderung am Beispiel des Ghana Dance Ensemble
1991 – 1997
Studies in Anthropology (Free University Berlin) and African Studies (Humboldt University Berlin)
Service to the Discipline / Positions
Since 01/2026
PI and co-applicant of the „Africa Multiple: Towards Reconfiguring African Studies” Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth
Since 02/2024
Elected Member and Spokesperson of DFG review board 1.16 “Social and Cultural Anthropology, Non-European Cultures, Jewish Studies and Religious Studies”
Since 09/2023
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Since 10/2017
Committee work at the University of Bayreuth (appointment committees etc.)