Prof. Dr. em Thomas Bargatzky
Profile
Academic Career
Studies
From 1969 to 1971, Thomas Bargatzky studied Ethnology, Philosophy, and Prehistory and Early History at the University of Munich. He continued his studies at the University of Hamburg, focusing on Ethnology, Mesoamerican Studies, and Sociology, and in 1977 earned the degree of Dr. phil. with a dissertation entitled The Role of the Stranger in Cultural Change.
Professional Career
After holding various positions, Thomas Bargatzky worked from 1979 to 1990 as a Research Associate with teaching responsibilities at the Institute of Ethnology and African Studies of the University of Munich.
Following his habilitation and appointment as a Privatdozent (lecturer qualified to teach independently at university level) in 1988, he held the Chair of Ethnology at the University of Tübingen during the winter semester of 1988/89. Subsequently, he served for two semesters as a professor of ethnology at the South Asia Institute in Heidelberg.
In March 1998, he was a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Ethnology of the University of Vienna.
From 1990 until his retirement in October 2014, Thomas Bargatzky was Professor of Ethnology at the University of Bayreuth.
Academic Career
Studies
From 1969 to 1971, Thomas Bargatzky studied Ethnology, Philosophy, and Prehistory and Early History at the University of Munich. He continued his studies at the University of Hamburg, focusing on Ethnology, Mesoamerican Studies, and Sociology, and in 1977 earned the degree of Dr. phil. with a dissertation entitled The Role of the Stranger in Cultural Change.
Professional Career
After holding various positions, Thomas Bargatzky worked from 1979 to 1990 as a Research Associate with teaching responsibilities at the Institute of Ethnology and African Studies of the University of Munich.
Following his habilitation and appointment as a Privatdozent (lecturer qualified to teach independently at university level) in 1988, he held the Chair of Ethnology at the University of Tübingen during the winter semester of 1988/89. Subsequently, he served for two semesters as a professor of ethnology at the South Asia Institute in Heidelberg.
In March 1998, he was a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Ethnology of the University of Vienna.
From 1990 until his retirement in October 2014, Thomas Bargatzky was Professor of Ethnology at the University of Bayreuth.
Research
Three periods of anthropological fieldwork (1980/81, 1985, and 1995) took Thomas Bargatzky to Western Samoa in the South Pacific. His main areas of research include forms of political organization, the anthropology of religion, cultural theory, and the relationship between culture and the natural environment (cultural ecology). In addition to Polynesia, he is also interested in Indigenous cultural relations between Mexico and the territories of what is now the southern United States.
From October to November 1994, he was an Official Visitor at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. From 1999 to 2001, he was a member of the interdisciplinary research group “Transcultural Universals” at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) in Delmenhorst. From 2000 to 2002, together with Prof. Dr. Hermann Hiery, he headed the German Research Foundation (DFG)-funded research project “Transformation of Land Tenure on the Cook Islands” (with Arno Pascht as research associate), as well as the DFG-funded research project “The Land Divers of Pentecost” (with Thorolf Lipp as research associate).
Research
Three periods of anthropological fieldwork (1980/81, 1985, and 1995) took Thomas Bargatzky to Western Samoa in the South Pacific. His main areas of research include forms of political organization, the anthropology of religion, cultural theory, and the relationship between culture and the natural environment (cultural ecology). In addition to Polynesia, he is also interested in Indigenous cultural relations between Mexico and the territories of what is now the southern United States.
From October to November 1994, he was an Official Visitor at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. From 1999 to 2001, he was a member of the interdisciplinary research group “Transcultural Universals” at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) in Delmenhorst. From 2000 to 2002, together with Prof. Dr. Hermann Hiery, he headed the German Research Foundation (DFG)-funded research project “Transformation of Land Tenure on the Cook Islands” (with Arno Pascht as research associate), as well as the DFG-funded research project “The Land Divers of Pentecost” (with Thorolf Lipp as research associate).
Profile
Academic Career
Studies
From 1969 to 1971, Thomas Bargatzky studied Ethnology, Philosophy, and Prehistory and Early History at the University of Munich. He continued his studies at the University of Hamburg, focusing on Ethnology, Mesoamerican Studies, and Sociology, and in 1977 earned the degree of Dr. phil. with a dissertation entitled The Role of the Stranger in Cultural Change.
Professional Career
After holding various positions, Thomas Bargatzky worked from 1979 to 1990 as a Research Associate with teaching responsibilities at the Institute of Ethnology and African Studies of the University of Munich.
Following his habilitation and appointment as a Privatdozent (lecturer qualified to teach independently at university level) in 1988, he held the Chair of Ethnology at the University of Tübingen during the winter semester of 1988/89. Subsequently, he served for two semesters as a professor of ethnology at the South Asia Institute in Heidelberg.
In March 1998, he was a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Ethnology of the University of Vienna.
From 1990 until his retirement in October 2014, Thomas Bargatzky was Professor of Ethnology at the University of Bayreuth.
Research
Three periods of anthropological fieldwork (1980/81, 1985, and 1995) took Thomas Bargatzky to Western Samoa in the South Pacific. His main areas of research include forms of political organization, the anthropology of religion, cultural theory, and the relationship between culture and the natural environment (cultural ecology). In addition to Polynesia, he is also interested in Indigenous cultural relations between Mexico and the territories of what is now the southern United States.
From October to November 1994, he was an Official Visitor at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. From 1999 to 2001, he was a member of the interdisciplinary research group “Transcultural Universals” at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) in Delmenhorst. From 2000 to 2002, together with Prof. Dr. Hermann Hiery, he headed the German Research Foundation (DFG)-funded research project “Transformation of Land Tenure on the Cook Islands” (with Arno Pascht as research associate), as well as the DFG-funded research project “The Land Divers of Pentecost” (with Thorolf Lipp as research associate).