

30167 Hannover


Research areas
- Colonial past in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Legacies of slavery and cultures of remembrance
- Political concepts of representation and identity in postcolonial societies of the 20th century (especially Cuba and Indonesia)
- Poststructuralist theories in cultural anthropology and history
- Decolonizing education
Current Resarch Project
I am currently working on a transatlantic history of the emergence of Black Studies in Latin America as viewed through the work of African American anthropologist Ellen Irene Diggs. One of the first scholars to focus on African-derived culture in Latin America, Diggs was influenced by and in turn had an impact on her close collaborators W.E.B. Du Bois and Fernando Ortiz, Cuban anthropologist and founder of Afro-Cuban Studies, among others. Focussing on her writings from the 1930s-1950s, especially on those published in the journals Crisis and Phylon of which she was co-founder and editor, I aim to trace the intellectual exchanges which propelled a transatlantic circulation of ideas on issues of race in the African diaspora.
Conference participation and talks
Courses
Curriculum Vitae
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Academic education
2000 - Master of Arts in Cultural Anthropology, Art History and Gender Studies at Humboldt University and Free University, Berlin, Germany
1997-2000 - Graduate studies in Cultural Anthropology, Art History and Gender Studies at Humboldt University and Free University, Berlin, Germany
1996-1997 - Graduate studies in Cultural Anthropology, Art History and Gender Studies at University of Washington - Graduate College, Seattle, USA
1993-1996 - Undergraduate studies in Cultural Anthropology and Art History at Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany
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Memberships and posts
Since 2023 - Member of the Society for Caribbean Research
Since 2021 - Member of the Caribbean Philosophical Association
Since 2021 - Member of the general advisory board of the Braunschweigische Stiftung
Since 2019 - Member of the administrative committee and representative of the management committee of the COST action "European Forum for Advanced Practices" within the framework of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology of the EU funding line Horizon 2020
From 2018-2023 - Member of the board of trustees of the Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel, Germany
From 2017-2021 - Member of the administrative board of the State Theatre Braunschweig, Germany
Since 2006 - Member of the International Council of Museums