People

acc directors business meeting in Ouaga 2022

Dean and Spokesperson of the Cluster “Africa Multiple”

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann
Chair of Islamic Studies with Focus on Africa
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.04
Phone: +49 921 55-4593
E-Mail: ruediger.seesemann@uni-bayreuth.de

Deputy Spokesperson of the Cluster "Africa Multiple"

Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler
Chair of Romance and Comparative Literature
Vice Dean of Internationalisation and Public Engagement
Office: GW I Room 1.17
Phone:+49 (0)921/55-3567
E-Mail: ute.fendler@uni-bayreuth.de

Vice Deans

Vice Dean of Research

Prof. Dr. Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa
Vice Dean of Research
Office: Zapf Haus 2, Room: 2.1.05 Nürnberger Straße 38
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4781
E-mail: epistemologie@uni-bayreuth.de

Vice Dean of Internationalisation and Public Engagement

Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler
Chair of Romance and Comparative Literature
Spokesperson of the Cluster Proposal “Africa Multiple”
Vice Dean of Early Career & Equal Opportunity in the Cluster “Africa Multiple”
Vice-Director Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics“
Office: GW I Room 1.17
Phone:+49 (0)921/55-3567
E-Mail: ute.fendler@uni-bayreuth.de

Vice Dean of Early Career and Equal Opportunity

Prof. Dr. Andrea Behrends
Professor for Anthropology in Africa
Vice Dean of Early Career & Equal Opportunity
Dean of BIGSAS
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: GW II, Room: 00.16
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4106
E-Mail: andrea.behrends@uni-bayreuth.de

Vice Dean of Digital Solutions

Prof. Dr. Cyrus Samimi
Professor of Climatology
Deputy Director Institute of African Studies
Vice Dean of Digital Solutions in the Cluster “Africa Multiple”
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: GEO II Room 0.17
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-2237
E-Mail: cyrus.samimi@uni-bayreuth.de

Principal Investigators Hide

Prof. Dr. Erdmute Alber
Chair of Social Anthropology
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: GW II Room 0.01
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4121
E-Mail: erdmute.alber@uni-bayreuth.de

PD Dr. Eric Anchimbe
English Linguistics
Akademischer Oberrat at the Chair of English Linguistics
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
Office: GW I Room: 1.21
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3571
E-Mail: eric.anchimbe@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Susan Arndt
Professor of English Studies and Anglophone Literatures
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
Office: GW I Room: 1.11
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3551
E-Mail: susan.arndt@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Uli Beisel
Professor of Human Geography
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
FU Berlin
E-Mail: u.beisel@fu-berlin.de

Prof. Dr. Iris Clemens
Chair of Educational Science
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: GW II Room: 0.27
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4128
E-Mail: iris.clemens@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Martin Doevenspeck
Professor of Political Geography
Vice Dean Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS)
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: GEO II Room 004
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2273
E-Mail: doevenspeck@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Martina Drescher
Chair of Romance Linguistics
Vice Dean of Early Career & Equal Opportunity in the Cluster “Africa Multiple”
Vice Dean Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS)
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
Office: GW I Room 1.29
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55 3579
E-Mail: martina.drescher@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler
Chair of Romance and Comparative Literature
Deputy Spokesperson of the Cluster “Africa Multiple”
Vice Dean of Internationalisation and Public Engagement
Vice-Director Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics“
Office: GW I Room 1.17
Phone:+49 (0)921/55-3567
E-Mail: ute.fendler@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Joël Glasman
Professor of African History
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: ZAPF-Building House Nr. 4 4^th floor Room: 14
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4640
E-Mail: joel.glasman@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Christine Hanke
Chair of Digital and Audiovisual Media
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
Office: Nürnberger Straße 38 Room: 4.3.19
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4601
E-Mail: christine.hanke@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Susanne Mühleisen
Chair of English Linguistics
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: GW I Room: 1.14
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3564/63
E-Mail: susanne.muehleisen@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Ivo Ritzer
Chair Comparative Media Studies
Medienwissenschaft
Nürnberger Str. 38 / Haus 4
E-Mail: sylvia.steinert@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Eberhard Rothfuß
Chair of Social and Population Geography
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
Office: GEO II Room 160
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-2278
E-Mail: eberhard.rothfuss@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Cyrus Samimi
Professor of Climatology
Deputy Director Institute of African Studies
Vice Dean of Digital Solutions in the Cluster “Africa Multiple”
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: GEO II Room 0.17
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-2237
E-Mail: cyrus.samimi@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Katharina Schramm
Chair of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Knowledges”
Office: GW II Room: 0.17
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4170
E-Mail: katharina.schramm@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann
Chair of Islamic Studies with Focus on Africa
Director Institute of African Studies
Spokesperson of the Cluster “Africa Multiple”
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.04
Phone: +49 921 55-4593
E-Mail: ruediger.seesemann@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Eva Spies
Professor for the Study of Religion with special focus on Africa
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Moralities”
Office: GW II Room 1.11
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-5436
E-Mail: eva.spies@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. David Stadelmann
Professor of Development Economics
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: RW I Room: 1.0 02 124
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-6077
E-Mail: david.stadelmann@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Alexander Stroh-Steckelberg
Professor of African Politics and Development Policy
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: GW II Room: 00.09
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4185
E-Mail: alexander.stroh@uni-bayreuth.de

Ass.-Prof. Dr. Rémi Armand Tchokothe
Tenure-Track Professorship in Comparative Literature with a Focus on African Literatures
Department of African Studies and Department of Comparative Literature
University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 2, Hof 5, 1090 Vienna
Phone +43 1 4277 43252
E-Mail: remi.tchokothe@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Clarissa Vierke
Professor of Literatures in African Languages
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Office: GW I Room: 1.10
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3641
E-Mail: clarissa.vierke@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Ulf Vierke
PhD Anthropology (University of Bayreuth)
“Akademischer Oberrat”; Director Iwalewahaus
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Office: Wölfelstrasse 2
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4501
E-Mail: ulf.vierke@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Volker Wiese
Chair of Civil Law III (German and International Law of Civil Procedure)
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: RW I Room: 1.0 02 119
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-6070
E-Mail: zr3.sekretariat@uni-bayreuth.de

Representatives of the African Cluster Centers (ACC)Hide

Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
Prof. Dr. Peter Simatei
Spokesperson of the ACC Directors
Dean, School of Arts & Social Sciences
Professor of Comparative Literature
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail: tpsimatei@gmail.com

University of Lagos, Nigeria
Prof. Dr. Olumuyiwa Falaiye
Professor for Socio-Political Philosophy and African Diaspora
Director of Lagos ACC and the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies
Institute of African and Diaspora Studies
University of Lagos, Nigeria
E-Mail: ofalaiye@unilag.edu.ng

Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Dr. Ousséni SORE
Sociolinguiste/Sociodidacticien
Membre du Laboratoire de Recherche et de Formation en Sciences du Langage (Université Joseph KI-ZERBO)
Spécialiste en Sociolinguistique et Didactique des Langues (SDL)
Acadmic coordinator of ACC Ouagadougou
Expert en Didactique du français en contexte de multilinguisme
Phone: +226 70819604
Email: sorehussein@gmail.com

Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa
Prof. Dr. Enocent Msindo
Associate Professor of African History
Deputy Dean (Research) of Humanities
Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa
E-Mail: e.msindo@ru.ac.za

Advisory Board Hide

Five colleagues have accepted to become members of the Clusters Advisory Board:

Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Professor of African and Gender Studies, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Accra (Ghana)

Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Professor and Chair, Department of French & Romance Philology, Columbia University, New York (USA)

Alcinda Honwana, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes (UK)

Birgit Meyer, Professor Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University (Netherlands)

Grace Musila, Associate Professor, Department of African Literature, University of Witwatersrand (South Africa)

Director of Gender & Diversity Office Hide

Dr. Christine Vogt-William
Director, Gender & Diversity Office
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.12
Phone: +49 921 55-4791
E-mail: christine.vogt-william@uni-bayreuth.de

Academic Coordinators Hide

Robert Debusmann
Academic Coordinator / Research in the Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple"
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.09
Phone: +49 921 55-4796
E-Mail: robert.debusmann@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Doris Löhr
Academic Coordinator / Unit Internationalisation & Public Engagement in the
Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple"
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.10
Phone: +49 921 55-4794
E-Mail: doris.loehr@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Christine Scherer
Academic Coordinator / Early Career & Equal Opportunity in the
Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple"
Academic Coordinator Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies
Office: Geschwister-Scholl Platz 3
Phone: +49 (0)921/ 55-5100
E-Mail: christine.scherer@uni-bayreuth.de

Data Curators DRE Hide

Dr. Jae-Sook Cheong
Data Curator, Digital Solutions
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.25
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55-4586
E-Mail: jae-sook.cheong@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Anke Schürer-Ries
Data Curator, Digital Solutions
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.25
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4587
E-Mail: anke.schuerer-ries@uni-bayreuth.de

Neeraj Thandayan-Viswajith
Data Curator, Digital Solutions
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.24
Phone:+49 921 55-4598

Academic Journalist Hide

Sabine Greiner
Academic Journalist
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.15
Phone: +49 921 55-4795
E-Mail: sabine.greiner@uni-bayreuth.de

Digital Solution Developer Hide

Philipp Eisenhuth
Office: Universitätsstraße 30, Building AI, Room 0.29
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55 76 30
E-mail: philipp.eisenhuth@uni-bayreuth.de

Myriel Fichtner
Office: Universitätsstraße 30, Building AI, Room 0.26
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55 7624
E-mail: myriel.fichtner@uni-bayreuth.de

Junior Research Group Leaders Hide

Dr. Serawit Debele
Leader of the Intersectionality Junior research Group
Office: Room 107, Hugo-Rüdel-Str. 10, D-95445 Bayreuth
E-Mail: Serawit.Debele@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. habil. Kai Koddenbrock
Leader of the Junior Research Group in International Relations "The political economy of monetary and economic sovereignty in West Africa compared"
Office: Room 310, Hugo-Rüdel-Straße 10, D-95545 Bayreuth
E-Mail: Kai.Koddenbrock@Uni-Bayreuth.de

Dr. Cassandra Mark-Thiesen
Leader of the Junior research Group "African Knowledges and the History Publication since the 1970s”
E-Mail: Cassandra.Thiesen-Mark@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Joschka Phillips
Leader of the Junior research Group "Post-truth Politics in Africa: Conspiracy Theories and Conflict"
Office: Hugo-Rüdel-Str. 10, D-95445 Bayreuth
E-Mail: joschka.philipps@uni-bayreuth.de

Post-Docs Hide

Dr. Ifeoluwa Aboluwade
Postdoc English Studies and Anglophone Literature
Member Postdoc Working Group
Member Research Section „Knowledges“
Office: Zapf Haus 2
Email: Ifeoluwa.aboluwade@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Issifou Abou Moumouni
Postdoc
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
E-Mail: issifouboro@yahoo.fr

Dr. Grace Akese
Postdoctoral Researcher- RS Mobilities
Project: Planned obsolescence, circular economies and ecologies of electronic devices in transdisciplinary perspective
E-Mail: Grace.Akese@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Kamal Donko
Postdoc RS "Mobilities", Political Geography Affiliated to LASDEL Benin
02BP1413 Dokpaarou-Est, Parakou, Benin
Phone: +229 97 720 700
E-mail: kamaldonko@gmail.com; eldeenfr2001@yahoo.fr; kamal1.donko@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Britta Frede
Postdoc, Member of the Research Section ”Learning” (Islamic Studies)
Postdocs’ Representative to the Academic Committee
Office: GW I, Islamwissenschaft
Phone: +49 921 55-3552
E-Mail: britta.frede@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Raymond Frempong
Postdoc, Development Economics VWL E
Member of the Research Section ”Affiliations”
Office: RW I, Room 1. 0 0 2 146
Phone: +49 921 55-6107
E-Mail: raymond.frempong@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Katharina Greven
Postdoc, Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail: Katharina.greven@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Paddy Kinyera
Postdoc, Political Geography
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: Baracke 2, Room 17
Phone: +49 921 / 55-2181
E-mail: p.kinyera@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Marie-Anne Kohl
Postdoc, Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Office: Forschungsinstitut für Musiktheater
Phone: + 49 9228 99605 31
E-Mail: marie-anne.kohl@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Qirui Li
Research Associate
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4656
Room: Zapf 4, 4.2.21
E-mail: qirui.li@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Jochen Lingelbach
Postdoc, African History
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: ZAPF building House 4, Room 4.4.14
E-Mail: jochen.lingelbach@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Sabrina Maurus
Postdoc, Social Anthropology
Member of Research Section “Learning”
Office: Zapf, Haus 2, Nürnberger Str. 38, D-95447 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 921 55 4785
E-Mail : sabrina.maurus@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Aminata Cécile Mbaye
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl romanische Literaturwissenschaft und Komparatistik
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail: cecile.mbaye@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Gilbert Shang Ndi
Postdoc
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Phone: +49 (0) 1636884124
E-Mail: ndishang@yahoo.co.uk

Dr. Bilian K. Otundo
Postdoctoral Researcher
E-mail: billian.otundo@uni-bayreuth.de

Members Hide

Dr. Issifou Abou Moumouni
Postdoc, BIGSAS Alumnus
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
E-Mail: issifouboro@yahoo.fr

Prof. Dr. Mrs. Olufunke Adeboye
Professor of Social History at the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, Nigeria

Dr. Feyisayo Ademola-Adeoye
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: fademola-adeoye@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Grace Akese
Postdoctoral Researcher- RS Mobilities
Member of the research section ‘Mobilities’
E-Mail: Grace.Akese@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Akinmayowa Akin-Otiko
Research Fellow at IADS at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: pakin-otiko@unilag.edu.ng

Prof. Dr. Erdmute Alber
Chair of Social Anthropology
Principal Investigator
Vice Director Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: GW II Room 0.01
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4121
E-Mail: erdmute.alber@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Professor of African and Gender Studies, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Accra (Ghana),
Member and Spokesperson of the Cluster’s Advisory Board

PD Dr. Eric Anchimbe
English Linguistics
Akademischer Oberrat at the Chair of English Linguistics
Principal Investigator
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
Office: GW I Room: 1.21
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3571
E-Mail: eric.anchimbe@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Susan Arndt
Professor of English Studies and Anglophone Literatures
Principal Investigator
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
Office: GW I Room: 1.11
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3551
E-Mail: susan.arndt@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Franca Chitoh Attoh
Associate Professor of Sociology at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Mobilities”
E-Mail: fattoh@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Dida Badi
Researcher in DFG research project “Political Orders in the Making”
Office: ZAPF-Gebäude Haus 4
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4727
E-Mail: dida.badi@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Fatoumata Badini-Kinda
Professor of Sociology at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: fkindabadini@gmail.com

Dr. Yacouba Banhoro
Associate Professor of Contemporary History at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Director of ACC Ouagadougou
Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: yacou@gmx.net

Dr. Bouma Fernand Bationo
Senior Lecturer of Socio-Anthropology of Health and Social Protection at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: fbationo@hotmail.com

Prof. Dr. Andrea Behrends
Professor for Anthropology in Africa
Dean of BIGSAS
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: GW II, Room: 00.16
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4106
E-Mail: andrea.behrends@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Uli Beisel
Professor of Human Geography
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
FU Berlin
E-Mail: u.beisel@fu-berlin.de

Prof. emer. Dr. Wolfgang Bender
Ethnomusicology
Member
E-Mail: wolfgang.bender@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Memory Biwa
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Member of the Research Section "Knowledges"
E-Mail: mbiwa@hotmail.com

Dr. Oumarou Boukari
Assistant Professor, Romance and General Linguistics
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: oumarou.boukari@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Jae-Sook Cheong
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.25
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55-4586
E-Mail: jae-sook.cheong@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Iris Clemens
Chair of Educational Science
Principal Investigator
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: GW II Room: 0.27
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4128
E-Mail: iris.clemens@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Markus Coester
Lecturer, Ethnomusicology
Member of the Research Section Arts & Aesthetics
E-Mail: Markus.Coester@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Serawit Debele
Leader of the Intersectionality Junior research Group
University of Bayreuth
Hugo-Rüdel-Str. 10, Room 107
D-95445 Bayreuth
E-Mail: Serawit.Debele@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Martin Doevenspeck
Professor of Political Geography
Principal Investigator
Vice Dean Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS)
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: GEO II Room 004
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2273
E-Mail: doevenspeck@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. des Adama Drabo
Postdoc in the Cluster project on "Health discourses as moral communication? Linguistic case studies from Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon"
Member of Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: adama.drabo@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Martina Drescher
Chair of Romance Linguistics
Principal Investigator
Vice Dean Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS)
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
Office: GW I Room 1.29
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55 3579
E-Mail: martina.drescher@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Olukayode S. Eesuola
Senior Research Fellow at IADS at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Knowledges“
E-Mail: oeesuola@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Maroua El Naggare
Assistant Professor, Romance & Comparative Literature
Member
Office: GW I, Room: 00.16
Phone: + 49(0)921 / 55-3537
E-Mail: Maroua.El-Naggare@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Abisoye A. Eleshin
Research Fellow at IADS at UNILAG
Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: aeleshin@unilag.edu.ng

Prof. Dr. Muyiwa Falaiye
Professor for Socio-Political Philosophy and African Diaspora
Director of Lagos ACC and the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies
Research Section “Knowledges”
University of Lagos, Nigeria
E-Mail: ofalaiye@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Ademola K. Fayemi
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Moralities“
E-Mail: kfayemi@unilag.edu.ng

Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler
Chair of Romance and Comparative Literature
Principal Investigator
Deputy Spokesperson of the Cluster
Vice Dean of Internationalisation and Public Engagement
Vice Director Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics“
Office: GW I Room 1.17
Phone:+49 (0)921/55-3567
E-Mail: ute.fendler@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Rodney Benedito Ferrao
Assistant Professor of English and Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies at The College of William and Mary, Virginia, USA

Dr. Katharina Fink
Vice Director Iwalewahaus
Member of the Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
Office: Iwalewahaus, Wölfelstr. 2
Phone: +49 921 55-4500
E-Mail: katharina.fink@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Britta Frede
Postdoctoral Researcher, member of the Research Section "Learning"
Representative of Postdocs in the AC
Office: GW I, Islamwissenschaft
Phone: +49 921 55 3552
E-Mail: britta.frede@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Raymond Frempong
Postdoc Development Economics VWL E
Member of the Research Section ”Affilitations”
Office: RW I, Room 1. 0 0 2 146
Phone: +49 921 55 6107
E-Mail: raymond.frempong@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Paolo Gaibazzi
Member
Heisenberg Stelle
Universität Bayreuth, Zapf Haus 4
Raum: 4.2.30
Nürnberger Straße 38
E-Mail: paolo.gaibazzi@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. James Gambiza
Associate Professor of Environmental Science at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: j.gambiza@ru.ac.za

Dr. Matthias Gebauer
Assistant Professor
Research Group Social Geography
Phone.: +49 (0)921/55-2258
E-Mail: matthias.gebauer@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Susanne Gehrmann
Fellow of the Bayreuth Academy

Prof. Dr. Joël Glasman
Professor of African History
Principal Investigator
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: GW II, Room 2.14
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4640
E-Mail: joel.glasman@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Andreas Grandel
Head of IT Service Centre
Member
Office: NW II Part 3.2 Room: 3.2 U1 172
Phone: +49 921 55 3000
E-Mail: andreas.grandel@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Jörg Gundel
Chair of Law, Public Law V
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: 2.01 (RW II)
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-6250
E-Mail: joerg.gundel@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Henriette Gunkel
Professur für Transformationen audiovisueller Medien unter der besonderen Berücksichtigung von Gender und Queer Theory, Ruhr Uni Bochum
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: henriette.gunkel@rub.de

Dr. Tabea Häberlein
Research Assistant Vice Dean Research / Sozialanthropologie
Office: GW II,: 0.17
Phone: +49 921 55 4171
E-Mail: tabea.haeberlein@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Christine Hanke
Chair of Digital and Audiovisual Media
Principal Investigator
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
Office: Nürnberger Straße 38 Room: 4.3.19
Phone: +49 921 55 4601
E-Mail: christine.hanke@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Ron Herrmann
Academic Coordinator of the Institute of African Studies
Telefon: +49 (0)921/ 55-4516
Fax: +49 921 55- 84 4511
Raum: IAS, Zimmer 214, 2. OG
E-mail: ron.herrmann@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Steven Higgins
Chair of Plant Ecology
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: NW I - 7.0 01 34
Phone: +49 921 55 2800
E-Mail: steven.higgins@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Eleanor Tiplady Higgs
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at University of Cape Town
Eleanor.Higgs@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke
Chair of Department of Sociology
Member
Office: GW II Room: 0010
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4137
E-mail: jana.hoenke@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Ousseni Illy
Associate Professor of Law at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
Research Section “Affiliations” and “Moralities”
E-Mail: ousseni.illy@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Laurence Juma
Member
Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law, Rhodes University
E-mail: l.juma@ru.ac.za

Prof. Dr. Thokozani Kaime
Chairholder of African Legal Studies and Project Leader of TGCL
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: Building B9, Room No. 42
E-Mail: thoko.kaime@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Melina C. Kalfelis
Fellow, Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: m.kalfelis@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Prof. Dr. Eunice Kamaara
Professor of Religion at Moi University
Member of ACC Moi
Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: ekamaara@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Mark Mosol Kandagor
Senior Lecturer in Kiswahili Studies
Member of ACC Moi
Member of the Research Section Knowledges

Prof. Dr. Bernd Kannowski
Chair of Civil Law, (Zivilrecht VII)
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: RW I, Room 2.104
Phone: + 49 921 55 6051
E-Mail: rechtsgeschichte@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Joram Kareithi
Associate Professor of Anthropology Department of Anthropology & Human Ecology Moi University
Member of the Research Section Mobilities

Dr. Albert Kasanda
African Philosophy
Reserch Fellow Centre of Global Studies in the Institute of Philosophy, Prague
E-Mail: kasanda@flu.cas.cz

Prof. Dr. Russell Kaschula
Professor of African Language Studies at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: r.kaschula@ru.ac.za

Prof. Dr. Catherine Kiprop
Educational Management
Member of ACC Moi
Member of RS Learning

Dr. Paddy Kinyera
Postdoc Political Geography
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: Baracke 2, Room 17
Phone: +49 921 55 2181
E-mail: p.kinyera@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof Dr Benjamin Kirby
Department for the Study of Religion, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Member of Research Section “Moralities “
E-Mail: benjamin.kirby@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Joseph Kiruki Kahiga
Position: Professor of Philosophy at Moi University
Member of Research Section “Moralities “
E-Mail: jkkiruki@yahoo.com

Prof. Dr. Florian Klaeger
Professor of English, Department of English Literature
Member
Office: GW I, Room: 1.26
Phone: +49 (0)921 55 3525
E-Mail: klaeger@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. habil. Kai Koddenbrock
Leader of the Junior research Group "The political economy of monetary and economic sovereignty in West Africa compared"
E-Mail: kai.koddenbrock@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Carlos Kölbl
Chair of Psychology
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office:: GW II, Room: U1.19
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4141
E-Mail: carlos.koelbl@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Franz Kogelmann
Managing Director
Member of the research section ‘Learning’
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.19
Phone: +49 921 55-4590
E-Mail: franz.kogelmann@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Marie-Anne Kohl
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Office: Forschungsinstitut für Musiktheater
Phone: + 49 9228 99605 31
E-Mail: marie-anne.kohl@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Carlos Kölbl
Chair of Psychology
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office:: GW II, Room: U1.19
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4141
E-Mail: carlos.koelbl@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Taibat O. Lawanson
Associate Professor of Urban Planning at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Mobilities”
E-Mail: tlawanson@unilag.edu.ng

Prof. Dr. Peju Layiwola
Professor of Art History at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: alayiwola@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Qirui Li
Research Associate, member of the research section ‘Mobilities’
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4656
Room: Zapf 4, 4.2.21
E-mail: qirui.li@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Jochen Lingelbach
Postdoc, African History
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: ZAPF building House 4, Room 4.4.14
E-Mail: jochen.lingelbach@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Mary Lonyangapuo
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Moi University
Member of Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: mklonya@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Heila Lotz-Sisitka
Distinguished Professor of Global Change and Social Learning Systems at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: h.lotz-sisitka@ru.ac.za

Dr. Doris Löhr
Academic Coordinator / Unit Internationalisation & Public Engagement
in the Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple"
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.10
Phone: +49 921 55-4794
E-Mail: doris.loehr@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Nadine Machikou
Faculty of Law, Université Yaoundé II
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
E-Mail: nadine.machikou@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Pierre Malgoubri
Professor of Linguistics at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: malgoubri58@gmail.com

Dr. Cassandra Mark-Thiesen
Leader of the Junior research Group "African Knowledges and the History Publication since the 1970s”
E-Mail: Cassandra.Thiesen-Mark@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Relwende Louis Martial Zongo
E-Mail: toblibo@yahoo.fr

Prof. Jamin Masinde
Associate Professor of Sociology at Moi University
Member of Research Section “Mobilities”
E-Mail: profjaminmasinde@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Sally Matthews
Associate Professor of Political Science at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: s.matthews@ru.ac.za

Dr. Christine Matzke
Department of English Literature
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Office: GW I, Room: 1.18
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3504
E-mail: christine.matzke@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Bramuel Matui
Senior Lecturer in Politics of Development at Moi University
Member of Research Section “Mobilities”
E-Mail: ptoo212@gmail.com

Dr. Sabrina Maurus
Research Fellow in the project „Making a Living“
Member of Research Section “Learning” - Social Anthropology
Office: Zapf, Haus 4, Room 4.2.31
Phone: +49 921 55 4661
E-Mail : sabrina.maurus@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Aminata Cécile Mbaye
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl romanische Literaturwissenschaft und Komparatistik
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail: cecile.mbaye@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Tom Michael Mboya
Associate Professor of African Literary and Popular Culture Studies at Moi University
Coordinator of ACC Moi
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: tommichaelmboya@gmail.com

Dr. Boudina McConnachie
Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: b.mcconnachie@ru.ac.za

Dr. Ben Mkalama
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Nairobi
Project “Mobile Capital and (Im)Mobile Entrepreneurs: Start-up Success, Institutional Context and the “Laws of Start-up Money” in Silicon Savannah”
E-Mail: benedict@uonbi.ac.ke

Prof. Dr. Miampika Moundele Landry-Wilfrid
Director at International Congress of Hispano-African Studies
E-Mail: landry.miampika@UAH.ES

Prof. Dr. Enocent Msindo
Associate Professor of African History at Rhodes University
Director of ACC Rhodes
Research Section “Knowledges” and “Mobilities”
E-Mail: e.msindo@ru.ac.za

Prof. Dr. Susanne Mühleisen
Chair of English Linguistics
Principal Investigator
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: GW I Room: 1.14
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3564/63
E-Mail: susanne.muehleisen@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Anno Mungen
Forschungsinstitut für Musiktheater, Thurnau
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail: anno.mungen@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Tilman Musch
Wissenschaftliche Leitung eines Projektes der Gerda Henkel Stiftung
Member
Office: GSP, Room: 06.01.340
Phone: +49 (0)921 55 5103
E-Mail: tilman.musch@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Patrice Mwepu
Head of the School of Languages & Literatures, Rhodes University at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: p.mwepu@ru.ac.za

Prof. Dr. Violet Naanyu
Sociology

Dr. Gilbert Shang Ndi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Phone: +49(0) 163 6884124
E-Mail: ndishang@yahoo.co.uk

Prof. Dr. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa
Office: Zapf Haus 2, Room: 2.1.05 Nürnberger Straße 38
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4781
E-mail: epistemologie@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Hassan J. Ndzovu
Senior Lecturer of Religious Studies at Moi University
Member of ACC Moi
Research Section “Learning” and “Knowledges”
E-Mail: ndzovuhassan@gmail.com

Dr. Thando Njovane
Lecturer in Literature at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: t.njovane@ru.ac.za

Dr. Bakheit Mohammed Nur
Post-Doctoral Fellow at the EXC Africa Multiple
E-Mail: bakheitnour79@yahoo.com
Homepage: Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie | Universität Bayreuth

Prof. Dr. Christopher Joseph Odhiambo
Professor of Postcolonial Literature and Intervention Theatre at Moi University
Member of ACC Moi
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: cjodhiambo@hotmail.com

Dr. Nelson Odume
Senior Researcher/Director, Unilever Centre for Environmental Water Quality
Institute for Water Research at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: odume.nelson@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Uchenna Okeja
Associate Professor in Philosophy at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: u.okeja@ru.ac.za

Dr. Anthony O. Okeregbe
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Learning“
E-Mail: aokeregbe@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Patrick Oloko
Associate Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: poloko@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Oluwatoyin Olokodana-James
Lecturer in Creative Arts at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: oolokodanajames@unilag.edu.ng

Kenneth Kaunda Oluoch
Senior Lecturer at the Department of History, Political Science and Public Administration at Moi University
Member of ACC Moi
Research Section “Affiliations”
E-Mail: oluochken@yahoo.com

Dr. Peter I. Oni
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at UNILAG
Member of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Affiliations“
E-Mail: pioni@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Paul Abiero Opondo
Senior Lecturer in Economic History of Africa at Moi University
Member of Research Section “Affiliations” (Spokesperson)
E-Mail: opondopaul1@gmail.com

Dr. Richard Frimpong Oppong
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, Canada.
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
E-Mail: roppong@TRU.CA

Prof. Dr. Michaela Ott
Professor of Aesthetic Theories
Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts
Member of Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Phone: +49 40 42 89 89-352
E-Mail: philott@arcor.de

Serge Oudréaogo
E-Mail: osergenoel@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Stefan Ouma
Chair of Economic Geography
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: 134, GEO II
Phone: + 49 921 55-2262
E-Mail: stefan.ouma@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Justin Toro Ouoro
Associate Professor of Semiotics, Aesthetics and Reception of Cinema and Audiovisual Literature and Cinema at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: justin_ouoro@yahoo.fr

Prof. Dr. Jonathan Owens
Professor emeritus of Arabic Studies
E-Mail: jonathan.owens@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Robert Omondi Owino
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
E-Mail: robert-omondi.owino@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Cyriaque Paré
Research Fellow of Journalism and Communication at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: cyriaque.pare@gmail.com

Dr. Joschka Phillips
Leader of the Junior research Group "Post-truth Politics in Africa: Conspiracy Theories and Conflict"
University of Bayreuth
Hugo-Rüdel-Str. 10
D-95445 Bayreuth
E-Mail: joschka.philipps@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Aretha Phiri
Senior Lecturer of Literature at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: a.phiri@ru.ac.za

Prof. Dr. emer. Ulrich Rebstock
Islamic Studies, University Freiburg
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
E-Mail: ulrich.rebstock@orient.uni-freiburg.de

Prof. Dr. Alena Rettová
Professor of African and Afrophone Philosophies
Email: alena.rettova@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Roselyter M. Riang'a
Assistant Lecturer of Sociology at Moi University
Member of ACC Moi

Prof. Dr. Ivo Ritzer
Chair Comparative Media Studies
Medienwissenschaft
Nürnberger Str. 38 / Haus 4
E-Mail: sylvia.steinert@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Eberhard Rothfuß
Chair of Social and Population Geography
Principal Investigator
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
Office: GEO II Room 160
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-2278
E-Mail: eberhard.rothfuss@uni-bayreuth.de

Noah Salomon
Associate Professor of Religion and Irfan and Noreen Galaria Research Chair in Islamic Studies at the University of Virginia
E-Mail: nsalomon@VIRGINIA.EDU

Prof. Dr. Cyrus Samimi
Professor of Climatology
Principal Investigator
Deputy Director Institute of African Studies
Vice Dean of Digital Solutions
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: GEO II Room 0.17
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-2237
E-Mail: cyrus.samimi@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Féridjou Emilie Georgette Sanon-Ouattara
Senior Lecturer of English and Translation Studies at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Coordinator of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: fegsanon@yahoo.fr

Prof. Dr. Livio Sansone
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Federal University of Bahia
Project Coordinator and Memberof the Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: sansone@ufba.br

Dr. Dominique Santos
Member
Rhodes University

Dr. Natewindé Sawadogo
Lecturer of Sociology at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: natewinde.sawadogo@yahoo.fr

Dr. Eveline Sawadogo-Compaoré
Assistant Researcher of sociology at the Environmental and Agricultural Research Institute (INERA)
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: compeve@yahoo.fr

Dr. Tabea Scharer
Postdoctoral researcher at Max-Plank Institute, fellow of the Bayreuth Academy

Prof. Dr. Mirco Schönfeld
Junior Professor for Data Modeling and Interdisciplinary Knowledge Generation chair
Office: Building Zapf 3, Room: 3.23
Phone: +49 921 - 55 4597
E-Mail: mirco.schoenfeld@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Katharina Schramm
Chair of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Principal Investigator
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Knowledges”
Office: GW II Room: 0.17
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4170
E-Mail: katharina.schramm@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Paula Schrode
Professor for the Study of Religion with focus on contemporary Islam
Project Coordinator and Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
Office: GW II, Room: 1.26
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4131
E-Mail: paula.schrode@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Schrüfer
Chair of Didactics of Geography
Telefon: +49 (0)921 / 55-2275
E-Mail: gabriele.schruefer@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Anke Schürer-Ries
Office: Zapf Haus 3, Room 3.3.25
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4587
E-Mail: anke.schuerer-ries@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann
Chair of Islamic Studies with Focus on Africa
Director Institute of African Studies
Principal Investigator
Spokesperson of the Cluster
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.04
Phone: +49 921 55-4593
E-Mail: rüdiger.seesemann@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Cyrille Semdé
Senior Lecturer of Philosophy at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: cyrille.semde@gmail.com

Jun. Prof. Dr. Valentina Serreli
Professor of Arabic Studies
Member
Office: GW I, Room: 1.04
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3554
E-Mail: valentina.serreli@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Daniel Shayo
Head of the Economic Law Department, University of Dar es Salaam School of Law
Tanzanian-German Centre for Eastern African Legal Studies
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
E-Mail: daniel.shayo@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Nadine Siegert
Head of Culture and Development at Goethe-Institut e.V., Johannesburg
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: Nadine.Siegert@goethe.de

Dr. Justine Mukhwana Sikuku
Senior Researcher of Linguistics at Moi University
Member of ACC Moi
Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: jastinosikuku@yahoo.com

Prof. Dr. Peter Tirop Simatei
Professor of Comparative Literature at Moi University
Dean, School of Arts & Social Sciences
Spokesperson of the ACC Directors
Director of ACC Moi
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics” and “Knowledges”
E-Mail: tpsimatei@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Ruth Simbao
Professor of Art History and Visual Culture at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: r.simbao@ru.ac.za

Dr. Lassina Simporé
Maître de conférences, archéologie at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: mkelassane2@yahoo.fr

Dr. Boniface Somé
Lecturer of Sociology at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: bonidesir@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Magloire Somé
Professor of Contemporary Religious History at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: magloire.some@univ-ouaga.bf

Dr. Sulayman K. Sowe
Data Curator, Digital Solutions
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.24
Phone: +49 921 55-4599
E-Mail: sulayman.sowe@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Lynda Spencer
Senior Lecturer of Literature at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
E-Mail: l.spencer@ru.ac.za

Prof. Dr. Eva Spies
Professor for the Study of Religion with special focus on Africa
Principal Investigator
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Moralities”
Office: GW II Room 1.11
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4150
E-Mail: Eva.Spies@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Gerd Spittler
Emeritus Professor for Anthropology
Member
Office: GW II, Room U1.26
E-Mail: gerd.spittler@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. David Stadelmann
Professor of Development Economics
Principal Investigator
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: RW I Room: 1.0 02 124
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-6077
E-Mail: david.stadelmann@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Petra Claudia Steiner
Data Curator, Digital Solutions
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.24
Phone: +49 921 55-4598
E-Mail: petra.steiner@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. emer. h.c. Dr. Michael Payne Steppat
Professor of Literature in English
Member of the Research Section "Knowledges"
E-Mail: michael.steppat@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Prisca Tanui
Senior Lecturer in History & Gender Studies at Moi University
Member of Research Section “Affiliations”
E-Mail: ptoo212@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Mahaman Tidjani Alou
Researcher Political Science, LASDEL; Université Abdou Moumouni Niamey, Niger
Project coordinator and Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: tidjanialou@yahoo.fr

Dr. Jean-Benoît Tsofack
Researcher Université de Dschang, Cameroun
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: tsofackb@yahoo.fr

Dr. Irina Turner
Assistant Professor, African Linguistics I
Member of Postdoc Working group “SKAnning”
Office: GW I, Room: 1.08
Phone: +49 921 55 3558
E-Mail: irina.turner@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Lena van der Hoven
Musicology
Member
Office: GW I, Room: 2.15
Phone: +49 921 55 3587
E-Mail: Lena.van-der-Hoven@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Clarissa Vierke
Professor of Literatures in African Languages
Principal Investigator
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Office: GW I Room: 1.10
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3641
E-Mail: clarissa.vierke@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Christine Vogt-William
Director, Gender & Diversity Office
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.12
Phone: +49 921 55-4791
E-Mail: christine.vogt-william@uni-bayreuth.de

Prof. Dr. Mary N. Wahome
African Philosophy, RS Moralities

Dr. Lee Watkins
Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at Rhodes University
Member of ACC Rhodes
Research Section “Arts and Aesthetics”
E-Mail: l.watkins@ru.ac.za

Prof. Dr. Volker Wiese
Chair of Civil Law III (German and International Law of Civil Procedure)
Principal Investigator
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: RW I Room: 1.0 02 119
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-6070
E-Mail: zr3.sekretariat@uni-bayreuth.de

Dr. Moses Yakubu
Senior Research Fellow at IADS, University of Lagos
E-Mail: myakubu@UNILAG.EDU.NG

Dr. Lassané Yaméogo
Associate Professor of Geography at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Member of ACC Ouagadougou
E-Mail: yameogolass@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Ayodele Luqman Yusuff
Associate Professor of Linguistics and African Languages at UNILAG
Coordinator of ACC Lagos
Research Section “Learning”
E-Mail: ayusuff@unilag.edu.ng

Dr. Tyler Zoanni
Anthropology in Africa, Research Associate
Member of the Research Section „Moralities“
Office: GW II, Room: 0.17
Phone: +49 921 55-4133
E-Mail: tyler.zoanni@uni-bayreuth.de

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Hamissou Rhissa Achaffert
Doctoral Student (BIGSAS), Religious studies
Research Associate Africa Multiple, Cluster of Excellence
Member of the research section Moralities
E-Mail: hamissou.achaffert@uni-bayreuth.de

Ibrahim Bachir Abdoulaye
Doctoral Student, Research project “Religious engineering”
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: a.ibrahim-bachir@uni-bayreuth.de

Oliver Baumann
Doctoral Student, Digital Solutions
E-Mail: oliver.baumann@uni-bayreuth.de

Thierry Boudjekeu Kamgang
Doctoral Student
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-Mail: thierry.boudjekeu@uni-bayreuth.de

Jan Philipp Eisenhuth
Digital Solution Developer
Office: Building AI, Room 0.26
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55 7626
Email: philipp.eisenhuth@uni-bayreuth.de

Myriel Fichtner
Digital Solution Developer
Office: Building AI, Room 0.26
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55-7627
Email: myriel.fichtner@uni-bayreuth.de

Valerie Gruber
Doctoral Researcher, Social Geography
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
Office: NW III, Room 2.22
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-7894
E-Mail: valerie.gruber@uni-bayreuth.de

Laura Guadagnano
Doctoral Student
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: laura.guadagnano@uni-bayreuth.de

Diana Byarugaba Kisakye
Doctoral Student, Political Science
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Doctoral Students’ Representative to the Academic Committee
Phone: +49 17650493880
E-Mail: diana.kisakye@uni-bayreuth.de

Rebekka Krauß
Doctoral Student
Member of the Research Section „Learning“
E-Mail: Rebekka.Krauss@uni-bayreuth.de

Sophie Lembcke
Doctoral Student
E-Mail: Sophie.Lembcke@uni-bayreuth.de

Cecilia Edward Ngaiza
Doctoral Student
Human Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility and Interacting Markets in Africa"
Office: B IX, Room: 37
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4321
E-Mail: cecilia.ngaiza@uni-bayreuth.de

Glory Essien Otung
Doctoral Student
E-Mail: Glory.E.Otung@uni-bayreuth.de

Eleanor Schaumann
Doctoral Student
Member of the Research Section “Knowledges”
E-Mail: Eleanor.Schaumann@uni-bayreuth.de

Christian Sturm
Doctoral Student
E-Mail: Christian.Sturm@uni-bayreuth.de

Duncan Tarrant
Doctoral Student, Literatures in African Languages
Member of the Research Section "Arts and Aesthetics"
Temporary Office: GWI, Room 1.10
Phone: +49 (0)174 6215403
E-Mail: duncan.tarrant@uni-bayreuth.de

Issam Tamou
Doctoral student
Research project "Making a living: Learning trajectories towards the ability to earn a livelihood"
Member of the research section "Learning"
E-Mail: tamou83@yahoo.fr

Frederik Wild
Doctoral Student Economics
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: RW I, Room 1.0 02 132
Phone: +49 921 / 55-6091
E-Mail: frederik.wild@uni-bayreuth.de

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