People & Organization
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Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann
Office: GW I Room: 1.03
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3553
E-Mail: ruediger.seesemann[at]uni-bayreuth.de - Vice DeansHide
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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.deProf. 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
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.deProf. 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 InvestigatorsHide
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Prof. Dr. Erdmute Alber
Chair of Social Anthropology
Vice Dean of Research in the Cluster “Africa Multiple”
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[at]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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. Dr. Uli Beisel
Junior Professor of Culture and Technology in Africa
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: GW II Room 0.11
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4232
E-Mail: uli.beisel[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. Dr. Joël Glasman
Professor of African History
Member of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: ZAPF-Building House Nr. 4 4th floor Room: 14
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4640
E-Mail: joel.glasman[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. Dr. Ivo Ritzer
Junior Professor of Media in Africa
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Office: GW I Room 007
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3624
E-Mail: ivo.ritzer[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. Dr. Rudolf Schüßler
Chair of Philosophy II (Ethics)
Member of the Research Section “Moralities”
Office: GW II 1.16
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4158
E-Mail: rudolf.schuessler[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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: GW I Room: 1.03
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3553
E-Mail: ruediger.seesemann[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. Dr. Eva Spies
Junior 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)921/55-4150
E-Mail: eva.spies[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. Dr. Alexander Stroh
Junior 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deDr. Rémi Tchokothe
“Akademischer Rat” at the Chair of African Linguistics
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
Office: GW I Room: 1.28
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3578
E-Mail: remi.tchokothe[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deDr. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. Dr. Ulrike Wanitzek
Professor of Law by special appointment
Managing Academic Director at the Institute of African Studies
Director Tanzanian-German Centre for Eastern African Legal Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam
Member of the Research Section “Affiliations”
Office: RW II Room: 1.23
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-6216
E-Mail: ulrike.wanitzek[at] uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.de - Managing DirectorHide
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Dr. Franz Kogelmann
Office: IAS Room 214
Phone: + 49 (0)921/55-4516
E-Mail: franz.kogelmann[at]uni-bayreuth.de - Gender & Diversity OfficeHide
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Dr. Christine Vogt-William
Director, Gender & Diversity Office
Office: HRS 10, 3.11
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-5447
E-mail: christine.vogt-william[at]uni-bayreuth.de
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Robert Debusmann
Academic Coordinator / Research in the Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple"
Office: Hugo-Rüdel Str. 10, Room 2.07
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-5439
E-Mail: robert.debusmann[at]uni-bayreuth.deDr. Doris Löhr
Academic Coordinator / Internationalisation & Public Engagement in the
Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple"
Office: Hugo-Rüdel-Straße 10, Room 2.12 1 OG
Phone: +49 (0)921/55 5401
E-Mail: doris.loehr[at]uni-bayreuth.deDr. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.de - Management BoardHide
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Dean
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann
Chair of Islamic Studies with Focus on Africa
Director Institute of African Studies
Dean & Spokesperson of the Cluster Proposal “Africa Multiple”
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: GW I Room: 1.03
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3553
E-Mail: ruediger.seesemann[at]uni-bayreuth.de
Vice Deans
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.deProf. 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
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.deProf. 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
Director of Gender & Diversity Office
Dr. Christine Vogt-William
Director, Gender & Diversity Office
Office: HRS 10, 3.11
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-5447
E-Mail: christine.vogt-william[at]uni-bayreuth.de
Managing Director
Dr. Franz Kogelmann
Managing Director and Academic Coordinator IAS
Office: IAS Wölfelstr.2 Room 214, 2. OG
Phone+ 49 (0)921/55-4516
E-Mail: franz.kogelmann[at]uni-bayreuth.de
Academic Coordinators (advisory role)
Robert Debusmann
Academic Coordinator / Research in the Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple"
Office: Hugo-Rüdel Str. 10, Room 2.07
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-5439
E-Mail: robert.debusmann[at]uni-bayreuth.deDr. Doris Löhr
Academic Coordinator / Internationalisation & Public Engagement in the
Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple"
Office: Hugo-Rüdel-Straße 10, Room 2.12 1 OG
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-5401
E-Mail: doris.loehr[at]uni-bayreuth.deDr. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.de
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Dean / Speaker
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann
Chair of Islamic Studies with Focus on Africa
Director Institute of African Studies
Dean & Spokesperson of the Cluster Proposal “Africa Multiple”
Member of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: GW I Room: 1.03
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3553
E-Mail: ruediger.seesemann[at]uni-bayreuth.de
Vice Deans
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.deProf. Dr. Andrea Behrends
Professor for Anthropology in Africa
Vice Dean of Early Career & Equal Opportunity
Dean of BIGSASMember of the Research Section “Mobilities”
Office: GW II, Room: 00.16
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-4106
E-Mail: andrea.behrends@uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.de
Director of Gender & Diversity Office
Dr. Christine Vogt-William
Director, Gender & Diversity Office
Office: HRS 10, 3.11
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-5447
E-Mail: christine.vogt-william[at]uni-bayreuth.de
Managing Director
Dr. Franz Kogelmann
Managing Director and Academic Coordinator IAS
Office: IAS Wölfelstr.2 Room 214, 2. OG
Phone+ 49 (0)921/55-4516
E-Mail: franz.kogelmann[at]uni-bayreuth.de
Representative of the Research Sections
Prof. Dr. Iris Clemens
Chair of Educational Science
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Learning”
Office: GW II Room: 0.27
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-4128
E-Mail: iris.clemens[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. Dr. Susan Arndt
Professor of English Studies and Anglophone Literatures
Spokesperson of the Research Section “Knowledges”
Office: GW I Room: 1.11
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-3551
E-Mail: susan.arndt@uni-bayreuth.deProf. Dr. Eva Spies
Junior 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)921/55-4150
E-Mail: eva.spies[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.deProf. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.de
Academic Coordinators
Robert Debusmann
Academic Coordinator / Research in the Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple"
Office: Hugo-Rüdel Str. 10, Room 2.07
Phone: +49 (0)921/55-5439
E-Mail: robert.debusmann[at]uni-bayreuth.deDr. Doris Löhr
Academic Coordinator / Internationalisation & Public Engagement in the
Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple"
Office: Hugo-Rüdel-Straße 10, Room 2.12 1 OG
Phone: +49 (0)921/55 5401
E-Mail: doris.loehr[at]uni-bayreuth.deDr. 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[at]uni-bayreuth.de
Representative of Postdocs
Dr. Ifeoluwa Aboluwade
Postdoc English Studies and Anglophone Literature
Member Postdoc Working Group
Member Research Section „Knowledges“
Office: Zapf Haus 2
Phone: +49 (0)921 55-4774
Email: Ifeoluwa.aboluwade@uni-bayreuth.de
Parental leave substitute of Ifeoluwa Aboluwade:
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.deFurther substitute:
Dr. Britta Frede
Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Section "Learning"
Representative of Postdocs in the AC
Office: GW I, Islamwissenschaft
Phone: +49 921 55 3552
E-Mail: britta.frede@uni-bayreuth.deRepresentative of Doctoral Students
Carla Coburger
BIGSAS Junior Fellow, Research Associate Project
International Financial Networks, Financial Subordinate Integration, Complexity Economics, International Political Economy
E-mail: Carla.coburger@uni-bayreuth.de
Substitute:Thierry Boudjekeu
BIGSAS Junior Fellow, Francophone Studies
Research Associate, Project “Black Atlantic Revisited”
Member of the Research Section “Arts & Aesthetics”
E-mail: thierry.boudjekeu@uni-bayreuth.deRepresentative of non-academic Staff
Gregor Gawor (Hospitality Officer at the Head Office of the Cluster)
Office: Nürnberger Str. 38 ZAPF Gebäude 3
Phone: +49 921 55-4594
E-Mail: gregor.gawor@uni-bayreuth.deRepresentative of the African Cluster Centers (ACC)
ACC Ouagadougou
Prof. Yacouba Banhoro
Associate Professor of Contemporary History at Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Director of ACC Ouagadougou
Research Section “Moralities”
E-Mail: yacou@gmx.netACC Lagos
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
ACC Moi
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
ACC Rhodes
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 - Advisory BoardHide
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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)
The Advisory Board is completed by the Vice President of Research and Early Career Of the University of Bayreuth, Prof. Dr Thomas Scheibel
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Digital Research Environment
- Oliver Baumann
- Jae Sook Cheong
- Sabine Lieske
- Cyrus Samimi
- Mirco Schönfeld
- Anke Schürer-Ries
- Neeraj Thandayan-Viswajith
- Stephanie Stöcker
- Marisol Vázquez Llamas
Digital Solution Developer
- Philipp Eisenhuth
- Sebastian Petter
Code of conduct
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