Staff

Members of the Institute

Professors

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jonas Bens

Heisenberg Professor

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, ESA W

20146 Hamburg

Room: 232

Telephone: +49 40 23952 4075

Email: jonas.bens"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Tuesdays, 4-5pm. (Please use the booking tool on the bottom of the page to book a slot.)

Please send requests for consultations via e-mail during the semester break.

Univ.-Prof. Dr. J. Otto Habeck

Head of Department

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 229

Telephone: +49 40 23952 5496

Email: otto.habeck"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Office hours during the lecture period:
Every Tuesday, 15-17 PM

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julia Pauli

Professor

Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 228

Telephone: +49 40 23952 4181

Email: Julia.Pauli"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Starting April 7, 2026:
Every Tuesday, 15-17 PM

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Kulturelle Vielfalt verstehen - Ein Podcast zum Studium der Ethnologie in Hamburg

Verwandtsein. Ethnologische Perspektiven auf soziale Nähe und verwandtschaftliche Vielfalt

Radio interview with the station radioeins of Radio Berlin-Brandenburg on 17.11.2023

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Schnegg

Professor

Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 230

Telephone: +49 40 23952 7915

Email: michael.schnegg"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

During lecture periods: every monday, 14-15 PM
Outside lecture periods: by appointment via email.

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Visiting Professors

Photo: Julia Vorhölter

PD Dr. Julia Vorhölter

Visiting Professor

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West

20146 Hamburg

Room: 237

Email: julia.vorhoelter"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Appointments via e-mail.

Organization of the DGSKA-Conference 2027

Photo: Can Akin

Can Akin

Research Associate

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West

20146 Hamburg

Room: 239

Telephone: +49 40 23952 9312

Email: can.akin"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Teaching Research Associates

Aman A., M.A.

Research Associate

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 227

Email: Aman.Aman"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Please send an e-mail with your request.

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Arjunraj, M.A.

Research Associate

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 240

Email: arjunraj.arjunraj"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Please submit requests per email.

Dr. Michael Pröpper

Research Associate

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 231

Telephone: +49 40 23952 3850

Email: michael.proepper"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Office hours during the lecture period:
every Tuesday, 16:15 - 17:45 PM (Wozu Ethnologie?, CIP-Pool/Rm. 231)

Key aspects of activity

Bachelor-Consultation
ABK-Consultation

Photo: Julian Sommerschuh

Dr. Julian Jasper Sommerschuh

Research Associate

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Telephone: +49 40 23952 4184

Email: Julian.Sommerschuh"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Please send requests via e-mail.

Master Consultation & ERASMUS Consultation

Research Associates in Research Projects

Photo: Natascha Bregy

Natascha Bregy

Postdoctoral Researcher

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Email: natascha.bregy"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Dr. Laibor Kalanga Moko

Research Associate

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 237

Email: Laibor.Moko"AT"uni-hamburg.de

PhD Students

Photo: Nataliya Aluferova

Nataliya Aluferova

Research Associate

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Grindelallee 46

20146 Hamburg

Room: 133

Email: nataliya.aluferova"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Photo: Hannah Bartels

Hannah Bartels

Doktorandin

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Email: hannahbartels"AT"posteo.de

Lena Borlinghaus-ter Veer, M.A.

Doktorandin

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West

20146 Hamburg

Email: lena.borlinghaus"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Larissa Denk

Doktorandin

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Email: denk.larissa"AT"googlemail.com

Viviana Feuerlein, M.A.

Research Associate

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 240

Email: Viviana.Feuerlein"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Please send an inquiry via e-mail.

Maren Jordan, M.A.

Research Associate

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 240

Email: maren.jordan"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Please send requests via e-mail.

Andrea Noll, M.A.

Doktorandin

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Email: andrea-noll"AT"gmx.de

Photo: Coral Iris O'Brian

Coral Iris O'Brian

Doktorandin

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Email: coral.obrian"AT"gmail.com

Photo: Charlot Schneider

Charlot Schneider

Doktorandin

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Photo: UHH/SICSS

Inga Janina Sievert

Doktorandin

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Email: inga.janina.sievert"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Lecturers

Photo: Mijal Gandelsman-Trier

Mijal Gandelsman-Trier, M.A.

Lecturer

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 227, ESA W

Email: mijal.trier"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Please send requests via e-mail.

Photo: Laura Glauser

Dr. Laura Glauser

Lecturer

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Email: kontakt"AT"laura-glauser.com

Office hours

Please send requests via e-mail.

Katharina Schneider

Lecturer

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Email: katharinahk"AT"gmail.com

PD Dr. Christian Strümpell

External Lecturer

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West

20146 Hamburg

Room: 233

Email: christian.struempell"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Please send requests via e-mail.

PD Dr. Astrid Wonneberger

Lecturer

Institut für Ethnologie

HAW Hamburg Alexanderstraße 1

20099 Hamburg

Email: astrid.wonneberger"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Please send requests via e-mail.

Secretariat

Franziska Neubauer

Administrative Office

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 225

Telephone: +49 40 23952 4182

Email: IFE"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Every Monday, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Every Tuesday, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Every Wednesday, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Every Thursday, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Library

Elisabeth Quenstedt

Librarian

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146

Telephone: +49 40 23952 2402

Email: elisabeth.quenstedt"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Former Members of the Institute

Former Professors

Photo: Hans Fischer

Univ.-Prof. em. Dr. Hans Fischer

former Professor, deceased August 16th, 2019

Institut für Ethnologie

Photo: Jürgen Jensen

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Jensen

former Professor, deceased June 6th, 2025

Institut für Ethnologie

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Waltraud Kokot

Professor in Retirement

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 228

Email: wkokot"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Photo: Hartmut Lang

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hartmut Lang

Professor in Retirement

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W), 20146 Hamburg

20146 Hamburg

Room: 238

Email: hartmut.lang"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Roland Mischung

Professor in Retirement

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 238

Email: rmischung"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Please send requests via e-mail.

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Laila Prager

Former Jun.-Professor

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 226

Email: laila.prager"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Please send enquiries by e-mail to Laila.Prager"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Documents for Laila Prager can be handed in to the secretary’s office at any time.

Former Members of the Institute

Julia Berg, M.A.

Lecturer

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Office hours

Please send requests via e-mail.

Dr. phil., Dipl. psych. Andrea Blätter

Former Lecturer

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Email: blaettchen100"AT"gmail.com

Office hours

Please send requests via e-mail.

Prof. Dr Frank Bliss

Former External Lecturer

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Email: bliss.gaesing"AT"t-online.de

Office hours

Please send requests via e-mail.

Christian Buchner, M.A.

Former Researcher

Dr. Jan Budniok

Former Researcher

Lorenzo D´Angelo

Former Research Associate in the project Gold Matters

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West

20146 Hamburg

Email: lorenzo.d.angelo"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Photo: Thomas Hauschild

Thomas Hauschild

Lecturer

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Email: thomas.hauschild"AT"ethnologie.uni-halle.de

Dr. Eric Anton Heuser

Former Visiting Professor

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Email: eric.anton.heuser"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Photo: Kirill Istomin

Dr. Kirill Istomin

Former Research Associate

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 225

Email: kirill.istomin"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Richard Dimba Kiaka, MSc.

Former Researcher

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Dr. Sabine Lang

Former Lecturer

Institut für Ethnologie

Email: lang"AT"sabinelang.com

Dr. Roza Laptander

Former Research Associate

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 227

Email: roza.laptander"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Every Tuesday, 14:00 PM – 16:00 PM

Dumitriţa Luncă, M.A.

Doktorandin

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1

20146 Hamburg

Email: dumitrita.lunca"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Please send requests via e-mail.

Photo: Patrick Neveling

Prof. Dr. Patrick Neveling

Former Visiting Professor

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 226

Email: patrick.neveling"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Appointments are made by prior arrangement via e-mail.

Dr. David Parduhn

Former Researcher

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Dr. Robert Pijpers

Former Research Associate

Institut für Ethnologie

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West (ESA W)

20146 Hamburg

Room: 227

Email: robert.pijpers"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Photo: Svenja Schöneich

Svenja Schöneich, M.A.

Former Lecturer

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1

20146 Hamburg

Telephone: +49 40 42838-9312

Email: Svenja.schoeneich"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Office hours

Please send requests via e-mail.

Name	Tel	E-Mail
A., M.A., Aman		Aman.Aman"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Akin, Can	+49 40 23952 9312	can.akin"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Aluferova, Nataliya		nataliya.aluferova"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Bartels, Hannah		hannahbartels"AT"posteo.de
Bens, Jonas, Univ.-Prof. Dr.	+49 40 23952 4075	jonas.bens"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Berg, M.A., Julia
Blätter, Andrea, Dr. phil., Dipl. psych.		blaettchen100"AT"gmail.com
Bliss, Frank, Prof. Dr		bliss.gaesing"AT"t-online.de
Borlinghaus-ter Veer, Lena, M.A.		lena.borlinghaus"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Bregy, Natascha		natascha.bregy"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Buchner, M.A., Christian
Budniok, Jan, Dr.
D´Angelo, Lorenzo		lorenzo.d.angelo"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Denk, Larissa		denk.larissa"AT"googlemail.com
Feuerlein, Viviana, M.A.		Viviana.Feuerlein"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Fischer, Hans, Univ.-Prof. em. Dr.
Gandelsman-Trier, M.A., Mijal		mijal.trier"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Glauser, Laura, Dr.		kontakt"AT"laura-glauser.com
Habeck, J. Otto, Univ.-Prof. Dr.	+49 40 23952 5496	otto.habeck"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Hauschild, Thomas		thomas.hauschild"AT"ethnologie.uni-halle.de
Heuser, Eric Anton, Dr.		eric.anton.heuser"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Istomin, Kirill, Dr.		kirill.istomin"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Jensen, Jürgen, Univ.-Prof. Dr.
Jordan, M.A., Maren		maren.jordan"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Kalanga Moko, Laibor, Dr.		Laibor.Moko"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Kiaka, Richard Dimba, MSc.
Kokot, Waltraud, Univ.-Prof. Dr.		wkokot"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Lang, Hartmut, Univ.-Prof. Dr.		hartmut.lang"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Lang, Sabine, Dr.		lang"AT"sabinelang.com
Laptander, Roza, Dr.		roza.laptander"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Luncă, M.A., Dumitriţa		dumitrita.lunca"AT"uni-hamburg.de
M.A., Arjunraj,		arjunraj.arjunraj"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Mischung, Roland, Univ.-Prof. Dr.		rmischung"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Neubauer, Franziska	+49 40 23952 4182	IFE"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Neveling, Patrick, Prof. Dr.		patrick.neveling"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Noll, Andrea, M.A.		andrea-noll"AT"gmx.de
O'Brian, Coral Iris		coral.obrian"AT"gmail.com
Parduhn, Dr. David
Pauli, Julia, Univ.-Prof. Dr.	+49 40 23952 4181	Julia.Pauli"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Pijpers, Robert, Dr.		robert.pijpers"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Prager, Laila, Jun.-Prof. Dr.		laila.prager"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Pröpper, Michael, Dr.	+49 40 23952 3850	michael.proepper"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Quenstedt, Elisabeth	+49 40 23952 2402	elisabeth.quenstedt"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Schnegg, Michael, Univ.-Prof. Dr.	+49 40 23952 7915	michael.schnegg"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Schneider, Katharina		katharinahk"AT"gmail.com
Schneider, Charlot
Schöneich, M.A., Svenja	+49 40 42838-9312	Svenja.schoeneich"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Sievert, Inga Janina		inga.janina.sievert"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Sommerschuh, Julian Jasper, Dr.	+49 40 23952 4184	Julian.Sommerschuh"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Strümpell, Christian, PD Dr.		christian.struempell"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Vorhölter, Julia, PD Dr.		julia.vorhoelter"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Wonneberger, Astrid, PD Dr.		astrid.wonneberger"AT"uni-hamburg.de