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

Photo: Julia Pauli

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

Every Tuesday, 15-17 PM

ResearchGate

Google Scholar

Podcast der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung zu Heirat und Ehe mit Prof. Julia Pauli

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.

Google Scholar

ResearchGate

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 and PhD Student

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

Secretary's Office

Franziska Neubauer

Secretary's 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

Monday 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tuesday 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Wednesday 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Thursday 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Teaching Staff Members

Aman, M.A.

Research Associate and PhD Student

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 Shakeela Natarajan, M.A.

Research Associate and PhD Student

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

Room: 226

Telephone: +49 40 23952 4184

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

Office hours

Please send requests via e-mail.

Master Consultation & ERASMUS Consultation

Staff Members in Research Projects

Dr. Leonie Benker

Postdoctoral Researcher

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West

20146 Hamburg

Email: leonie.benker"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Photo: Natascha Bregy

Dr. Natascha Bregy

Research Associate and 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 and PhD Student

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West

20146 Hamburg

Room: 233

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

Photo: Hannah Bartels

Hannah Bartels

PhD Student

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

20146 Hamburg

Email: hannahbartels"AT"posteo.de

Lena Borlinghaus-ter Veer, M.A.

PhD Student

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, West

20146 Hamburg

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

Office hours

Steffi Colao

PhD Candidate

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, ESA W

20146 Hamburg

Email: stephanie.colao"AT"studium.uni-hamburg.de

Viviana Feuerlein, M.A.

PhD Student

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.

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

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.

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

Dr. Larissa Denk

ehemalige Doktorandin

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

20146 Hamburg

Email: denk.larissa"AT"googlemail.com

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

Maren Jordan, M.A.

former PhD Student

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.

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.

former PhD Student

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

Dr. Svenja Schöneich

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.

Photo: UHH/SICSS

Dr. Inga Janina Sievert

ehemalige Doktorandin

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

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

20146 Hamburg

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

Name	Tel	E-Mail
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/can-akin.html	+49 40 23952 9312	can.akin"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/nataliya-aluferova.html		nataliya.aluferova"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/hannah-bartels.html		hannahbartels"AT"posteo.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/leonie-benker.html		leonie.benker"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/jonas-bens.html	+49 40 23952 4075	jonas.bens"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/julia-berg.html
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/andrea-blaetter.html		blaettchen100"AT"gmail.com
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/frank-bliss.html		bliss.gaesing"AT"t-online.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/lena-borlinghaus.html		lena.borlinghaus"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/natascha-bregy.html		natascha.bregy"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/christian-buchner.html
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/jan-budniok.html
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/steffi-colao.html		stephanie.colao"AT"studium.uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/lorenzo-dangelo.html		lorenzo.d.angelo"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/larissa-denk.html		denk.larissa"AT"googlemail.com
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/viviana-feuerlein.html		Viviana.Feuerlein"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/hans-fischer.html
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/mijal-gandelsman-trier.html		mijal.trier"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/laura-glauser.html		kontakt"AT"laura-glauser.com
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/j-otto-habeck.html	+49 40 23952 5496	otto.habeck"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/thomas-hauschild.html		thomas.hauschild"AT"ethnologie.uni-halle.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/eric-heuser.html		eric.anton.heuser"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/kirill-istomin.html		kirill.istomin"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/juergen-jensen.html
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/maren-roessler.html		maren.jordan"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/laibor-kalanga-moko.html		Laibor.Moko"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/richard-kiaka.html
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/waltraud-kokot.html		wkokot"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/hartmut-lang.html		hartmut.lang"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/sabine-lang.html		lang"AT"sabinelang.com
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/roza-laptander.html		roza.laptander"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/dumitrita-lunca.html		dumitrita.lunca"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/aman.html		Aman.Aman"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/roland-mischung.html		rmischung"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/arjunraj.html		arjunraj.arjunraj"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/franziska-neubauer.html	+49 40 23952 4182	IFE"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/patrick-neveling2.html		patrick.neveling"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/coral-o-brian.html		coral.obrian"AT"gmail.com
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/david-parduhn.html
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/julia-pauli.html	+49 40 23952 4181	Julia.Pauli"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/robert-pijpers.html		robert.pijpers"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/laila-prager.html		laila.prager"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/michael-proepper.html	+49 40 23952 3850	michael.proepper"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/elisabeth-quenstedt.html	+49 40 23952 2402	elisabeth.quenstedt"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/michael-schnegg.html	+49 40 23952 7915	michael.schnegg"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/katharina-schneider.html		katharinahk"AT"gmail.com
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/charlot-schneider.html
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/svenja-schoeneich.html	+49 40 42838-9312	Svenja.schoeneich"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/inga-sievert.html		inga.janina.sievert"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/julian-sommerschuh.html	+49 40 23952 4184	Julian.Sommerschuh"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/christian-struempell.html		christian.struempell"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/julia-vorhoelter.html		julia.vorhoelter"AT"uni-hamburg.de
https://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/personen/astrid-wonneberger.html		astrid.wonneberger"AT"uni-hamburg.de