Prof. Dr. Dorothea Schulz
© Dorothea Schulz

  • Research Areas

    • Anthropology of Religion
    • Mental health and spiritual wellbeing
    • Political Anthropology
    • Islam in Africa
    • Gender Studies
    • Anthropology of Media

  • CV

    Education

    Postdoctoral Degree (Habilitation), Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität (FU) Berlin (venia legendi for Anthropology)
    PhD Yale University, Dept. of Anthropology
    Master of Arts in Anthropology, Sociology and Biology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    Study of Anthropology, Sociology and Biology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    Study of Art History, Université Paul-Valéry-Montpellier (France)

    Positions

    Professor of Anthropology, Institute of Ethnology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster
    Professor of Anthropology, Department of Cultural & Social Anthropology, Universität zu Köln
    Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington (USA)
    Lecturer, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, FU Berlin
    Lecturer, Frobenius Institute, Frankfurt am Main
    M.Phil. and Ph.D., Department of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven (USA)

    Honors

    Visiting Scholar – Dept. of Anthropology, University of Chicago (USA)
    Fellow, Center for African Studies – Harvard University (USA)
    Fellow – Berlin Graduate School „Muslim Cultures and Societies“ (USA)
    Visiting scholar – Dept. of Anthropology, University of Oslo (Norway)
    Teaching Prize – Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Universität zu Köln
    Fellow – Society for the Humanities, Cornell University, Ithaca (USA)
    Frobenius Society’s Research Award – Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main

    External Functions

    Member, Selection Committee, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
    Scientific Member of the Steering Committee, Initiative of Excellence of the Universität zu Köln
    Member, African Studies Association Germany (VAD)
    Co-Editor, Series „Mande Worlds“ (Lit Verlag)
    Academic Director, Research and Teaching Unit „Media, Culture and Society“, Universität zu Köln
    Member, American Academy of Religions (AAR)
    Advisory Board, Series „Ethnographien“ (Konstanz University Press)
    Member, American Anthropological Association (AAA)
    Member, African Studies Association (ASA)

  • Projects

    • EXC 2060 B3-48 - The role of social identities in interreligious arrangements: comparative perspectives on and from Sub-Saharan Africa (since )
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Cluster of Excellence | Project Number: EXC 2060/1
    • KFG 33: Access to cultural goods in digital change: art historical, curatorial, and ethical aspects ( – )
      Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Centres for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences
    • EXC 2060 B3-20 - Testing and contesting religious pluralism in Uganda ( – )
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Cluster of Excellence | Project Number: EXC 2060/1
    • Cluster of Excellence 2060 - Religion and Politics: Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation ( – )
      Main DFG-Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Cluster of Excellence | Project Number: EXC 2060/1
    • Time and Artefact ( – )
      Internally at the University of Münster Funded Project: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs
    • Cultures of Debate and Media in Transition ( – )
      Internally at the University of Münster Funded Project: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs
    • Muslims as a religious minority in Uganda ( – )
      Individual Granted Project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: SCHU 1276/14-1

  • Publications

    • Schulz, Dorothea. (). Political Legitimacy in Postcolonial Mali. London: James Currey.

    • Röschenthaler, Ute; Schulz, Dorothea (Eds.). (). Cultural Entrepreneurship in Africa. New York: Routledge.

    • Schulz, Dorothea. (). Culture and Customs of Mali . Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Publishers.
    • Desplat, Patrick A.; Schulz, Dorothea (Eds.). (). Prayer in the City. The Making of Muslim Sacred Places and Urban Life. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag.

    • Schulz, Dorothea. (). Muslims and New Media in West Africa. Pathways to God. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

    • Schulz, Dorothea; Seebode, Jochen (Eds.). (). Spiegel und Prisma. Ethnologie zwischen postkolonialer Kritik und Deutung der eigenen Gesellschaft. Hamburg: Argument Verlag.

    • Schulz, Dorothea. (). Perpetuating the Politics of Praise. Jeli Singers, Radios, and Political Mediation in Mali. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.