Sociocultural anthropology

Dr. phil. University of Munich 1989, Habilitation 1999. Present position: Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of Anthropology, The University of Chicago.

Dr. phil. University of Munich 1989, Habilitation 1999. Present position: Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of Anthropology, The University of Chicago. Monographs: Das Exil der Goetter: Geschichte und Vorstellungswelt einer afrokubanischen Religion (1991), Wizards and Scientists: Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity and Tradition (2002), The Cooking of History: How not to Study Afro-Cuban Religion (2013), Thinking with Ngangas: What Afrocuban Ritual Can Tell Us about Scientific Practice – and Vice Versa (2023). Edited volumes (selection): Slave Cultures and the Cultures of Slavery (1995), Africas of the Americas: Beyond the Search for Origins in the Study of Afro-Atlantic Religions (2008); The Caribbean: A History of the Region and its People (2010, with Francisco Scarano); The Mythology in Our Language: Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Frazer’s Golden Bough (2020, with Giovanni da Col); The Varieties of Historical Experience (2020, with Charles Stewart); Fernando Ortiz: Caribbean and Mediterranean Counterpoints (2023).

Monographs:

Das Exil der Goetter: Geschichte und Vorstellungswelt einer afrokubanischen Religion (1991)

Wizards and Scientists:

Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity and Tradition (2002), The Cooking of History: How not to Study Afro-Cuban Religion (2013), Thinking with Ngangas: What Afrocuban Ritual Can Tell Us about Scientific Practice – and Vice Versa (2023).

Edited volumes (selection):

Slave Cultures and the Cultures of Slavery (1995), Africas of the Americas: Beyond the Search for Origins in the Study of Afro-Atlantic Religions (2008).

The Caribbean: A History of the Region and its People (2010, with Francisco Scarano).

The Mythology in Our Language: Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Frazer’s Golden Bough (2020, with Giovanni da Col).

The Varieties of Historical Experience (2020, with Charles Stewart).

Fernando Ortiz: Caribbean and Mediterranean Counterpoints (2023).

Sociocultural anthropology

Dr. phil. University of Munich 1989, Habilitation 1999. Present position: Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of Anthropology, The University of Chicago.

Dr. phil. University of Munich 1989, Habilitation 1999. Present position: Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of Anthropology, The University of Chicago. Monographs: Das Exil der Goetter: Geschichte und Vorstellungswelt einer afrokubanischen Religion (1991), Wizards and Scientists: Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity and Tradition (2002), The Cooking of History: How not to Study Afro-Cuban Religion (2013), Thinking with Ngangas: What Afrocuban Ritual Can Tell Us about Scientific Practice – and Vice Versa (2023). Edited volumes (selection): Slave Cultures and the Cultures of Slavery (1995), Africas of the Americas: Beyond the Search for Origins in the Study of Afro-Atlantic Religions (2008); The Caribbean: A History of the Region and its People (2010, with Francisco Scarano); The Mythology in Our Language: Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Frazer’s Golden Bough (2020, with Giovanni da Col); The Varieties of Historical Experience (2020, with Charles Stewart); Fernando Ortiz: Caribbean and Mediterranean Counterpoints (2023).

Monographs:

Das Exil der Goetter: Geschichte und Vorstellungswelt einer afrokubanischen Religion (1991)

Wizards and Scientists:

Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity and Tradition (2002), The Cooking of History: How not to Study Afro-Cuban Religion (2013), Thinking with Ngangas: What Afrocuban Ritual Can Tell Us about Scientific Practice – and Vice Versa (2023).

Edited volumes (selection):

Slave Cultures and the Cultures of Slavery (1995), Africas of the Americas: Beyond the Search for Origins in the Study of Afro-Atlantic Religions (2008).

The Caribbean: A History of the Region and its People (2010, with Francisco Scarano).

The Mythology in Our Language: Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Frazer’s Golden Bough (2020, with Giovanni da Col).

The Varieties of Historical Experience (2020, with Charles Stewart).

Fernando Ortiz: Caribbean and Mediterranean Counterpoints (2023).