
- Visiting Fellow
- Palmie', Stephan
- Dr. phil. habil.
- Time period: 01.04.2025 - 31.07.2025
- Research title: What I Have Learned about Afro-Cuban Religion over the Past 40 Years
- Research Region: Cuba, Afro-Atlantic World
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- Video Statement
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).
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).