Prof. Dr. Thomas Widlok

  • Phone: +49 (0)221 470 27 08
  • Fax: +49 (0)221 470 51 58
  • E-mail: thomas.widlok@uni-koeln.de (Prof. Dr. Thomas Widlok)
  • Consultation hours: by arrangement

Short Curriculum Vitae

  • since 2013 Professor for African Studies, University of Cologne
  • 2008-2013 Professor for Anthropology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, Director, Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies, Univ. Nijmegen
  • 2009-2013 Research Associate, SFB/CRC 806, Univ. of Cologne
  • 2012 Resident Research Fellow, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung, Bielefeld
  • 2011 Visiting Professor for Anthropology, University of Zürich
  • 2006-2008 Lecturer, Dept. of Anthropology, Durham University
  • 2006 Visiting Professor for Anthropology, University of Heidelberg
  • 2004 Postdoctoral Lecture Qualification (Habilitation), Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne
  • 2003-2006 Senior Researcher, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen (funded by the Volkswagen Foundation)
  • 2000-2002 Senior Researcher, MPI for Anthropological Research, Halle
  • 1998 Visiting Professor, Centre for African and Asian Area Studies, Kyoto University
  • 1995-2000 Senior Researcher, University of Cologne (funded by the German Research Council DFG)
  • 1994-1995 Lecturer, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • 1994 Ph. D. in Anthropology, LSE, University of London
  • 1992-1994 Junior Researcher, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen
  • 1989 M.Sc. (distinction) in Anthropology at the LSE, University of London