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Southeast Asian Studies in Germany (preliminary list, February 2014)

Compiled by Arndt Graf, Susanne Rodemeier, and Friedrike Trotier (for comments to improve the list, please contact arndtgraf@yahoo.de)

Professors active in Southeast Asian Studies in Germany, February 2014

(Funding for permanent professorial posts in Germany comes from the 16 states, hence in the following the breakdown is given according to state. This also allows to see regional clusters.)

Federal State

University Professor Fields Websites

Baden-Württemberg

University of Freiburg

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rüland

Political Science, Southeast Asia

http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/politik/professuren/internationale-politik/southeast-asian-st0udies http://www.southeastasianstudies.uni-freiburg.de/

Prof. Dr. Judith Schlehe Prof. Dr. Stefan Seitz

Anthropology, Indonesia Anthropology, Insular Southeast Asia

http://www.southeastasianstudies.uni-freiburg.de/participants/project-leaders/professor-judith-schlehe

Prof. Dr. Günther Schulze

Economics, Southeast Asia

http://www.southeastasianstudies.uni-freiburg.de/participants/project-leaders/professor-gunther-schulze/?searchterm=None

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Prof. Dr. Sabrine Dabringhaus

East Asian History

http://www.southeastasianstudies.uni-freiburg.de/participants/project-leaders/professor-sabine-dabringhaus

Prof. Dr. Thomas Frings

Cultural Geography, Southeast Asia

http://www.geographie.uni-freiburg.de/ikg/mitarb/krings_t/index?jahr=alle

University of Hohenheim

Prof. Dr. Franz Heidhues

Rural Development, Tropical Southeast Asia

https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/institution/fg-entwicklungstheorie-und-entwicklungspolitik-fuer-den-laendlichen-raum-12

Hochschule Konstanz

Prof. Dr. Helmut Weber

Applied Business Languages, Indonesia and Malaysia

http://www.htwg-konstanz.de/Studienprogramm.1641.0.html

Heidelberg University

Prof. Dr. Annette Hornbacher Prof. Dr. Guido Sprenger Adjunct Prof. Dr. Volker Gottowik

Anthropology, Indonesia Anthropology, Mainland Southeast Asia Anthropology, Indonesia

http://www.eth.uni-heidelberg.de/institut/index.html http://www2.uni-frankfurt.de/43645412/gottowik

Prof. Dr. Aurel

Political Science,

http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/politikwissenschaften/

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Croissant Mainland Southeast Asia

Prof. Dr. Hans Gebhardt

Human geography, Mainland Southeast Asia

http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/human/forschung.html

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl-Heinz Pfeffer

Geography, Southeast Asia

http://www.geo.uni-tuebingen.de/arbeitsgruppen/geographie/forschungsbereich-geographie/mitarbeiter/alphabetisch/detailansicht-alphabetisch.html?tx_wtdirectory_pi1[show]=309&tx_rggooglemap_pi1[poi]=309&cHash=9faff28d99c827245b6081e28f1d9d78

Bavaria University of Passau

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Korff Prof. Dr. Martina Padmanabhan Adjunct Prof. Dr. Martin Grossheim

Southeast Asian Studies, Sociology Comparative Development Studies, India-Indonesia History, Vietnam

http://www.phil.uni-passau.de/die-fakultaet/lehrstuehle-professuren/suedostasien/suedostasien/startseite.html

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg

Prof. Dr. Mark R. Thompson / Prof. Dr. Howard Loewen

Political Science, Philippines Political Science, Philippines + Malaysia

http://www.polwiss.uni-erlangen.de/professuren/thompson/personen/mark-thompson.shtml

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Ludwig- Maximilian- University Munich

Prof. Dr. Hermann Amborn Adjunct Prof. Dr. Stefan Dietrich

Anthropology, Indonesia Anthropology, Indonesia

http://www.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/personen/professorinnen/amborn/index.html

Berlin Free University Berlin

Prof. Dr. Birgitt Röttger-Rössler Junior Prof. Dr. Urte Undine Frömming

Anthropology, Indonesia Anthropology, Indonesia

http://www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/ethnologie/mitarbeiter/professorinnen/roettger-roessler/

Humboldt University of Berlin

Prof. Dr. Christian Bauer Prof. Dr. Vincent Houben Prof. Dr. Boike Rehbein

Southeast Asian philology Southeast Asian history and society Sociology, Mainland Southeast Asia

http://iaaw.hu-berlin.de/southeastasia

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Hamburg University of Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Jörg Engelbert Prof. Dr. Volker Grabowsky Prof. Dr. Jan van der Putten Junior Prof. Dr. Monika Arnez

History, Vietnam History, Thailand Indonesian and Malay literatures Indonesian Literature

http://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/soa/

Prof. Dr. Roland Mischung

Anthropology, Mainland Southeast Asia

http://www.ethnologie.uni-hamburg.de/de/ueber-das-institut.html

GIGA Institute for Global and Area Studies

Adjunct Prof. Dr. Andreas Ufen

Political Science, Indonesia

http://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/the-giga

Hesse Goethe University Frankfurt

Prof. Dr. Arndt Graf Jun. Prof. Dr. Sandra Khor Manickam Adjunct Prof. Dr. Fritz

Indonesian and Malay media and rhetorics History, Malaysia Indonesian and Malay philology,

http://www2.uni-frankfurt.de/41039833

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Schulze Senior Prof. Dr. Bernd Nothofer

Islam Linguistics, Indonesia and the Malay World

Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Kohl (until March 2014) Prof. Dr. Susanne Schröter Prof. Dr. Marin Trenk Adjunct Prof. Dr. Holger Jebens

Anthropology, Indonesia Anthropology, Insular Southeast Asia + Islamic World Anthropology, Mainland Southeast Asia + North America; Anthropology, SE Asia

http://www2.uni-frankfurt.de/42991918/ie http://www.frobenius-institut.de/index.php/de/mitarbeiter/mitarbeiter-aktuell/21-prof-apl-dr-holger-jebens

Prof. Dr. Rainer Klump

Development Economics, Vietnam

http://www.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de/abteilungen/ei/professoren/klump/team/prof-dr-rainer-klump.html

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Prof. Dr. Alexander Ebner

Sociology, Singapore

http://www.gesellschaftswissenschaften.uni-frankfurt.de/institut_1/aebner/

Philipps University Marburg

Prof. Dr. Edith Franke

Religious Studies, Indonesia

http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb03/ivk/religionswissenschaft

Prof. Dr. Claudia Derichs

Political Science, Malaysia

http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb03/politikwissenschaft?language_sync=1

Prof. Dr. Markus Hassler

Geography, Southeast Asia

http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb19/fachgebiete/regionalforschung/hasslerm/

Lower Saxony

Georg August University of Göttingen

Prof. Dr. Andrea Lauser Prof. Dr. Peter Bräunlein Adjunct Prof. Dr. Michael Dickhardt

Anthropology, Indonesia Anthropology, Religious Studies, Philippines Anthropology, Vietnam

http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/28822.html http://www.dorisea.de/de/node/86

Junior Prof.: N.N.

Development Economics with special focus on Southeast Asia

http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/69072.html

Prof. Dr. Geography, http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/24185.html

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Heiko Faust Indonesia Prof. Dr. Anja Jetschke

International Relations, ASEAN

http://lehrstuhlib.uni-goettingen.de/

Leibniz University of Hannover

Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez

Economic geography, Vietnam

http://www.wigeo.uni-hannover.de/javier_revilla_diez.html?&L=1

North Rhine-Westphalia

RWTH Aachen

Prof. Dr. Martina Fromhold-Eisebith

Economic Geography

http://www.econgeo.rwth-aachen.de/index.php?id=fromhold-eisebith

University of Bonn

Prof. Dr. Christian Antweiler

Anthropology, Southeast Asian Studies

http://www.ioa.uni-bonn.de/abteilungen/suedostasienwissenschaft/abteilung

University of Bonn / Centre for Development Research (ZEF)

Prof. Dr. Solvay Gerke

Sociology, Southeast Asia

http://www.ioa.uni-bonn.de/abteilungen/suedostasienwissenschaft/abteilung

Cologne University of Applied Sciences

Prof. Dr. Johann Hamhaber

Geography, Southeast Asia

http://www.tt.fh-koeln.de/blog/staff/professors/prof-dr-johannes-hamhaber/

University Prof. Dr. Indonesian http://orient.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/4939.html

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of Cologne Edwin Wieringa

and Malay literatures, Islam

Prof. Dr. Martin Rössler Junior Prof. Dr. Sandra Kurfürst

Anthropology, Insular Southeast Asia Urban Studies, Mainland Southeast Asia

http://ethnologie.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/roessler.html?&L=0#c5979 http://urbanself-fp7.eu/partners/institutions/universitaet-passau/dr-sandra-kurfuerst/

Mainland

Prof. Dr. Frauke Kraas

Human Geography, Mainland Southeast Asia

http://www.geographie.uni-koeln.de/index.474.de.html

University of Münster

Prof. Dr. Josephus Platenkamp

Anthropology, Indonesia

https://www.uni-muenster.de/Ethnologie/

Prof. Dr. Susanne Feske

Political Science, Southeast Asia

http://www.uni-muenster.de/IfPol/personen/feske.htm

Prof. Dr. Paul Reuber

Political and social geography, Southeast Asia

http://www.uni-muenster.de/Geographie/mitarbeiter/reuber.html

Rhineland- Johannes Gutenberg University

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim

Geography, Philippines

http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/hjfuchs/pub.html

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Palatinate of Mainz Fuchs University of Trier

Adjunct Prof. Dr. Patrick Ziegenhain

Political Science, Insular Southeast Asia

http://patrick-ziegenhain.de/

Saxony-Anhalt

Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle

Adjunct Prof. Dr. Kirsten Endres Adjunct Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Knörr Hon. Prof. Dr. Keebet von Benda-Beckmann

Anthropology, Vietnam Anthropology, Indonesia Anthropology, Indonesia

http://www.eth.mpg.de/cms/en/people/d/endres/index.html http://www.eth.mpg.de/cms/en/people/d/knoerr/index.html http://www.eth.mpg.de/cms/en/people/d/kbenda/index.html

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Major ongoing collaborative research projects, often involving colleagues from various disciplines and universities:

Funding organisation

Funding line Funding type

Name of project

Organising / coordinating university in Germany

Website

EU FP7 Collaborative Research project

Integration in Southeast Asia: Trajectories of Inclusion, Dynamics of Exclusion (SEATIDE)

University of Hamburg

http://seatide.eu/?content=home

URBANSELF – A North-South-Network on Urban Self-Organisation and Public Life in Europe, India and China

University of Passau

http://urbanself-fp7.eu/partners/staff/

DFG – German

Excellence initiative

Cluster of Excellence

Asia and Europe in a

Heidelberg University

http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/

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Research Council

global context Formation of normative orders

Goethe University Frankfurt

http://www.normativeorders.net/en/

Graduate School

Multifaceted Islam

Free University of Berlin

http://www.excellence-initiative.com/berlin-muslim-cultures-societies

Regular line Collaborative Research Center (SFB)

Manuscript cultures in Asia, Africa, and Europe

University of Hamburg

http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/

Ecological and socioeconomic functions of tropical lowland rainforest transformation systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)

Georg-August-University of Göttingen

http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/list/projectdetails/index.jsp?id=192626868

BMBF (Federal Ministry of Higher Education and

Strengthening Area Studies

Competence network

Dynamics of religion in Southeast Asia (DORISEA)

Georg-August-University of Göttingen

http://www.dorisea.de/

Crossroads Centre for http://crossroads-asia.de/

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Research) Asia: Conflict, Migration, Development

Development Research, Bonn

Collaborative Research project

Grounding area studies in social practice

University of Freiburg

http://www.southeastasianstudies.uni-freiburg.de/

Africa’s Asian Options (AFRASO)

Goethe University of Frankfurt

http://www.afraso.org/

State of Hesse

Strengthening Area Studies

Special support for 3 centres of area studies

Centre for East Asian Studies, IZO (inluding Southeast Asia)

Goethe University of Frankfurt

http://www2.uni-frankfurt.de/43866110/izo?legacy_request=1