Dr. Tilman Musch
Anthropology
Academic Degrees
- 2008 PhD: Anthropology, Centre de Recherches Russes et Euro-Asiatiques (CRREA), Institut National de Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), France.
Professional Background
Research
| Since 2018 | Research fellow of the Gerda Henkel Stiftung. Research project: “The Tubu Teda's customary law and its contribution to stability. A citizen-science approach.” IAS, Bayreuth University / Germany. |
| 2013-2016 | PI in the DFG-funded project “Spatial conceptions and autochthony among Tubu in eastern Niger”. Department of Ethnology, Bayreuth University / Germany. |
| 2009-2012 | Various research fellowships (INALCO, IFRA / Ibadan, etc.). |
| 2008-2009 | Research fellowship of the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung on “Land- and water-rights in the Sahel. Local orders, state-legislation and their interdependence”. Department of Ethnology, Bayreuth University / Germany. |
| 2007 | Researcher at the Centre de recherche et eurastiatiques (CRREA, INCALCO) |
Teaching
| Since 2017 | Lecturer at the department of Ethnology, Bayreuth University / Germany. |
| April 2015 | Visiting lecturer (ERASMUS), Università l’Orientale, Naples / Italy |
| 2007-2011 | Visiting lecturer (1 seminar a year) at the Academy of Sciences, Bishkek / Kyrgyz Republic. |
| 2008-2009 | Co-organization of and lectures in the seminar “Anthropologie du nomadisme: espaces, frontières, ressources et foncier pastoral”, École de Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS / Paris). |
| 2007 | Researcher at the Centre de recherche et eurastiatiques (CRREA, INCALCO) |
Memberships of scientific societies, reviewing
- Associate Editor of the journal Nomadic Peoples.
- Member of the scientific advisory board of the journal Religiovedenie (“Science of religions”), Amur State University / Russia.
- Member of the Centre de recherches en Anthropologie et Sciences Humaines (CRASH), N’Djamena / Chad
- Reviewer of the e-journal Ethnobiology Letters, Society of Ethnobiology / USA
Anthropology
Regional Focus:
- Central Sahara
- West and Central Africa
- Siberia
Research Topics:
- Anthropology of space and time (spatial orders, mobility, land tenure, migration)
- Nomadism
- Deserts
- Ethnobiology and ethno-archaeology
- Anthropocene studies
Anthropology
Dr. Tilman Musch
Institute of African Studies (IAS), Bayreuth University / Germany
95440 Bayreuth
Phone: 0921 / 55-5103
E-mail: tilmanmusch@yahoo.de
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