Prof. Dr. Anna Meiser

Academic Career

• 10/2021 W2 Professor at the Institute for Intercultural Communication, LMU Munich
• 07/2020 Venia Legendi in Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Freiburg
• Summer Semester 2020 Substitute for the W3 professorship for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Philipps-University in Marburg
• 05/2018 – 03/2020 Maternity and family Leave
• 03/2015 – 02/2016 Visiting researcher at the Laboratorio de Interculturalidad, FLACSO Sede Ecuador and at the Departamento de Investigaciones Educativas, CINVESTAV in Mexico City
• 10/2012 – 09/2021 Junior Professor at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Freiburg
• 03/2012 – 04/2012 Guest lecturer at the University of Silesia, Katowice (Poland)
• 12/2011 – 09/2012 Substitute for the assistantship at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Freiburg
• 07/2011 Completion of Doctorate (Title of dissertation: „Ich trinke aus zwei Flüssen.“ Zur Logik transkultureller Prozesse bei christlichen Achuar und Shuar im oberen Amazonien) (awarded summa cum laude)
• 10/2008 – 02/2012 Lecturer at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, LMU Munich
• 10/2007 – 02/2011 Doctoral Program in Social and Cultural Anthropology with a Minor in Catholic Theology, LMU Munich
• 2005 Semester abroad at Humboldt State University, Arcata (California, USA)
• 2004 Semester abroad at the Jagiellonian University and the Pontifical Academy of Theology, Krakow (Poland)
• 2001 – 2007 Master's Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Political Science and Catholic Theology, LMU Munich

Research Interests

Interculturality as a cultural concept, intercultural (university) education, non-western systems of knowledge and knowledge dialogue, interreligious dynamics, transformation processes (glocalization, post-colonialism, post-socialism, indigenization), collaborative research methods

Regional Research Focal Points:
Latin America (Amazonia, the Andes, Mexico)
Central Eastern Europe (Poland)

Publications

Publications of Prof. Dr. Anna Meiser (PDF, 314 KB)

Field Research / Stays Abroad

• 2005 – 2024 Field research in Ecuador (20 Months) and multiple research trips
• 2014 & 2016 Field research in Mexico (7 Months)
• 2006 & 2008 & 2024 Field research in Peru (4 Months)
• 2008 & 2015 & 2019 & 2024 Research trips to Bolivia (8 Weeks)
• 2007 Research trip to Armenia (2 Weeks)
• since 2006 several Research trips to and Field Research in Poland (6 Weeks)

Awards and Scholarships

• 12/2017 Contributor to the teaching project S-A-L-A-M as its coordinator and director at the University of Freiburg (in cooperation with the University of Education Freiburg and the City of Freiburg). The S-A-L-A-M project was awarded the “State Teaching Prize” from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Arts.
• 03/2015 – 02/2016 Feodor Lynen-Research Scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• 08/2011 Dissertation Award, Faculty of Cultural Studies at LMU Munich
• 09/2009 Language course scholarship (“Russian”), St. Petersburg (Russia) from the Dr. Jürgen & Irmgard Ulderup Foundation
• 2008 – 2009 Scholarship holder from the Cusanuswerk Foundation (ideational support)
• 2007 – 2010 Scholarship holder from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V.
• 2007 – 2011 Mentee in the Mentoring Program from the LMU-Excellence Initiative

Expert Activities

Journals
Anthropology Southern Africa, Crosscultural Studies of Religion and Theology - Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Perfiles Educativos (Mexico), Revista de la Educación Superior (Mexico), Revista Mexicana de Historia de la Educación (Mexico), Sociologus – Journal for Social Anthropology

Institutions
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Deutscher Akademischer Auslandsdienst, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V., Volkswagen Stiftung

Scientific Advisory Board: Laboratorium kultury (Katowice, Poland), Revista Amawtay (Quito, Ecuador)