Professor Dr. Helene Basu

Current affiliations

  • Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"

Academic Education

10/1996 - 05/2001Habilitation im Fach Ethnologie an der FU Berlin
05/1989 - 06/1993Promotion im Fach Ethnologie an der FU Berlin
07/1985Magister Artium in Ethnologie, Soziologie, Religionswissenschaft an der FU Berlin
10/1976 - 07/1985Studium in Romanistik, Philosophie, Ethnologie, Soziologie, Religionswissenschaft an der FU Berlin

Work Experience

since 04/2006Professorin der Ethnologie an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster
11/2001 - 04/2006Oberassistentin (C2) im Fach Ethnologie an der Freien Universität (FU) Berlin
08/2003 - 12/2003Gastprofessorin an der University of Iowa (USA)
04/2002 - 07/2002Gastdozentin am Südasieninstitut der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
12/1999 - 10/2001Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben im Fach Ethnologie an der FU Berlin
10/1993 - 11/1999Wissenschaftlöiche Assistentin im Fach Ethnologie an der FU Berlin

Functions and Memberships

2003 - 2011Mitglied der European Association of Social Anthropology
2001 - 2009Mitglied der American Association of Anthropologists
2001 - 2005Mitglied der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde

Publications

Basu, Helene; Große Kracht, Klaus; Hoeps, Reinhard; Sieg, Christian; Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina (2017)
In: Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina (eds.), Stimmen aus dem Jenseits/Voices from Beyond. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag.
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Basu Helene (2015)
In: Basu Helene, Althoff Gerd (eds.), Rituale der Amtseinsetzung: Inaugurationen in verschiedenen Epochen, Kulturen, politischen Systemen und Religionen. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag.
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Basu Helene, Althoff Gerd (eds.) (2015)
Würzburg: Ergon Verlag.
Type of Publication: Book (edited collection)
Basu Helene, Littlewood Roland (2015)
In: Basu Helene, Littlewood Roland, Steinforth Arne (eds.), Madness, Mental Health, Modernity - Madness, Mental Health, Modernity - Psychiatry’s Competition with Religion . (no publisher available).
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Basu Helene, Littlewood Roland, Steinforth, Arne (eds.) (2015)
(no publisher available).
Type of Publication: Book (edited collection)
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Projects

Duration: 26/10/2017 - 28/10/2017
Type of project: Own resources project
Duration: 22/09/2015 - 24/09/2015
Funded by: DFG - Initiation of International Collaboration
Type of project: Scientific Event
Duration: since 01/08/2015
Type of project: Own resources project
Duration: 01/07/2015 - 30/06/2019 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2013 - 31/12/2016
Funded by: Provinzial der Schweizer Pallottiner
Type of project: Individual project
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