Prof. Dr. Robert R. Desjarlais

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietEthnologie und Europäische Ethnologie,Asienbezogene Wissenschaften
KeywordsColonialism, Critical Medical Anthropology, Psychological Anthropology, Images, Social and Cultural Anthropology

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtBronxville
Universität/InstitutionSarah Lawrence College
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Anthropology

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Anita von PoserMartin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale)
Beginn der ersten Förderung02.11.2022

Programm(e)

2022Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Desjarlais is well known internationally for his outstanding work in psychological and phenomenological anthropology, critical medical anthropology and public anthropology. He has made important contributions to the study of homelessness in the United States. Furthermore, he has worked on life, death and healing in Nepal as well as on political violence and colonialism in France. In Germany, he will engage in collaborative anthropological research on themes of death and dying, and on affects and colonial aftermaths.