Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Gabbert
Discipline
Ancient American Studies, Ethnology, Sociology
Regional focus
Meso- and Central America as well as East Africa
Main research focus
- Ethnological theories and history of theory
- Sociology of development
- Afro-American cultures
- Ethnicity and nationalism
- Social movements
- Ethnic movements and interethnic conflicts
- Political anthropology acephalous and state-owned societies
- Ethnohistory
- Cultural change and colonial penetration (in particular the change of genderrelations and relationsships between generations)
- Indigenous religions and christian missions
- Anthropology of violence as well as Anthropology of law