Latin America
Dr. Marianne Braig
Professor of Political Science
Institute for Latin American Studies
Division of Political Science
Rüdesheimer Straße 54-56, 14197 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Politics in Latin America
- Migration
- South America
- Central America
- Economic perspectives
- Economics and politics
- Transculturalality
- Gender
Dr. Sergio Costa
Professor of Sociology
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Institute of Sociology
Institute for Latin American Studies
Rüdesheimer Straße 54-56, 14197 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Social inequality in Latin America
- Intercultural cooperation
- Brazil
Dr. Barbara Fritz
Professor of Economics
Institute for Latin American Studies (LAI)
Rüdesheimer Straße 54-56, 14197 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Economy of Latin America
- Brazil
- Currency issues and regional monetary cooperation
Dr. Susanne Klengel
Professor of Latin American Studies
Institute for Latin American Studies
Division of Literatures and Cultures of Latin America
Rüdesheimer Straße 54-56, 14197 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Latin American literatures and cultures
- Literary and cultural theory
- Image / text relations
- Cultural transfer between Europe and Latin America – history and present-day status
- Intellectual history
- Concepts of cultural translation
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Argentina / Southern Cone
- Caribbean countries
- Transregional issues and literatures / cultures in border areas
Dr. Viola König
Institute for Latin American Studies
Cultural and Social Anthropology
Rüdesheimer Str. 54-56, 14197 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- museum
- ethnological museum
- provenance research
- Pre-Columbian America
- ethnology of North America
Dr. Renata Motta
Professor of Sociology
Institute for Latin American Studies
Sociology
Rüdesheimerstr. 54-56, 14197 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Social movements
- Social inequalities
- Rural sociology
- Food studies
- Gender and feminism
Dr. Alejandro Márquez-Velázquez
Institute for Latin American Studies
Rüdesheimer Str. 54-56, 14197 Berlin
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Dr. Onno Oncken
Professor of Geological Sciences
Department of Earth Sciences
c/o Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Telegrafenberg C 225, 14473 Potsdam
Areas of Expertise
- Earthquakes
- Deformation and mountain formation
- Andes and South America
Dr. Dr. h. c. Stefan Rinke
Professor of History
Institute for Latin American Studies
Rüdesheimer Str. 54-56, 14197 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- History of globalization
- Colonial history
- History of Latin America from Columbus to the present
- First World War
- Migration
- Americanization
- Beginnings of aviation
- History of soccer
Dr. Regine Schönenberg
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Institute for Latin American Studies
Rüdesheimer Straße 54-56, 14197 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Organized crime
- Natural resource management
- Land management
- Intercultural learning
- Biography research
- Scenario research