Mentorin

Prof. Dr. Irene Götz

Kontakt: Institut für Volkskunde/Europäische Ethnologie

Curriculum Vitae

• Born in Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany
• 1982-1988 German and English Literature and European Ethnology studies at the universities of Freiburg and Munich
• 1988 M.A.Degree at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich (LMU)
• 1988-1994 research assistant at the Institute of European Ethnology (LMU)
• 1994 PhD Degree at the LMU
• 1994-1996 research project on “National Identity and the Perception of ‘Foreigners’  in Germany” (Deutsche Identität und das Zusammenleben mit Fremden) (LMU), funded by the “VW-Stiftung”
• Several Lectureships for Intercultural Communication Studies in Munich (LMU) and Basel/Switzerland
• 1996-1998 Post Doc-position at the Institute of European Ethnology (LMU)
• 1998-2001 member of an interdisciplinary research group (Forschergruppe Gesellschaftsvergleich), funded by the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft” and located at Humboldt University, Berlin: “Comparing Societies”, research project: “Cultural variety and representation of national values: A comparison of Germany and Hungary”
• 2001/2002 Post-PhD scholarship, sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Habilitationsstipendium)
• 2003 Post doctoral Degree (Habilitation) in European Ethnology at the Humboldt University, Berlin
• 2005- 2007 Guest professorships, Department of European Ethnology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Department of  History and Ethnology, University of Innsbruck
• Since 1 March 2007 Professor at the Institute of European Ethnology, LMU
  
  Main research topics:
  Identity politics; ethnography of work and corporate cultures; family cultures