Curriculum Vitae Susanne Schmitt
Email: Susanne.Schmitt@ethnologie.lmu.de
Education:
June/ July 2009 Visiting PhD student at Loughborough University, UK
Since 2007 PhD student in Anthropology with a minor concentration in Psychology
2008 Postgraduate Certificate in Sexuality, Culture and Society (ISHSS/ Universiteit van Amsterdam)
2007 Magister Artium in Anthropology, Prehistory and Early Medieval History and American Cultural History (Ludwig-Maximilians University)
2000-2007 M.A. Studies in Heidelberg, Munich and Portland, Oregon (USA)
Research and study visits in Japan (Jichi Medical University), China (Shanghai University) and the United States (Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute/Central Washington University)
Research Interests:
Anthropology of the Body and the Senses, Embodiment, Anthropology of Science, Museum Studies, Gender and Sexuality
Regional: Germany, North America, China
Fieldwork Experience:
Shanghai, PR China (2005, 3 months)
Germany (2008-2009, ongoing)
Scholarships:
2007- today Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (PhD Grant)
2003-2004 Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon, USA (Teaching assistantship/ full scholarship)