Heike Behrend

Region of Interest

Africa

Primary Country of Residence

Germany

Title

Professor

Affiliation

Universitat zu Köln, Germany

Email

heike.behrend@uni-koeln.de

Mailing Address

Institut für Afrikanistik
Universitat zu Köln
50923
Köln
Germany

Phone/Fax Number(s)

phone: 0049-221-4702708
fax: 0049-221-4705158

Countries of Specialization

Uganda

Research Interests

Research and teaching in the fields of anthropology of religion (especially
spirit possession) and war in Africa, media anthropology and history of
anthropology. Various recent publications on local photographic practices
in Africa and on cannibalism on the background of the eucharist.

Teaching Interests

Research and teaching in the fields of anthropology of religion (especially
spirit possession) and war in Africa, media anthropology and history of
anthropology.

Publications

Alice and the spirits, war in northern Uganda. Munich, 1993.
(Published in French in 1997 ; Forthcoming in English, 1999 from James
Currey, Oxford)

Heike Behrend and Tobias Wendl (eds.), Snap me one! African studio
photographers. Munich, 1998. (Forthcoming in English, 1999).

Keywords

religion ; war ; media ; history of anthropology.