Univ.-Prof. Manuela Ciotti, PhD

Professur für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie des globalen Südens an der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften

Curriculum Vitae:

1996-2002 PhD in Social Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2002-2004 Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2003 Research Scholar (LSE/UCSB Graduate Student Exchange Programme), Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
2003-2006 Nuffield Foundation New Career Development Fellow in the Social Sciences, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh
2007 Temporary Lecturer, Sociology Subject Area, University of Edinburgh
2007-2008 Residential Fellow, Centre of Studies for Society and Culture, Ascona
2008-2012 Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh
2010 Visiting Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) Leiden
2011 Fellow, Re:Work, International Research Center, Humboldt University Berlin
2011-2014 Assistant Professor of Global Studies, Department of Global Studies, Aarhus University
2011-2018 Framing the Global Fellow, Center for the Study of Global Change, Indiana University
2012 Visiting Research Fellow, Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin
2013 Visiting Scholar, Indian Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla
2014-2015 Urban Knowledge Network Asia (UKNA) Scholar, Indian Institute for  Human Settlements (IIHS), Bangalore
2014-2016 Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Law and Humanities, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), Sonipat, Haryana (NCR of Delhi)
2016 Visiting Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden
2017 Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study (JNIAS), New Delhi
2014-2020 Associate Professor of Global Studies, Department of Global Studies, Aarhus University
since September 2020 Professor of the Social and Cultural Anthropology of the Global South, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna
since February 2021 Fellow, The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Research Areas:

* Inequality and identity politics, modernity, political agency and gender in India
* The politics of art and materiality across the global south and global north
* The global art world and the circulation of art and art institutions 

"In how the lessons learned from social justice struggles in the global south help understanding multicultural societies in the global north." (Manuela Ciotti)