Personal Data:

Full Name:                 Birgit Kristine Englert

Date of Birth:            February 5^th 1977

Place of Birth:        Mödling, Lower Austria

Citizenship:            Austrian

Work Adress:         c/o Department of African Studies, University of Vienna

Spitalgasse 2, UniCampus 5.1, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

Email:                    birgit.englert(at)univie.ac.at

Homepage:            http://homepage.univie.ac.at/birgit.englert/

Professional Positions in Academia:

Since 06/2014:            Project leader of the FWF-funded research-project “Popular culture in translocal spaces”, also own position as researcher (25%)

Since 06/2013:            Assistant Professor (part-time = 75%) at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna; currently at 25% due to part-time arrangement following the birth of my son)

03/2013 – 05/2014      Maternity leave after birth of my son

11/2011 – 03/2013      Vice Study Director SPL 14, responsible for the curricula in African Studies (BA, MA) at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna

09/2011 – 05/2013      Post-doctoral Researcher and Lecturer Tenure Track (part-time = 75%) at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna;

03/2011 – 08/2011      Lecturer at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna (3 courses)

06 – 07/2010               Guest Lecturer and Researcher at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, financed by an Erasmus Mundus Global Studies Scholarship

03/2009 – 05/2010      Postdoctoral Researcher at the l’Université Michel de Montaigne (Bordeaux III), France, financed by an Erwin Schrödinger Scholarship of the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF)

09/2005 – 01/2011      Post-Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna, part-time (= 50%)

09/2001 – 08/2005      Post-Graduate Researcher and Lecturer at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna, part-time (= 50%)

10/2000 – 02/2002      Research Fellow at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna: Database-project Basic Vocabulary of Modern Swahili (funded by the Hochschuljubiläumsstiftung, City of Vienna)

Professional Positions outside of Academia:

05/2007 – 01/2008      Consultant for the Regional Government of Salzburg, Austria: Evaluation of development projects implemented within the Sister-City-Programme Salzburg (Austria)-Singida (Tanzania) from 1994-2008

02/2006 – 09/2008      Consultant for the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC): Deskstudies on “Gender and land rights”

Education:

10/2000 – 04/2005      Doctorate in African Studies at the U. of Vienna: Title of the doctoral dissertation: “Land Tenure Security of Women and Men in Tanzania. A case study of the Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro Region.”, Received degree: Dr.Phil. (passed with distinction) Examiners: Prof. Dr. Walter Schicho, Head of Department of African Studies at the University of Vienna and Dr.habil. Henning Melber, Head of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, Uppsala.

07/ 1998 - 09/2000     Second Part of the Graduate Curriculum in African Studies at the U. of Vienna: MA-thesis (Magisterarbeit): „Die Geschichte der Enteignungen. Landpolitik und Landreform in Zimbabwe 1890-2000.“ [„The history of expropriation. The politics of land and land reform in Zimbabwe 1890-2000.”] Received degree: Mag.Phil. (passed with distinction), Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Walter Schicho

09/1997 - 06/1998      ERASMUS study year at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, United Kingdom: Courses at the Department of African Languages and Cultures, the Department of Politics and the Department of Geography

10/1995 - 08/1997      First Part of the Graduate Curriculum in African Studies at the University of Vienna: Major: African Studies, focus on African History and Swahili (passed with distinction), Minor: International Politics and Social Geography

Language competences:

German (first language), English, French, Swahili, Danish (all fluent), Spanish (basic)

Computer Skills:

MS Office, Adobe (among others Photoshop for graphic design, Adobe Premiere Pro for editing of video sources and Dreamweaver for website creation)

Contemporary history of Africa and development studies with a focus on social, cultural and political developments.

Major themes: popular culture (especially music and film), translocalisation and diasporisation, youth and politics, land rights and land reform processes, gender and land rights

Regional Focus of Research: Eastern Africa (especially Tanzania), Southern Africa (especially Zimbabwe, South Africa, France (Comorian Diaspora)

Research Methodology: Qualitative research (especially interviews, participatory observation), audiovisual means as medium for documenting and communicating research results

Research projects:

Stand-alone-project by the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF) for a 3 year project based at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna (June 2014), including two positions for PhD-students: “Popular Culture in Translocal Spaces: Processes of Diasporisation among Comorians in Marseilles and Cape Verdeans in Lisbon”: 323.413,14 Euro Euro

Erwin-Schrödinger-Grant by the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF) for a 15-months stay at the University of Bordeaux III, France (March 2009 to May 2010), Project: “Identity and Politics in Tanzanian Youth Culture”: 35.500,- Euro

Erasmus Mundus Global Studies Grant by the European Union for a 2-months research stay at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (June/July 2010): 9000,- Euro

Ministry for Science and Research (Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, BMWF): “Gender in Africa – Past and Present” (Workshop in 2007, with M. Rodet): 5000,- Euro

Fund of the Hochschuljubiläumsstiftung (City of Vienna) for the development of a Swahili-German Online Database (October 2001 – February 2002), with I. Maral-Hanak: 3500,- Euro

2000 – present:          Editor in Charge and Managing Editor of the Africanist Journal “Stichproben. Vienna Journal of African Studies“ (currently on leave)

2005 - 2012:               Editor in Charge of the Occasional Paper Series of the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna

2007 - present:           Member of the Executive Board of the Mattersburg Circle for Development Politics at Austrian Universities (currently on leave)

2008 - present:           Member of the Editorial Board of the book series “Gesellschaft – Entwicklung – Politik” (“Society – Development – Politics”)

2014 – present:          Member of the Editorial Board of the book series “Historische Sozialkunde / Internationale Entwicklung”

Teaching

Since 2001 I taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Vienna (Department of African Studies, Department of International Development) in the following fields:

1. Contemporary History of Africa and Development Studies

2. Research Methodology

3. Applied Linguistics and African Languages

In June/July 2010 I taught at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada:

“Youth and Politics in Africa”, an intensive summer course (14 units à 180 minutes) in the field of Contemporary African History and Development Studies (within the Erasmus Mundus Global Studies programme):

Complete overview of different courses taught at the University of Vienna:

(all courses consisted of units of 90 minutes per week and usually 14 sessions per term were held; some of the courses have been taught repeatedly)

Contemporary History of Africa and Development Studies:

1. 2014: Landgrabbing in historical and global perspective, together with Barbara Gärber (VO, 2 hours)
2. 2012/13: Afrika im transnationalen Raum (SE, 2 hours)
3. 2012/13: Research film project on transnational identities in the African diaspora (KU, 2 hours)
4. 2012/13: Räume, Texte und Subjekte in Bewegung. Perspektiven auf den transnationalen Raum (gemeinsam mit Elisabeth Büttner, Annegret Pelz, Petra Dannecker, Sandra Vlasta) (VO, 2 hours)
5. 2012: Course: Transnationalisation and Diasporisation – Focus on Africa (KU, 2 hours)
6. 2011: Course: Landalienation: from Landreforms to Landgrabbing (KU, 2 hours)
7. 2011: Course: Language and Culture in Transnational Space - the case of African diasporic groups in Europe, together with Daniela Waldburger (KU, 2 hours)
8. 2011: Course: Youth and popular culture in Africa (KU, 2 hours)
9. 2010/11: Course: Youth and Politics in Africa (KU, 2 hours)
10. 2008: Research Seminar Contemporary African History: Youth as a Political Factor in Africa (FOSE = research course, 2 hours)
11. 2007/08: Seminar Contemporary African History: Youth Movements and Youth Culture in Africa (SE, 2 hours)
12. 2007: Course: Youth in African Past and Present (PS, 2 hours)
13. 2004/05: Seminar Contemporary African History: Strategies of Global Players and the Independent States of Africa, together with Walter Schicho (SE, 2 hours)
14. 2003/04: Seminar Contemporary African History: the World Economic Crisis of the 1930s, together with Walter Schicho (SE, 2 hours)
15. 2003: Course: Land Reform in Southern and Eastern Africa (AG, 2 hours)
16. 2002/03: Seminar Contemporary African History: The Politics of Land and Land Reform in Africa, together with Walter Schicho (SE, 2 hours)

Research Methodology:

1. 2011: Qualitative Research Methods in African Studies and Development Studies (KU, 2 hours)
2. 2011: Course: Data collection and data interpretation (KU, 2 hours), together with Gabi Slezak and Georg Ziegelmeyer
3. 2008/09: Course: Data collection and data interpretation (KU, 2 hours), together with Clemens Gütl, Gabriele Slezak and Georg Ziegelmeyer
4. 2004/2005/2006/2007/2008: Course: Qualitative Research Methods in African Studies and Development Studies (PS, 2 hours)
5. 2005: Course: Writing and Editing: Working Towards a Scientific Publication, together with Elke Christiansen (AG, 2 hours = research course in cooperation with Brigitte Reinwald, University of Hannover, publication: “’Afrika hierzulande’ – Eine Bilder-, Text- und Beziehungsgeschichte”, Special Issue of Stichproben. Vienna Journal of African Studies (ed. Reinwald, 2006)

Applied Linguistics and African Languages:

1. 2005/06: Course: Applied Linguistics and Transdisciplinary Development Studies: Empirical Social Sciences, together with Christian Hummer (PS, 2 hours = research course in cooperation with Südwind Magazine and IFES polling firm
2. 2005/06: Course: Seminar Communication and Development: "How to make yourself a Development Guru" - Hernando de Soto & the Mystery of Capital, together with Walter Schicho (SE, 2 hours)
3. 2005 and 2004: Course: Applied Linguistics, History and Transdisciplinary Development Studies: Text Analysis, together with Walter Schicho (PS, 2 hours = research course in cooperation with Südwind magazine)
4. 2003: Course: Applied Linguistics and History: Text Analysis, together with Walter Schicho (PS, 2 hours)
5. 2004/05: Course: Applied Linguistics: Communication, Power and Development, together with Walter Schicho (PS, 2 hours)
6. 2003/04 and 2002/03: Course: Applied Linguistics: Methods and Sociolinguistic Profiles, together with Walter Schicho (PS, 2 hours)
7. 2001: Lecture and Exercises: Swahili for Advanced Students (VO+UE, 2 hours)

Supervised diploma thesis 2006-2014:

1. Dudek, Martin: Deconstructing Win-Win Narratives of Land Grabbing through a Human Rights Perspective in Cambodia. (Development Studies, 2014)
2. Heinz, Rosanna:SIKILIZA! WE HAVE A VOICE! Theater als Partizipations- und Empowermentmöglichkeit für Kinder und Jugendliche in Tansania. (Development Studies, 2014)
3. Liebentritt, Christoph: Eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der Problematik der Landverteilung im postkolonialen Zimbabwe unter Bezugnahme auf die politische Zentralgestalt Robert G. Mugabe. (Development Studies, 2014)
4. Dominik Frühwirth: "Sauti ya Jogoo. Hip Hop and Empowerment in Tanzania" (Development Studies, 2013)
5. Teresa Fuchs: Transnationale Identitäten türkischer Migrantinnen und Migranten in Österreich. Eine Fallstudie im Raum Wörgl (Development Studies, 2013)
6. Raffaela Kihrer: Eine nordafrikanische Diaspora in Wien? Transnationale Netzwerke im Kontext des Arabischen Frühlings. (Development Studies, 2013)
7. Dörflinger, Carina: Jugendliche mit afrikanischem Migrationshintergrund in Frankreich. Lebenssituationen und Perspektiven. Fallbeispiel Toulouse. (African Studies, 2013)
8. Hameseder, Judith: Frauen in der indischen community in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Eine Annäherung an Lebensrealitäten und Freiräume. (African Studies, 2013)
9. Valentin Schmiedleitner. Jugendförderung durch Fußball. Eine Studie über Fußball als Instrument der EZA an den Beispielen MYSA und YDF. (Development Studies, 2013)
10. Soxberger, Andreas Eandas. Musik als politisches Instrument zur Zeit der Apartheid in Südafrika. (Development Studies, 2012)
11. Jannike Herlinghaus. “Being Young, Being a Politician“ Wie junge PolitikerInnen in afrikanischen Ländern Politik verstehen (Development Studies, 2012)
12. Barbara Gärber. "Caught between customary and state law: Women’s land rights in Uganda in the context of increasing privatization of land tenure systems" (Development Studies, 2012)
13. Alice Tuma. (New) „Landgrabbing“ – ein (post-) koloniales Erbe? Eine politischökologische Analyse am Beispiel Äthiopiens. (Development Studies, 2012)
14. Kerstin Aglassinger. „kuishi pale.“ Lebens – Geschichte(n) von MigrantInnen europäischer Herkunft auf Zanzibar. (African Studies, 2012)
15. Angela Wandl. Die Rolle von Frauen und Mädchen in Tansanias Bildungssektor im historischen Überblick.. (Development Studies, 2012)
16. Anja Monden. „Theatre for Development und Theaterpädagogik“. Untersuchung der Befruchtungsmöglichkeiten von Konzepten des Theatre for Development durch Überlegungen aus dem Bereich der Theaterpädagogik (Development Studies, completed 2011)
17. Andrew Bell. One law on the books, another on the ground: Land tenure and land markets in late- and post-colonial Kenya and Rwanda. (Global Studies MA-thesis, completed 2011)
18. Silke Mayr. Norduganda und Südsudan: Kinder und Jugendliche im Bürgerkrieg. Auswirkungen auf das Leben der jungen Bevölkerung (Development Studies, completed 2011)
19. Maria Sofaly. Ernährungssicherung und Land Grabbing. (Development Studies, completed 2011)
20. Julia Krojer. „(Video)Film in Africa and its relevance for development: the Nigerian film production industry as a case study“ (Development Studies, completed 2011)
21. Birgit Reichmann. „Jugendbewegungen im Kenya des 20. Jahrhunderts - Der Versuch einer Kategorisierung“. (African Studies, completed 2010)
22. Cécile Undreiner. La politique de Thomas Sankara vue d’aujourd’hui: des regards sur un model du dévelopement. (Development Studies, completed 2010)
23. Isabella Schwarzenberger .Jugend als politischer Faktor im 20. Jahrhundert: Namibia und Südafrika im Vergleich. (Development Studies, completed December 2009)
24. Angelika Gänssle. Partizipation von Jugendlichen in gesellschaftlichen Prozessen im postkolonialen Tanzania. (African Studies, completed December 2009)
25. Rumbidzai Maunze. Debates on Sexuality in 20th century Zimbabwe. (Global Studies, completed April 2009)
26. Ines Marinkovic. Wohin entwickelt sich die bosnisch-herzegowinische Jugend? Über die Wahrnehmung der gesellschaftlichen und politischen Partizipationschancen der Studierenden und Jungakademiker in den Nachkriegsgesellschaften. (Development Studies, completed April 2009)
27. Anna Lisa Diop. Die gesellschaftliche und politische Rolle der Jugendbewegungen im Senegal nach der Unabhängigkeit. Ein Vergleich der Studentenbewegungen der 1960er Jahre, sowie der Bewegungen „Set Setal“ und „Bul Faale“ seit den 1990er Jahren. (Development Studies, completed January 2009)
28. Elisabeth Prammer. "Mediale Interdependenzen der Öffentlichkeit, Entwicklungspolitik und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit in Österreich". (Development Studies, completed January 2009)
29. Sonja Buchberger. “Wahrnehmung des Tourismus in Tunis. Ein Beitrag zur qualitativen Sozialforschung“, (Development Studies, completed February 2008)
30. Anna Kuthan. „Migration Patterns in Coastal Tanzania. Networks of migrants in two fishing villages in Pangani district”. (African Studies, completed May 2007)
31. Sarah Schabel. “Zenji Flava – the music of the young generation in Zanzibar”. (African Studies, completed March 2007)
32. Raphael Seiwald. „Projektabwicklung in der österreichischen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Eine empirische Untersuchung über Partnerschaft und Partizipation in drei ausgewählten Nichtregierungsorganisationen“ (Development Studies, completed August 2006)