Prof. Dr. Helene Basu studied social anthropology at Free University Berlin where she earned the PhD in 1993. She taught anthropology at Free University Berlin, Heidelberg University and the University of Iowa and has published several books.
Curriculum Vitae
2001
Habilitation in "Ethnologie" (social & cultural anthropology), Freie Universitaet Berlin habilitation: "Die Goettin und Charan – Das Gedaechtnis des Koenigtums, Verwandtschaft und Askese in Kacch (westl. Indien)" (The goddess and Charan – memory of kingship, kingship and asceticism in Kacch)
1993
Ph. D. in social & cultural anthropology, Freie Universitaet Berlin dissertation: "Fakire, Taenzer und Narren: Muslimische Heiligenverehrung bei den Sidi im westlichen Indien (Gujarat)" (Fakirs, dancers and clowns: Muslim saint worship of Sidi in Western India)
1985
M.A. in social & cultural anthropology, sociology, religious studies, Freie Universitaet Berlin M.A. thesis: "Kaste und Schulbildung im laendlichen Indien" (Caste and education in rural India)
Research Areas
Thematic focuses:
Cultural & Social Theory
Anthropology of Religion
Gender
Historical Anthropology
Transculturality
Migration, African and Indian diasporas
Transcultural Psychiatry
Visual Anthropology
Regional focuses:
South Asia, East Africa, Indian Ocean Spaces
South Asian Islam and Hinduism
Membership in Scientific Societies
2012
European Association for South Asian Studies
2003
European Association of Social Anthropologists, American Association
