Staff - 3rd phase of Research

Prof. Dr. Annegret Nippa

Main fields of research:

Ethnographie and History • Fine Arts and Anthropology • Visual Anthropology.
Areas: Near and Central Asia.

Since 2003 lecturer at the University of Leipzig, Institut für Ethnologie • 1997–2003 Director of the Dresden Ethnographic Museum • 1996 Research Assistant at the University of Zurich, Institute/Museum of Ethnology • 1991–1993 and 1994–1996 Research Assistant at the Ethnological Museum Berlin • 1991 Venia Docendi for Ethnology, University of Bern, Switzerland • 1988–1989 Research Assistant at the University of Bern, Institute of Ethnology • 1981–1984 Research Assistant at the University of Fine Arts, Berlin, Department of Architecture • 1975–1981 Studied Ethnology, Islamic Studies, Near Eastern Archaeology at Free University Berlin • 1969–1974 Studied Near Eastern Archaeology, Classical Achaeology, Iranian Studies at the University of Göttingen.

Selected Publications:

Unterwegs am Golf. Zu den Photographien und Reisebeschreibungen von Hermann Burchardt 1904. Berlin (in print).

West-Himalaya – Christen und Buddhisten. In: Ethnographie und Herrnhuter Mission. Herrnhut 2003, 72–88.

Luxus auf dem Lande – Eine Reise in den Alltag der arabischen Welt. In: Leben unter dem Halbmond. Die Wohnkulturen der arabischen Welt. Weil am Rhein 2003, 128–167.

Forschen in Grauen Zonen und Weißen Flecken. Die Zeit der Expeditionen ist zu Ende. In: Orientale 1. Recherchen, Expeditionen, Handlungsreisen. Weimar 2001, 44–57.

Tugendreiche Männer – Beduinenforschung. In: G. Teichmann/G. Völger (ed.): Faszination Orient. Max von Oppenheim, Forscher, Sammler, Diplomat. Köln 2001, 140–175.

The Curious Mosque of Gabral Jaba, Swat-Kohistan. Reading the Drawings of Robert Powell. In: M. Oppitz (ed.): Robert Powell. Himalayan Drawings. Zürich 2001, 77–90.

with P. Herbstreuth: Eine kleine Geschichte der Synagoge aus dreizehn Städten. Hamburg 1999.