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Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka

Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka
Born (1956-07-20) 20 July 1956 (age 68)
Warsaw, Poland
NationalitySwiss
Alma materUniversity of Zurich
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsBielefeld University
Thesis Power and ritual purity
Doctoral advisorProf. Lorenz G. Loeffler

Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka (born: 20 July 1956) is a university professor in the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University, Germany.[1] She is a former Pro-Vice-Rector at Bielefeld University and former Dean of the Faculty of Sociology at the University.[2]

Early life and education

Pfaff-Czarnecka was born in Warsaw, Poland to Janina (1932-2019) and Jerzy Czarnecki (1924-2007). The family moved to Switzerland in 1972. Between 1975 and 1983 Pfaff-Czarnecka studied social anthropology, law, communication studies, European anthropology and art history at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and also completed a doctoral degree there.[3]

Career

Pfaff-Czarnecka has engaged in several academic administration and offices: she was President of the Swiss Society of Social Anthropology (1996-1999); Pro-Vice-Rector of Bielefeld University (2007-2009);[4] member of the Commission 38 of the CNRS (France; 2004-2007); Dean of the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University (2018-19); Co-Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (Bielefeld University; 2011-2019) and senate member of the German Research Foundation (DFG).[5]

Research

Pfaff-Czarnecka conducted field research in the Himalayan region (especially in Nepal)[6][7][8] as well as in the middle European immigration societies. Among her research topics are the Hindu caste system, democratization processes at the sub and the supra-national level, ethnic relations and the theory of belonging.[9]

She conducts research on the social life of universities, focusing on heterogeneities and inequalities in study processes, as well as on knowledge production and circulation in the Asian region.[10][11]

Main publications

  • Nepal and the Wealth of Knowledge. Inequality, Aspiration, Competition and Belonging. The Mahesh Chandra Regmi Lecture. Kathmandu, Nepal: Social Science Baha, 2019.
  • Zugehörigkeit in der mobilen Welt: Politiken der Verortung. Das Politische als Kommunikation, Band 3. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2012.[12]
  • Ethnic Futures. State and Identity in Four Asian Countries, written together with D. Rajasingham, A. Nandy and T. Gomez. New Delhi: Sage, 1999. (several editions)
  • Macht und rituelle Reinheit. Hinduistisches Kastenwesen und ethnische Beziehungen im Entwicklungsprozess Nepals. Grüsch: Rüegger, 1989.

Edited volumes (selection)

  • Das soziale Leben der Universität. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2017.
  • Spaces of Violence in South Asian Democracies: Citizenship, Nationalist Exclusion and the (il)legitimate Use of Force, together with E. Gerharz. Asian Journal of Social Science (Brill) 2017, 45(6): 613-638.
  • Facing Globalization in the Himalayas. Belonging and the Politics of the Self, together with G. Toffin. New Delhi: Sage, 2013.
  • The Politics of Belonging in the Himalayas: Local Attachments and Boundary Dynamics, together with G. Toffin. New Delhi: Sage, 2011.
  • Nationalism and Ethnicity in Nepal, together with D. Gellner und J. Whelpton. Kathmandu: Vajra Publishers, 2008. (several editions)
  • Die Ethnisierung des Politischen. Identitätspolitiken in Lateinamerika, Asien und den USA, together with C. Büschges. Frankfurt/New York: Campus, 2007.
  • Rituale heute: Theorien, Kontroversen, Entwürfe, together with C. Caduff. Berlin: Reimer, 1999. (two editions)

Recent publications

  • Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna (2020): Shaping Asia through Student Mobilities. American Behavioral Scientist: p. 1-15.
  • Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna, Brosius, Christiane (2019): Shaping Asia: Connectivities, Comparisons, Collaborations. isa.e-Forum, ISA (Editorial Arrangement of isa.e-Forum)
  • Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna (2019): Nepal and the Wealth of Knowledge. Inequality, Aspiration, Competition and Belonging. (The Mahesh Chandra Regmi Lecture 2019) Kathmandu/Nepal: Social Science Baha.
  • Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna (2019): Burdened Futures: Educated Dalits' Quandaries in Contemporary Nepal. Contributions to Nepalese Studies 46 (Special Issue: Nepal's Dalits in transition): 195-227.
  • Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna (2018): Education sentimentale in migrant students' university trajectories. Family, and other significant relations. In: Rötterger-Rössler, Birgitt, Slaby, Jan: Affect in relation. Families, places, technologies. London/New York: Routledge, p. 50-71.

References

  1. ^ "Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna". SAGE Publications Inc. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ^ Curriculum Vitae, Bielefeld University
  3. ^ Prof. Dr. Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka, AcademiaNet
  4. ^ Start of the digital campus information system at Bielefeld University (in German), Informationsdienst Wissenschaft
  5. ^ Six New Members in DFG Senate, German Research Foundation
  6. ^ Nepal and its wealth of knowledge, The Kathmandu Post
  7. ^ Lowly Labour in the Lowlands, Himal Southasian
  8. ^ Cultural heritage of Nepal at risk (in German), Der Tagesspiegel
  9. ^ Multiple Belonging and the Challenges of Biographical Navigation, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
  10. ^ Shaping Asia - International Conference (in German), H-Soz-Kult
  11. ^ Prof. Dr. Joanna-Pfaff Czarnecka, Heidelberg University
  12. ^ Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka, Wallstein Verlag
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Pfaff-Czarnecka