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Professor Dr. Claudia Liebelt

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Biography

Claudia Liebelt is a professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Free University of Berlin. She serves as the director of the research office "Gender, Body, Sexualities" and is a founding member of the working group "Gender & Sexualities | Queer Anthropology" within the German Society for Social and Cultural Anthropology. Her research interests include the anthropology of the body and senses, gender and sexuality, political anthropology, and religious anthropology, focusing on issues such as body politics, care, emotions, and intimacy. Liebelt's current research projects involve the exploration of olfactory substances in connection with emotions and beauty perceptions and aesthetic citizenship in China. She has conducted extensive field research in the Middle East and North Africa, with significant experiences in Turkey, Israel, Morocco, and the Philippines. Liebelt has held various academic positions, including a Heisenberg Fellowship and guest professorships, and has been active in overseeing research projects funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Research Interests

Social and Cultural Anthropology Gender Studies Political Anthropology Religious Anthropology Body Politics Emotions and Intimacy

Experience

Professor

2021-08-01 — Present

Free University of Berlin • Berlin

Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology and Director of the Working Unit 'Gender, Body, Sexualities'.

Heisenberg Fellow

2020-04-01 — 2021-07-01

University of Bayreuth •

Research on 'Gender, Body, Beauty: Transnational Formations of Self'.

Guest Professor

2019-10-01 — 2020-03-31

Free University of Berlin •

Focusing on Gender and Diversity Research.

Postdoctoral Researcher

2010-04-01 — 2020-01-31

University of Bayreuth •

Worked as a research associate in the Department of Social Anthropology.

Honorary Research Fellow

2010-07-01 — 2010-09-30

Keele University (UK) •

Research in the field of Law, Politics, and Justice.

Requirements for Freie Universität Berlin

Master Program

Requirements

TOEFL
Total
Required:95
IELTS
Overall
Required:7

Prerequisites

Bachelor's degree with 10 ECTS in Methods of Empirical Social Research 10 ECTS in International Relations 35 ECTS in Political and Administrative Sciences

Application Checklist

  • Bachelor's degree certificate
  • Transcript of Records
  • Proof of English proficiency (C1)
  • Proof of German proficiency (DSH-2)
  • Course descriptions for ECTS verification

Specialization Notes

Administered by the Department of Political and Social Sciences.