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Joint Committee on Transcultural Studies
The GKTS is a joint committee of the Faculties of Philosophy, Behavioral and Empirical Cultural Sciences, Chemistry and Geosciences, and the Faculty of Modern Philology, together with the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” at the University of Heidelberg. The duty of the GKTS is to develop an institutional framework that links up the faculties and disciplines with the aim of promoting and coordinating research and teaching in the fields of Transcultural Studies at the University of Heidelberg, and further to advise the University Council, the Vice Chancellor’s Office, the Senate and the faculties in all matters relating to this.
Chair
Prof. Dr. Stephen Hashmi (Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences)
Members
Prof. Dr. Madeleine Herren-Oesch (Co-Director of the "Cluster Asia and Europe")
Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels (Co-Director of the "Cluster Asia and Europe")
Prof. Dr. Rudolf G. Wagner (Acting Director of the "Cluster Asia and Europe")
Prof. Dr. Christiane Brosius (Professor of Visual and Media Anthropology)
Prof. Dr. Manfred Berg (Dean of Faculty of Philosophy)
Prof. Dr. Klaus Fiedler (Dean of Faculty of Law, Economics, and Social Sciences)
Dr. Alexandra Heidle-Chhatwani (Scientific Project Manager, Cluster "Asia and Europe")
Prof. Dr. Marcus Nüsser (Deputy Speaker Research Area C, Professor of Geography, South Asia Institute)
Dr. Christian Strümpell (Assistant Professor in Project C5 "Stress and Stress-Relief")
Dr. Antja Flüchter (Junior Research Group Leader, Project D8 "Cultural Transfer")
Prof. Dr. Bernd Schneidmüller (Professor for Medieval History and Principal Investigator, Project A5 "Nationising the Dynasty")
Prof. Dr. Harald Fuess, PhD. (Harvard), (Professor of Cultural and Economic History)
Prof. Dr. Joachim Quack (Professor of Egyptology, Project C1 "Medical Systems" and D7 "Oriental Cults")
Student representatives
Brigitte Eiselt (South Asia Institute)
Teresa Tanner (Student Assistant for Prof. Brosius, Cluster of Excellence)
