UNIVERSITY STUDIES and DEGREES
2000 – 2005 Dissertation (PhD): „Religion im Wandel: Einflüsse von Ethnizität auf die religiöse Ordnung am Beispiel Guatemalas“
(Religion in Transition: Influence of Ethnicity on the Religious Ordner. The Guatemalan Case“)
8/1994 – 10/1999 Gerhard-Mercator-Universität-Gesamthochschule Duisburg
Integrated Course of Studies in Social Sciences,
Major: Sociology.
First minor: Spanish
Second minor: International Business Relationships.
Degree in Social Sciences 1999 with top marks
1986 – 1988 Advanced Business School "Friedrich-List" Herford (Germany)
1988 – 1989 Practical Business Course
Humana Milchwerke Westfalen e.G. in Herford
1990 – 1991 Humana Milchwerke Westfalen e.G. in Herford, apprenticeship
- Industrial Sales Manager -
FELLOWSHIPS
1/2001 – 12/2003 PhD Scolarhisp by the Fellow Study Foundation „Villigst“ e. V.
Evangelisches Studienwerk „Villigst“
8/1997 – 10/1999 Fellow of the Fellow Study Foundation „Villigst“ e. V.
Evangelisches Studienwerk „Villigst“
4 – 7 / 2005 Lecturer at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Course on „Religious Movements in Latin America“.
1996 – 2005 Lecturer at the Public Evening School „Volkshochschule“.
Subjects: Politics and Geography
1/1995 – 6/1996 Institute for Peace and Development (INEF), Duisburg /
1/1994 – 7/1994 Administrative tasks in various companies.
1/1992 – 10/1992 Competent Official for the Humana Milchwerke Westfalen e.G.
3/2004 Participant of the Transatlantic Dialogue Conference of the
9/2003 Lecturer on the Conference: „Cultural Identities and Public Religiosity in Latin America and the Carribean“. Havanna, 7.-9. of september 2003.
3/2001 – 3/2002 Qualitative field research in Guatemala, Spain and Costa Rica for the PhD.
7/1998 – 12/1998 Qualitative rield research in Guatemala.
3/1993 – 7/1993 Central American office of the Peace Brigades International in Toronto, Kanada
· Administration of the Urgent Action Network
· Funding of projects
· Public relations
8/1996 – 7/1997 Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Courses in:
· Latin American Studies
· Sociology
· Spanish Contemporary History
· Religious Sciences
1/1997 – 7/1997 Centro de Investigación para la Paz (Center for Peace Studies – CIP), Madrid, Spain
· Organisation of an international seminar with participants from different NGOs. 12. bis 16. of march 1997
Participation in the following projects:
· ´La cara oculta de los conflictos´ (The hidden side of conflicts)
´La reconstrucción de conflictos postbélicos´ (The reconstruction of postwar conflicts), in cooperation with the University of Oxford the Institute of Latin American Studies, London.
PUBLICATIONS (Original titles german and spanish, no translation)
2003 Der Erfolg der charismatischen Erneuerung in Guatemala. Leitartikel in: Fijáte. Nachrichten. Informationen. Berichte zu Guatemala. Nr. 294. 10. Jahrgang. 8. Oktober 2003. S. 1 – 3.
2003 "Charismatische Erneuerung" in Guatemala. In: Presente. Bulletin der Christlichen Initiative Romero 2/03. Münster. S. 10 – 12.
2002 Iglesias de fufurufus: neopentecostales y política en Guatemala. In: Papeles de Cuestiones Internacionales. Nr. 80. Winter 2002. Centro de Investigación para la Paz. Madrid. S. 83 – 89.
2002 Evangelikale prägen weiterhin das politische Geschehen in Guatemala. Die Rolle neopfingstlicher Kirchen in der guatemaltekischen Politik nach 1996. In: Guatemala Info. Nr. ¾. 2002. Bonn. S. 37 – 40.
2000 Nicht nur Glück im Jenseits: Evangelikale Kirchen im Verhältnis zu indigener Religiösität und katholischer Kirche. In: Guatemala Info. Nr. 4. 2000. Bonn. S. 18 – 20.
2000 Aktuelle Entwicklungen in Guatemala: Der Wahlsieg der ultrarechten Partei "Republikanische Front Guatemalas" (FRG) und die Situation der indigenen Bevölkerung in Guatemala: In: Amnesty International e.V. Sektionskoordinationsgruppe Menschenrechtsverletzungen an indigenen Völkern – MAI (Hrsg.). Hamburg. S. 10 – 17.
1999 Klasse, Ethnizität, Reformismus im diskursiven Transformations-prozess einer guatemaltekischen Landarbeiterorganisation. Eine qualitative Studie. Diplomarbeit. Universität Duisburg.
1997 El conflicto étnico en Guatemala. In: Papeles de Cuestiones Internacionales. No. 62. 1997.Centro de Investigación para la Paz. Madrid. S. 151 - 162.
Forthcoming:
4 / 2005 „Ethnicity and the Transformation of the Religious Order: the Guatemalan Case“. Journal of Indigenous Nations Studies (JINS). Published by the Center for Indigenous Nations Studies and the University of Kansas.
5 / 2005 Book Review for Saalmann, Gernot (Ed.): Religionen und Nationen: Fundamente und Konflikte. Münster 2005. In: H-Soz-u-Kult – Kommunikation und Fachinformation für Geschichtswissenschaften (http://hsozkult.
geschichte.hu-berlin.de/index). In Kooperation mit der Rezensionszeitschrift Historische Literatur, Franz Steiner Verlag.
6 / 2005 „Religion im Wandel: Einflüsse von Ethnizität auf die religiöse Ordnung am Beispiel Guatemalas“. Sociologia Internationalis. Internationale Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Kommunikations- und Kulturforschung. Hrsg. Prof. Dr. Eckhart Pankoke et al. Verlag Duncker & Humblot Berlin (summary of the PhD).
8 / 2005 „Religion im Wandel: Einflüsse von Ethnizität auf die religiöse Ordnung am Beispiel Guatemalas“. Dissertationsschriftenreihe des Evangelischen Studienwerkes Villigst in Kooperation mit dem LiT Verlag Münster (PhD Publication).
Lectures (Selection)
3 / 2005 „Great Britain and the International Criminal Court“. Public Libary
Bünde, in Cooperation with amnesty international. March 14, 2005.
2004 „Crimes Against Humanity: the Genesis and Actual Role of an
International Criminal Law Concept“ („Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit“: zur Genese und Aktualität eines völkerrechtlichen Konzeptes“. Introductory lecture to the conference „Crimes against Humanity: The Singularity of the Holocaust and the Task of a Universal Human Rights Policy“. Fellow Study Foundation „Villigst“ in Cooperation with the „Villigst Research Team on National Socialism, Racism and Anti-Semitism“. Schwerte, October 15 – 17, 2004.
2004 „Fundamentalism in Africa and Latin America as a Problem of Development?“ Seminar at the Tecnical University of Berlin (July 2004), with Students from Afrika and Latin America. In Cooperation with the European Academy.
2003 "Ethnicity and the influence on the religious order in Guatemala“. Lecture in Spanish. International Conference on Cultural Identities and Public Religiousity in Latin America and the Carribean. Organized by the Cuban Council of Arts and Sciences in Cooperation with the Center for Sociological and Psycological Studies. Havanna (Cuba). September 7-10, 2003.
2002 The Catholic Carismatic Renewal in Guatemala. Organizer: Guatemalan Network Office in Cooperation with the European Academy.December 6 – 8, 2002.
2001 Religion in the process of change: Religious Forms of Organisation of the indigenous population in Guatemala. Lecture in spanish. XXIII Congres of the Latin American Association of Sociology in Cooperation with the University of San Carlos (Guatemala). Antigua, Guatemala October 29 – November 2, 2001.
Planned (Invitation from the Organizers)
5 / 2005 „The transformation of the religious order in Guatemala through the mayan movement“. Latin American Institute Berlin at the Free University of Berlin.
7 / 2005 „Religion in the Process of Change: The influence of etnicity on the religious order, the guatemalan case“. July 8 – 10, 2005. Lecture at the Anniversary Conference of the German Sociological Association (section: Sociology of Religion).
Autumm 2005 „Religious Movements and their indigenous membership: The
neopentecostal and pentecostal movement in Guatemala“. Lecture on the Anniversary Conference of the International Interdisziplinary Working Group on Pentecostal Movements at the University of Heidelberg.
MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC WORKING GROUPS
Since 6 / 2004 Member in the International Interdisciplinary Working Group
on Pentecostalism. Prof. Dr. Michael Bergunder. University of
Heidelberg.
Since 1/2001 Member of the „Villigst Research Team on National Sozialism,
Racism and Anti-Semitism“ (Villigster Forschungsforum zu Nationalsozialismus, Antisemitismus und Rassismus).
· Organization of the Conference: „Crimes against Humanity: The Singularity of the Holocaust and the Task of a Universal Human Rights Policy“ (October 2004).
OTHER MEMBERSHIPS
1990 – 1991 Member of the Refugee City Council of Herford
Since 1989 Member of Peace Brigades International (PBI)
· Public relations (Ecumenical Church Day (Kirchentag) Berlin 2003), lobbying (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, parliamentarians)
· Fundraising
· International seminars
Since 1988 Member of amnesty international.
· Lecturer of the campaigns for: Guatemala, Tibet, Myanmar (Burma), Death Penalty.
· Organisation of four radio programs in Duisburg
· Translations of english and spanish letters
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Topics:
· Social (religious and political) movements, civil society
· Ethnicity
· Fundamentalisms
· Migration
· Human rights, Universalism and Cultural Contextuality
· Countries: Central America (Guatemala)
South America (Brazil, Chile)
North America: USA, Canada, Mexico
Methodologic and practical skills
· Empirical ethnology: field research in Lateinamerica (1998, 2001-2002), participatory observance, narrative and guided Interviews, archives
· Programs for analysing qualitative data (QDA-Programs, WinMax), statistics program (SPSS)
· Standard Office applications (Word, Powerpoint, Excel), Word Perfect, layout program (QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop 6.0, Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional), HTML, audio program Cool Edit Pro.
Project management
· Funding and administration
· Participation in international projects
Communication skills
· Public relations and transfer of knowledge
· Didactical Skills
· Experience in bilingual settings
· Englisch and Spanisch on a professional level
· Intercultural skills: cultural sensitivity through Projects in the „western“ world and „third“ world countries.
· German
· English and Spanish
· Frensh and Portuguese
· Polish
INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS AND COOPERATIONS:
USA University of Chicago
Prof. Dr. Martin Riesebrodt
Martin Marty Center
Prof. Dr. Wendy Doninger
Ford Foundation, New York
Area of Civil Conflict Resolution
Mariano Aguirre (Executive Director)
Europe Freie Universität Amsterdam, Center for Latin American Research and Documentation, Hollenweger Center for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies
Prof. Dr. André Droogers
University of London, Institute of Latin American Studies
Dr. Rachel Sieder
Dr. Roswith Gerloff
Universidad Complutense Madrid
Prof. Dr. José Antonio Sanahuja
Universidad de Sevilla
Prof. Dr. Pilar Sánchiz Ochoa
Centro de Investigación para la Paz (CIP)
Lic. Nieves Zúñiga García-Falces
Germany German Association for Sociology
(Section of Sociology of Religion)
Universität Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Ebertz, Sprecher der Sektion
International Interdisziplinary Working Group on Pentecostal Movements, University of Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Michael Bergunder
LATIN AMERICA
Mexico Universidad Autónoma de México, UNAM
PhD Jorge Erdely Graham
Guatemala AVANCSO, Asociación para el Avance de las Ciencias
Dr. Carla Arenas
CIRMA, Center for Mesoamerican Studies, Antigua
Dr. Santiago Bastos
United Nations, MINUGUA
Dr. Carlos Camacho
Cuba Centro de Estudios Sobre América
Dr. Isabel Jaramillo Edwards
Universidad de La Habana
Centro de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Sociológicas (CIPS)
Dr. Jorge Ramírez Calzadilla (Direktor)