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Dr. des. Jens Zickgraf

Dr. des. Jens Zickgraf

Alumni / Researcher

Areas of research and interest

Anthropology of money and finance, aesthetics of money, economic anthropology, South Asia, Nilgiris

Academic Career

  • since 2015 Lecturer, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, LMU, Munich
  • 2010 - 2016 Doctoral Studies, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, LMU, Munich. Thesis: “Rupien in der Dollarzone: Geld als Prozess und Medium gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe.”
  • 2012 - 2015 Research Associate, DFG-project “Market, Community and Money in India,” Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, LMU.
  • 2012 - 2013 Affiliate Researcher, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai.
  • 2011 DAAD-fellow, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai.
  • 2010 Contract for specific academic work (project proposal), Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, LMU, Munich.
  • 2008 M.A. Ethnology, Economics and Law at LMU, Munich

Teaching

Summer 2016

  • Lecture: Economic Anthropology
  • Colloquium for examinees

Winter 2015-16

  • Seminar: Financial Inclusion – Local and Global Perspectives
  • Seminar: Introductory Course - The Anthropology of South India

Summer 2015

  • Seminar: Caste, Class, Money and Markets – Introduction to the Economic Anthropology of India

Summer 2014

  • Seminar: The Anthropology of Money

Fieldwork

  • 06/2012 - 04/2013: Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
  • 11/2010 - 04/2011: Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
  • 02/2010 - 03/2010: Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India

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