Curriculum Vitae Boris Wille
Current Status
Researcher/Lecturer
Qualification
PhD, Social Anthropology
Magister Artium [Master of Arts] in Social Anthropology and Media and Communication Studies, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
Education and Employment
December 2019
Defense of doctoral thesis: “Democracy as Political Culture: Popular Politics during the 2012 Crisis in the Maldives”, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Since October 2014
Researcher/Lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at Institute for Social Anthropology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
April 2014 - September 2014
Stipend holder Graduate School "Society and Culture in Motion", Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
April 2013 - March 2014
Researcher/Lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at Institute for Social Anthropology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
June 2011 - March 2013
PhD Candidate at Institute for Social Anthropology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
October 2010 - September 2011
Project co-ordinator, academic assistant, webmaster, Media Agency Saxony-Anhalt
April 2005 - September 2010
Academic assistant, Programme Department, Media Agency Saxony-Anhalt
January 2008 - August 2010
Student assistant at the chair for South Asia and the Indian Ocean, Institute for Social Anthropology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
October 2003 - September 2010
Master of Arts (Magister Artium) in Social Anthropology and Media and Communication Studies, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
2002
A-Levels (Abitur)
Stipends
April 2014 - September 2014
Stipend from the Graduate School "Society and Culture in Motion", Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
June 2011 - May 2013
Graduate Stipend from the state of Saxony-Anhalt
Oktober 2011 - August 2012
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Stipend for research in the Maldives
April 2008 - Juli 2008
Stipend from the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg for research in Orissa, India
Februar 2006 - April 2006
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Stipend for research in Bhopal, India
Languages
German (native), English (excellent), Spanish (basic), Russian (basic), Hindi (basic), Dhivehi (basic)
Fieldwork and International Experience
October 2011 - December 2011, January 2012 - September 2012
Fieldwork in the Maldives as part of the dissertation project
April 2008 - July 2008
Fieldwork for M.A. thesis in Orissa, India in close Co-operation with the Department of Anthropology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. Project title: „Situating Scheduled Tribes. Knowledge between Anthropology and Administration in Orissa“
February 2006 - April 2006
Guided fieldwork in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Project title: „Shooting Shaadis. Formalisierungs- und Standardisierungspraktiken bei hinduistischer Hochzeitsfotografie in Bhopal, Indien“ [Shooting Shaadis. Practices of Formalisation and Standardisation in Hindu Marriage Photography]
July 1998 - July 1999
Youth exchange in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia as part of the Rotary Youth Exchange Program
Memberships
- EASA European Association of Social Anthropologists
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde
- Bengal Link e.V.
- Gemeinnütziger Verein zur Förderung der Cargo – Zeitschrift für Ethnologie e.V.
Further Engagements
Member of selection commission Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes / Max Weber-Programm Bayern