Carolin Maertens

PhD Student

Carolin completed her MA in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Tuebingen (Germany) with a thesis on retail trade in the Pamir region of Tajikistan. Her fieldwork experiences include Pakistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Before joining academia Carolin has worked as professional photographer.

CV

Academic Biography

since 2020
Urban Environments Initiative Program Associate at the Rachel Carson Center, LMU Munich
2015–2020
Team member of the research group Highland Asia and PhD student at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Munich.
2014
Research Associate and lecturer at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Tuebingen, Germany
2012-2014
Master of Arts, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Tuebingen, Germany
2013-2014
Fieldwork in Tajikistan and Afghanistan (7 months)
2013
Exploratory fieldwork in Tajikistan (1 month)
2007-2012
Bachelor of Arts, Social and Cultural Anthropology (major) and Political Science (minor), Department of Political and Social Sciences, Free University of Berlin, Germany
2012
Fieldwork in Pakistan (6 months)
2010-2012
Tutor with teaching responsibilities (B.A. level), Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Free University of Berlin, Germany (4 terms)
2010-2011
"Orientalism Reloaded", seminar (B.A. level), lecturer together with Annika Schmeding, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Free University of Berlin, Germany (6 months)
2009-2010
Internship at Janani (NGO) within the realm of "Family Planning", Patna, India (6 months)

Awards and Grants

2014
Conference travel expenses, Universitätsbund Tübingen e.V.
2013-2014
Student Research Scholarship PROMOS for fieldwork in Tajikistan, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, 6 months)
2012
Student Research Scholarship PROMOS for fieldwork in Pakistan, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, 6 months)

Professional Experience Outside Academia

since 2015
Co-editor of the CESMI-Blog "My Take On…"
2007
Freelance photographer
2003-2007
Vocational training in photography

Contact:
Highland Asia Research Group
LMU, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oettingenstr. 67
80538 Munich, Germany
martin.saxer@lmu.de | +49 89 2180 9639

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