Sussane Epple
| Full Name | Susanne Epple |
| Education attended | MA: Social Anthropology (major), Political Science and Slavistics (minors)
PhD: Social Anthropology |
| Academic Rank | Assistant Professor |
| Working for AAU since | 2007 |
| Administrative positions held if any/ past and present
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Graduate Program Coordinator
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| Awards ——recognitions — memberships of international bodies/ journals – editorial roles/ initiatives etc | Erika Sulzmann Award for the best Doctoral Thesis 2007 (Department of Ethnology and African Studies Mainz) July 2007
DAAD, Research Grant (for fieldwork in Ethiopia) Feb. 1998 – Apr. 1999 |
| Address | Campus- Main
Building name -NCR Floor number- 2 Office room no. 260 Mobile: +251- 913-894660 University email ID: susanne.epple@aau.edu.et Alternative email ID: Susanne.epple@googlemail.com |
| Research interest/ not more than hundred words | regional: Southern Ethiopia, specifically Bashada/Hamar/Banna (South Omo, Southern Ethiopia) and Bayso (Giddicho Island, North Omo)
thematic: gender and age relations; social control and legal institutions; identity; culture contact; adaptation and resistance to cultural change; human rights; legal pluralism; harmful traditional practices; minorities |
| Publications in reputable journals | 2014 “Females and Age-sets: The redefinition of social relations and extension of social networks”. In: Sophia Thubauville and Christina Gabbert (eds): Paideuma. (special focus issue): Gender and identification in patrilineal societies: Case studies from southern Ethiopia. Frankfurt: Frobenius Institut.
2014 (ed.): Creating and Crossing Social Boundaries in Ethiopia. Dynamics of social and categorization and differentiation Münster: Lit. (268 pages). 2014 “Introduction”. In: Susanne Epple (ed.): Creating and Crossing Social Boundaries in Ethiopia. Dynamics of social and categorization and differentiation. Münster: Lit, pp 1-23. 2014 “Adolescence, Bridehood and Marriage: Local perspectives on female status change in South Omo”. In: S. Epple (ed.): Creating and Crossing Social Boundaries in Ethiopia. Dynamics of social and categorization and differentiation. Münster: Lit, pp 101-123. 2014 (with Fabienne Braukmann: “Designation versus Self-identification. The case of the Bayso and the Haro people on Gidiccho Island, Lake Abbaya”. In: Susanne Epple (ed.): Creating and Crossing Social Boundaries in Ethiopia. Dynamics of social and categorization and differentiation. Münster: Lit, pp 145-165 2012 “Harmful practice or ritualized guidance? Reflections on physical punishment as part of socialization among the Bashada of Southern Ethiopia”. Rassegna di Studi Etiopici 3, Napoli: Dipartimento Asia, Africa e Mediterraneo, pp. 69-102 2012 with Sophia Thubauville. “Cultural diversity in Ethiopia between appreciation and suppression”. Introduction to Special Issue Paideuma. Frankfurt a.M.: Frobenius Institut, pp. 153-166 2012 “Selective Resilience. Local Responses to externally induced cultural change in Southern Ethiopia”. In: Paideuma. Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde (Special Issue). Frankfurt a.M.: Frobenius Institut, pp. 197-212 2010 The Bashada of Southern Ethiopia. A Study of Age, Gender and Social Discourse. Köln: Köppe (291 pages) |
