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Monika Christine Rohmer
Faculty of Languages & Literatures
African Linguistics II
Monika Christine Rohmer is a research associate of the chair of Afrikanistik II (Prof. Dr. Dymitr Ibriszimow). Before obtaining her MA in African Verbal and Visual Arts at the University of Bayreuth, she majored in Political Science in her undergraduate at Leipzig University, during which she did a semester abroad UATM Gasa Formation Cotonou, Bénin. She is currently pursuing her PhD with the working title "Towards a Fluid Ecosophy. Conceptualisations of WATER at the Senegalese Coast".
Her main research interests are eco-linguistics, cognitive linguistics, post- and decolonial studies, knowledge formation, and political activism. She is fascinated by popular arts (especially hip-hop), political philosophy, and (non-)migration studies. Her language focus is Wolof and Hausa.
Monika Rohmer is happy to answer all inquiries relating to the BA programme African Verbal and Visual Arts. Furthermore, inquiries and recommendations regarding the Afrikanistik/AVVA website should be addressed to her.
Academic Degrees
2020 | Master of Arts, African Verbal and Visual Arts at the University of Bayreuth,very good (1.3) |
Master Thesis: “Beyond Migration. (Re-)Framing non-migration in Le pagne léger by Aïssatou Diamanka-Besland and Celles qui attendent by Fatou Diome" | |
2017 | Bachelor of Arts, Social Sciences and Philosophy with the core subject Political Science, Leipzig University, very good (1.1) |
2013 – 2014 | International Student at UATM – GASA Formation Cotonou, Bénin |
Professional Background
| 2020 | Research Assistant, Chair Afrikanistik II, University of Bayreuth |
| 2020 | Student Assistant, Chair Afrikanistik II, University of Bayreuth |
| 2019 – 2020 | Student Assistant, Chair Afrikanistik I, University of Bayreuth |
2017– 2018 | Consultant, Public Information, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, West Africa in Dakar, Senegal |
2017 | Intern at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ in Leipzig, Germany |
2016 | Tutor and Student Assistant at the Chair of Multilevel Governance, Leipzig University |
Other
| Scholarships | |
| 2019 – 2020 | Deutschlandstipendium |
| 2017 – 2018 | Carlo-Schmid Programm |
Faculty of Languages & Literatures
African Linguistics II
Monika Christine Rohmer
Research Associate
University of Bayreuth
Afrikanistik II
95440 Bayreuth
Room: 1.28 (GW I)
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55 - 3578
E-mail: monika.rohmer@uni-bayreuth.de