Senior Fellows
The Senior Fellows involved in BIGSAS are experts in the field of African Studies and can thus guide and support their PhD students in an excellent manner.
| Alber, Erdmute | Social Anthropology | |
| Anchimbe, Eric | English Linguistics | |
| Arndt, Susan | English and Anglophone Literatures | |
| Assoua, Kocra | Political Science | |
| Azarian, Viviane | Francophone Literatures, Cultures and Media in Africa | |
| Beck, Kurt | Anthropology | |
| Berner, Ulrich | Religious Studies | |
| Doevenspeck, Martin | Geography | |
| Drescher, Martina | Romance & General Linguistics | |
| Fendler, Ute | Francophone Literatures, Cultures and Media in Africa | |
| Ibriszimow, Dymitr | African Linguistics | |
| Klute, Georg | Anthropology | |
| Kogelmann, Franz | Islamic Studies | |
| Lohnert, Beate | Geography | |
| Mühleisen, Susanne | English Linguistics | |
| Neubert, Dieter | Development Sociology | |
| Oppen von, Achim | History of Africa | |
| Owens, Jonathan | Arabic Linguistics | |
| Seesemann, Rüdiger | Islamic Studies | |
| Sommer, Gabriele | African Linguistics | |
| Vierke, Ulf | Arts in Africa | |
| Wanitzek, Ulrike | Law with Focus on Comparative Law |

