Welcome to the BCDSS Management Team

We are here to help and to facilitate all central activities of the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies. You will find our areas of responsibilities below. If you are ever unsure as to whom to contact, just contact any of us! 

Managing Director

Overall responsibility for all administrative processes,
finances and personnel matters. 
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Jeannine Bischoff

Managing Director

Website

+49 228 73 62444

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Deputy Managing Director

Deputy of Jeannine Bischoff and Head of Research
and Study.
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Sarah Dusend

Head of Research and Study & Deputy Managing Director

Website

+49 228 73 62446

Project Assistant

Responsible for implementation of administrative
processes (personnel, finances, procurement, onboarding).
First port of call for general queries.  
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Wencke Uhl

Project Assistant

Website

+49 228 73 62442

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Team Assistant

‎Assistance with BCDSS finances.
Administrative support to Cluster Professors
Claudia Jarzebowski and Pia Wiegmink.
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Martina Kuhnert

Team Assistant

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+49 228 73 62385

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Team Assistant

Administrative support to Cluster Professors Julia Hillner
and Christoph Witzenrath, the events coordinator,
and the e-teaching coordinator.
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Astrid Lehmberg

Events Team Assistant

Website

+49 228 73 62946

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Research and Study

Head of Research and Study

Overall responsibility for the BCDSS master
programs, the doctoral program and the international fellowship programs (Heinz Heinen Fellowships and
Bonn-Yale-Anton-Wilhelm-Amo Fellowships).
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Sarah Dusend

Head of Research and Study & Deputy Managing Director

Website

+49 228 73 62446

PhD Coordinator

Coordination of the BCDSS PhD program. 
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Laura Hartmann

PhD Coordinator & Press and PR Coordinator

Website

+49 228 73 62483

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E-Teaching

E-Teaching Coordinator

Responsible for all aspects of digital teaching and
learning, including Basis and eCampus, as well as the
coordination of the MA e-teaching modules.
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Yasmin El-Menshawy

E-Teaching Coordinator

Website

+49 228 73 62474

Digital Tools Coordinator

Responsible for corporate design of the e-teaching
modules and creation of digital tools.
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Alina Gläser

Digital Tools Coordinator

Website

+49 228 73 62448

Press & PR

Please address all PRESS & PR queries to:

pr-support@dependency.uni-bonn.de

Press and PR Manager

Overall responsibility for Press & Public Relations
operations, strategic communication, outreach projects.
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Cécile Jeblawei

Press and PR Manager

Website

+49 228 73 62477

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Press and PR Coordinator

Responsible for website and social media
coordination, general quality control. 
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Laura Hartmann

PhD Coordinator & Press and PR Coordinator

Website

+49 228 73 62483

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Further Press & PR Team Members

Maintenance of the BCDSS website and the Cluster's five social media channels: YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

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Daniela Berrío Domínguez

Student Assistant

Website

+49 228 73 62425

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Azemina Coric

Student Assistant

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Buğra N. Duman

Student Assistant

Website

+49 228 73 62425

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Niniane Waldmann

Student Assistant

Website

+49 228 73 62425

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Events

Event Coordinator

Responsible for the operational coordination of all 
BCDSS events from planning to implementation, incl.
the weekly Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture.
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Jan Hörber

Event Coordinator

Website

+49 228 73 62945

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Editing and Publishing

Translator & Academic Editor

Translation/review of texts for BCDSS publications
(BCDSS Book Series "Dependency and Slavery Studies",  Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture Series, 
Concept Paper, Working Paper).
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Imogen Herrad

Translator and Academic Editor

Website

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Language Editor

Editing of texts for BCDSS publications (BCDSS Book
Series "Dependency and Slavery Studies", Joseph C.
Miller Memorial Lecture Series, Concept Paper, 
Working Paper).
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Kathryn Abaño

Language Editor

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Publications Manager 

Coordination of all BCDSS publications (BCDSS Book Series "Dependency and Slavery Studies", Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture Series, Concept Paper, Working Paper).
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Dr. Janico Albrecht

Publications Manager

Website

+49 228 73 62432

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Exhibition

Exhibition Curator

Coordination of content, realization and implementation
of the cluster exhibition (2024/2025), planned as an
outreach project for the general public.
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Dr. Beatrix Hoffmann-Ihde

Exhibition Curator

Website

+49 176 3043 8306

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator

Developing and Implementing diversity, equality and
antidiscrimination policies and procedures at the
cluster, developing and implementing the cluster’s
Diversity Certificate.
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Dima Al Munajed

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator

Website

+49 228 73 62560

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Student Assistants

Coordination of the Library of Ancient Slavery (LAS).

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Azemina Coric

Student Assistant

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Editor of the short bios and abstracts for the Joseph C.
Miller memorial Lecture Series.
Support of the MA Team.
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Klaudia İnanç

Student Assistant

Website

+49 228 73 62425

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IT support and IT administration.

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Danuja Jayasinghe

Student Assistant

Website

+49 228 73 62561

Coordination and cooperation with Bonn University
and State Library (ULB).
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Leon Kaplan

Student Assistant

Website

+49 228 73 62425

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