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.
finances and personnel matters.
Deputy Managing Director
Deputy of Jeannine Bischoff and Head of Research
and Study.
Sarah Dusend
Head of Research and Study & Deputy Managing Director
Project Assistant
Responsible for implementation of administrative
processes (personnel, finances, procurement, onboarding).
First port of call for general queries.
processes (personnel, finances, procurement, onboarding).
First port of call for general queries.
Team Assistant
Assistance with BCDSS finances.
Administrative support to Cluster Professors
Claudia Jarzebowski and Pia Wiegmink.
Administrative support to Cluster Professors
Claudia Jarzebowski and Pia Wiegmink.
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
programs, the doctoral program and the international fellowship programs (Heinz Heinen Fellowships and
Bonn-Yale-Anton-Wilhelm-Amo Fellowships).
Sarah Dusend
Head of Research and Study & Deputy Managing Director
PhD Coordinator
Coordination of the BCDSS PhD program.
Laura Hartmann
PhD Coordinator & Press and PR Coordinator
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.
Yasmin El-Menshawy
E-Teaching Coordinator
Digital Tools Coordinator
Responsible for corporate design of the e-teaching
modules and creation of digital tools.
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.
Press and PR Coordinator
Responsible for website and social media
coordination, general quality control.
coordination, general quality control.
Laura Hartmann
PhD Coordinator & Press and PR Coordinator
Further Press & PR Team Members
Maintenance of the BCDSS website and the Cluster's five social media channels: YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Events
Event Coordinator
Responsible for the operational coordination of all
BCDSS events from planning to implementation, incl.
the weekly Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture.
the weekly Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture.
Events Team Assistant
Administrative support to the events coordinator
(Jan Hörber) and the e-teaching coordinator
(Yasmin El-Menshawy).
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).
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).
Publications Manager
Coordination of all BCDSS publications (BCDSS Book Series "Dependency and Slavery Studies", Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture Series, Concept Paper, Working Paper).
Exhibition
Exhibition Coordinator
Coordination of content, realization and implementation
of the cluster exhibition (2024/2025), planned as an
outreach project for the general public.
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.
Dima Al Munajed
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator
Student Assistants
Coordination of the Library of Ancient Slavery (LAS).
Further information to follow.
Further information to follow.
Coordination and cooperation with Bonn University
and State Library (ULB).
