Ulrike Bergermann

Ulrike Bergermann is a Professor of Media Studies at the University of Art in Braunschweig, Germany since 2009. Her research focuses on Gender Studies, Postcolonialism, and the history of knowledge, with particular attention to cultural property rights and colonial history representations. She holds a PhD from Heidelberg/Hamburg (1999) and completed habilitation research through a Lise Meitner grant in UK/US archives.

• Former guest professor at Ruhr University Bochum
• Member of German Media Studies Association (GfM) steering committee (2007-2011)
• DFG Medienwissenschaft committee member (2010-2017)

Her work critiques colonial legacies in cultural laws and explores intersectional identities through media. Recent publications address 'racist algorithms', campus sexual harassment, and postcolonial textile histories like the kanga's evolution from Swahili elite fashion to symbol of cultural autonomy.

Publications include co-edited volumes on postcolonial media theory (total, 2015) and monographs like Leere Fächer (2016). Ongoing projects redefine cultural property concepts through African appropriation strategies.