Sherin-Michelle Grabenstein

Sherin-Michelle Grabenstein is a researcher at the Chair of European Ethnology / Empirical Cultural Studies within the Faculty of Philosophy at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. Her work focuses on multispecies interactions, science communication, and gender studies, bridging cultural anthropology with empirical research on everyday life and interspecies relations.

• Education: Master's in European Ethnology/Folklore (2024), Bachelor's in European Ethnology, Philosophy, and Religion (2022).
• Current Role: Since 2025, she has been a research assistant at JMU Würzburg, contributing to the Volkswagen Foundation-funded project 'Multispecies Gardening.'

Research Interests revolve around:

• Exploring how humans interact with plants and animals in everyday contexts.
• Transformations in sepulchral aesthetics and multispecies mobility patterns.
• Posthumanist and ethnobotanical approaches to cultural studies.

Publications highlight her focus on:

• Monograph on dandelions as cultural symbols (2024).
• Analyses of cemetery design and mosquito-human coexistence (2023).
• Historical continuity in funerary practices (2022).

Contact: Telephone +49 931 31-86434, Room 4.U.11, sherin-michelle.grabenstein@uni-wuerzburg.de.