Susanne Dinkl

Susanne Dinkl is a Lecturer at the Chair of European Ethnology / Empirical Cultural Studies at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. She has been active in teaching and research since 2010, with a focus on popular culture (including gaming and commercial gambling) and religiosity (popular belief and spirituality).

• Education: Master’s in Prehistoric Archaeology, European Ethnology, and Religious Studies
• Research: Multispecies interactions, urban wildlife, digital identity, and historical cultural analysis

Her recent editorial work explores:

• Multispecies ethnography in Flechten erzählen (2024)
• Climate crisis narratives in Katastrophen, Fluten, Weltenbrände (2023)
• Environmental anthropology in Fränkische Waldgemeinschaften (2022)
• Digital self-construction on Instagram in Observing the Digital Self (2021)

She received the 2022 Prize for Excellent Teaching (Preis für gute Lehre) from the Bavarian Ministry of Science and Art.