Ulrike Langbein

Dr. Ulrike Langbein is a Lecturer at the Department of Cultural Studies and European Ethnology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Basel. She conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of fashion anthropology, material culture studies, and emotion theory. Since 2013, she has led the "Cultural Anthropology of Fashion" specialization at the University of Basel while pioneering the "Modeled Human" research project on Hanro AG (1884-2012) funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

• Education: Humboldt University Berlin (European Ethnology, Cultural Studies, Art History)
• Key Research: Fashion as social transformation, materiality of intimacy, cross-border cultural programs, museum theory applications

Her academic career includes acting professorship at University of Basel (2020), extensive museum curation work with institutions like the German Hygiene Museum Dresden and Ballenberg Open Air Museum, and innovative science communication initiatives. Recent publications explore topics ranging from 1990s Leipzig fashion transformations to self-optimization through clothing practices.

Dr. Langbein's methodological approach combines ethnographic field research with historical analysis, object studies, and collaborative projects like the 2021 "Time Perception" exhibition created with students. She maintains active cross-border academic partnerships with Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and participates in EU-related cultural analysis projects.