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Chris Hann

British anthropologist and ethnologist · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Born 1953 · age 73

Christopher Michael Hann is a British social anthropologist who has done field research in socialist and post-socialist Eastern Europe and the Turkic-speaking world. His main theoretical interests lie in economic anthropology, religion, and long-term history.

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Awards

Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales2020
Huxley Memorial Medal2019

About this person

After holding university posts in Cambridge and Canterbury, UK, Hann has worked since 1999 in Germany as one of the founding Directors of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale. Hann has made significant contributions to the subfield of economic anthropology.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1953 · age 73