Dr. Mare Ainsaar
Social and behavioural sciences, Sociology, Social policy, Demography
Languages, Social and behavioural sciences
African studies
Pygmy languages of Africa as a source of information on the proto-language of humanity
Documentating of African hunter-gatherer languages (grammar and folktales of Khwe (a Khoisan language of Namibia) / Grammar and folktales of Baka (a pygmy language in Cameroon)
Language change, linguistic typology and pedagogy in cases of reading/writing impairments
Historical lingustics of African pygmy languages
Dyslexia
Appointed as a peer reviewer for the European Science Foundation (ESF), 2010
Placed second in a W3 professorial hiring process in African studies at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, 2009
Professor by special appointment, 2009
Elite fellowship within the German Research Foundation (DFG) Heisenberg programme, 2002 – 2007
Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) fellowship from the DFG, 1997 – 1999
English, French, German, Latin
Kilian-Hatz, Christa (1989): Contes et proverbes des pygmées Baka. (Paroles d'Afrique). Paris: Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT).
Kilian-Hatz, Christa (1995): Das Baka: Grundzüge einer Grammatik aus der Grammatikalisierungsperspektive. Afrikanistische Monographien (AMO) 6. Cologne: University of Cologne.
Kilian-Hatz, Christa (1999a): Folktales of the Kxoe (A Khoisan group in West Caprivi/Namibia). (Namibian African Studies 6). Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.
Kilian-Hatz, Christa (1999b): Ideophone: Eine typologische Untersuchung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung afrikanischer Sprachen. Habilitation (postdoctoral) thesis. Cologne: University of Cologne
Kilian-Hatz, Christa (2002): Contes des Bakas (Sud-Est Cameroun). (Wortkunst und Dokumentartexte in afrikanischen Sprachen 16). Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.
Kilian-Hatz, Christa (2003): Khwe dictionary. (Namibian African Studies 7). Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.
Kilian-Hatz, Christa (2006a): Serial verb constructions in Khwe (Central-Khoisan). In: Aikhenvald, Alexan-dra Y. & R.M. Dixon (eds.). Serial verb constructions: A cross-linguistic typology. (Explorations in Linguistic Typology). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 108-123.
Kilian-Hatz, Christa (2008a): Contes des Pygmées baka du Cameroun. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik – Research in African Studies 14). Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
Kilian-Hatz, Christa (2008b): A grammar of modern Khwe. (Quellen zur Khoisanforschung 23). Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.
Kilian-Hatz, Christa (2009): Participant marking in Khwe (Central-Khoisan). In: Dimmendaal, Gerrit (ed.). Coding participant marking: Construction types in twelve African languages. (Studies in Language Companian Series 110). Amsterdam – Philadelphia: John Benjamins. pp. 215-237.
Kilian-Hatz, Christa. The linguistic link between (Western) baMbenga and (Eastern) baMbuti pygmies. (20019). (Studia Instituti Anthropos 58). Baden-Baden: Academia.
Exhibition of original pygmy drawings ("Mediendesign Otterbach" gallery, Baden-Baden, Germany), 2006
Work on various German Research Foundation (DFG) research projects, 1993 – 1997
Member of Scientific Advisory Board of the LOS, 2001 – 2021
Member of the "Pedagogy" and "Young adults" working groups, Institute of Orthography and Speech Competence (LOS)
Member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary African Studies (ZIAF/VAD)
Member of an interdisciplinary German Research Foundation (DFG) Collaborative Research Centre, 1999 – 2005
Founding of the institute (incl. the furnishing of its building and premises)
Management (marketing, accounting, acquisitions, publicity work, personnel)
Therapy for dyslexic children, adolescents and young adults in German and English
Training of LOS (Institute of Orthographic and Speech Competence) pedagogues
Supervision of PhD students
Development of learning material for English courses for German dislexic children
Fieldwork with the Khwe people of northern Namibia (Caprivi): 1997, 1999 and 2000 (5 months per visit); 2001, 2003 and 2005 (2 months per visit)
Fieldwork with the Baka people of southeastern Cameroon: 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991 (3 months per visit)
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Social and behavioural sciences, Sociology, Social policy, Demography
Social and behavioural sciences, Organization Theory, Gender studies, Entrepreneurship
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Social and behavioural sciences, Social psychology, industrial and organisational psychology