Prof. Dr. Sharon Macdonald
Sharon Macdonald is Professor of Social Anthropology in the Institute of European Ethnology and Director of the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage (CARMAH).
Trained at the University of Oxford, she has held Chairs at the Universities of Sheffield, Manchester and York, and been a visiting Professor at Peking University among others. She came to Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as Alexander von Humboldt Professor in 2015.
Sharon is internationally known for her research on museums and heritage, with her work having been translated into many languages.
Institute for European Ethnology
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Mohrenstraße 40/41
10117 Berlin
Monographs & Books
Macdonald, S. 2009. Difficult Heritage: Negotiating the Nazi Past in Nuremberg and Beyond. London: Routledge.
Macdonald, S. 2002. Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum. Oxford/New York: Berg Publishers.
Reviews of Books & Exhibitions
Macdonald, S. 2019. »Review of Bielo, James. Ark Encounter: the making of a creationist theme park. Trollinger, Susan L. & Trollinger Jr, William Vance. Righting America at the Creation Museum.« New York: Univ. Press, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 25 (3): 606-608. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.13085