Dafina Gashi is a doctoral candidate in Cultural Studies/European Ethnology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Čarna Brković. Her doctoral thesis focuses on global beauty practices, neoliberal subjectivity, and cosmetic surgery in post-independence Kosovo. Previously, she completed a master’s degree in Anthropology and Visual Studies at the University of Siena, where she conducted ethnographic research on the bodies of migrant women in Italy. Her research interests include Visual Anthropology, Gender and Sexuality, and the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment.

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

  • Visual anthropology
  • Gender and sexuality
  • Anthropology of the body and embodiment

BKM Building (Kantstraße 2)
1st floor, Room 106
55122 Mainz

Email: gashidaf@uni-mainz.de

Office hours
by appointment via email

  1. MA Ü. Übung zum kulturwissenschaftlichen Dokumentarfilm
    Instructor: Dafina Gashi
  2. SLS. Begleitende Lektüre
    Instructor: Dafina Gashi
  3. Ü. Praxis der visuellen Anthropologie: Ethnografischer Film und Fotografie
    Instructor: Dafina Gashi

WiSe 2026/27