Background
Hengartner, Thomas was born on November 5, 1960 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Son of Albert Joseph and Oliva Rosa Hengartner.
Hengartner, Thomas was born on November 5, 1960 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Son of Albert Joseph and Oliva Rosa Hengartner.
License philosophy, University Bern, Switzerland, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy, University Bern, Switzerland, 1989. Dr.habil., University Bern, Switzerland, 1996.
Assistant professor University Bern, 1988—1996. Professor University Hamburg, Germany, since 1996, director Institute fuer Volkskunde, since 1998, dean faculty cultural science, since 2001. Board directors Swiss Society Volkskunde, since 1993, German Society Volkskunde, since 1999.
Married Uta Rosenfeld.