Johansen's mother was of German and Estonian descent, and her father, Paul Johansen, was of Danish descent. Due to the occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union as part of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, her family moved to Nazi Germany in 1939…
This conversation with Professor em. Ulla Johansen took place on January 29, 2008 at her home near Cologne. In this interview Professor Johansen provides several interesting insights on the development of anthropology in post-war Germany.
The breakthrough is to code and portray the data of a longitudinal ethnography of a given people as a complex interactive system, in this case from an ethnogenesis in the late 18th century in Turkey to the present date, based on the…
Prof. Dr. Ulla C. Johansen created the Ulla Johansen Scholarship in 2012. The six-month research scholarship helps young scholars advance their research work while gaining intercultural experience in Germany.