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It is with great pride that the International Budo Institute announces the appointment of Sensei Dr. Michael Leube, Ph.D. to the academic council. Sensei Dr. Leube is a 2nd Dan Black Belt holder in Hapkido as well as an accomplished academic.
Originally from Austria, Dr. Michael Leube grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area where he received his B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1994. He then returned to Vienna to finish his M.A. in Anthropology at the University of Vienna in 1999. While studying at the Institute for Human Biology in Vienna, he had the privilege to work with Prof. Dr. Pavao Rudan, and decided to write his Ph.D. thesis under his guidance at the Institute for Anthropological Research in Zagreb. His thesis concerned anthropological theory and method as practiced in Berkeley, London and Vienna.
In Vienna, Dr. Leube worked as a staff writer and reporter of politics and environmentalism for the Wiener Zeitung. In the summer of 1999, he participated in a nutritional and anthropometrical research project evaluating the intervention of international NGOs in the Lago Attitlan region, Guatemala for the Universidad Autonóma de Madrid and the Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala. For the “African Medical Research Facility (AMREF)”, he worked on research and assessment of primary and secondary schools as well as applied nutrition projects in Mombassa, Kenya and for “Creative Handicrafts” he worked with underprivileged women in the slums of Mumbay, India.
Since January 2001, he has worked as professor of anthropology, sociology, demography, and international relations as well as developmental and cultural studies at various universities in Madrid. He has taught at: CAE Global House, City College of San Francisco, University of London Escuela International de Protocolo, the University of California and the University of Vienna. At the SMC in Vienna he works as a professor of International Relations and other courses concerned with cross cultural understanding and economic development. It is his belief that only with a sound theoretical and methodological base coupled with knowledge of cultures can a Budo practitioner maneuver successfully.
The International Budo Institute is fortunate to have Professor Leube to bring the anthropological imperatives to the study of Budo and its research as well as helping to direct the academic council. Professor Leube is a young and dynamic professor who instills his students with enthusiasm and intrigue about cultures in which they operate. Dr. Leube is multi-lingual speaking English, German and Spanish fluently.
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