Religion, Governance and the Political
Affiliated Faculty
Core Teaching Faculty - Sociocultural
Maria José de Abreu
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests
Affiliated Graduate Students
Giorgia Mirto
PhD Student
Research Interests
Migration and Border Studies, Slavery, Colonialism, Race, Racial Capitalism, Criminalization, Policing, Law and Society, War, Nationalism, Displacement, Trauma, Anthropology of Death and Violence, Language, Social Theory, Critical Theory, Text, Translation, Writing, Aesthetics, Museums, Archives, Practices of Memory, Religion, Governance and the Political, Spirituality, Religion, Affect and EmotionsDissertation / Thesis Title
The Political Life of Border Death in South Italy
Ahmed Zakarya Mitiche
PhD Student
Research Interests
Religion, Governance and the Political, Language, Social Theory, Critical Theory, Archives, Practices of Memory, Slavery, Colonialism, Race, Racial Capitalism, War, Nationalism, Displacement, Trauma, Toxicity, Environment & Climate CrisisDissertation / Thesis Title
Formations of the Soul: Cultivation of Ethical Self and Community in Revolutionary Algeria