CURRICULUM VITAE Monday, 27 October 2008
Associate Professor Gabriele Marranci
Associate Professor in the Anthropology of Islam
University of Western of Sydney
School of Humanities and Languages
Locked Bag 1797
Penrith South
DC NSW 1797
Australia
g.marranci@uws.edu.au
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Education
2000-2003 Queen’s University of Belfast, School of Anthropological Studies,
PhD. (2003)
1995-1999 University of Bologna (Italy)
(BA + MA) Anthropology First Class with Honours (Italian: 110/110 cum laude)
1998 Conservatoire Gerolamo Frescobaldi
Diploma in piano performance (8.50/10)
Current and past Academic positions
2008 – current Associate Professor in the Anthropology of Islam, University of Western Sydney, School of Humanities & Languages, Australia.
2008 – current Senior Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
2008 – current Honorary Lecturer in Anthropology of Religion and Islam, School of Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
2003 – 2008 Lecturer in Anthropology of Religion and Islam, School of Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Visiting Professor in Social Sciences (May 2007) University Luiss Guido Carli of Rome (Italy)
2002 – September 2003 Teaching Assistant, School of Social Anthropology, Queen’s University of Belfast
Teaching
Courses at all undergraduate and postgraduate levels and doctoral supervision in Anthropology of Religion and Muslim societies, both in the West as well as the Middle East and Asia.
Administration
Advisor of Honours and non-Honour students (2003 – 2008 )
Member of the School Forum (2003 – 2005 )
Member of the School Research Committee (2005 – 2006 )
Liaison officer for the Al-Maktoum Validation Committee (2003 – 2008 )
Publications
Authored books
2006 Marranci, G. Jihad beyond Islam London and New York: Berg. Hardback ISBN 1845201574, Paperback ISBN 1845201582.
2007 Marranci, G. The Anthropology of Islam London and New York: Berg Hardback ISBN 1845202856, Paperback ISBN 1845202848.
2009 Marranci, G. Understanding Muslim Identity, Rethinking Fundamentalism, London, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0230002555
Forthcoming 2009 Marranci, G. Faith, Ideology and Fear: Muslim Identities Within and Beyond Prisons, London and New York: Continuum Books ISBN 978-1847060334
Edited book
Forthcoming G. Marranci (ed.) Muslim Societies and the Challenge of Secularization: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Amsterdam and New York: Springer
Peer Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters
Forthcoming 2009 Marranci, G. ‘The Sociology and Anthropology of Islam’ in Bryan Turner (ed.) The New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
2008 Marranci, G. ‘British Muslims and the British State’ in Bryan Turner (ed.) Religious Diversity and Civil Society: A Comparative Analysis, Oxford: Bardwell Press.
2007(a) Marranci, G. ‘From the Ethos of Justice to the Ideology of Justice: Understanding Radical Views of Scottish Muslims’ in Tahir Abbas (ed.) Islamic Political Radicalism: A European Comparative Perspective, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN Pbk 0748625283, Hbk 0748625275
2007(b) Marranci, G. ‘Migration and the Construction of Muslim women’s identity in northern Ireland’ in Caraait Chison, Peter Hopkins, and Mei-Po kwan (eds) Geographies of Muslim Identities: Diaspora, Gender, and Belonging, London and New York: Ashgate Publishing, ISBN Hbk 0 7546 4888 5
2006(a) Marranci, G. ‘Faith, Language and Migration: the Case of Muslim Migrants in Scotland and Northern Ireland’ in Máiréad Nic Craith and Ullrich Kockel (eds.) Heritages of conflict: history, identity and the future of divided societies, London: Palgrave
2006(b) Marranci, G. ‘Muslim in Northern Ireland: dangerous symbols and the use of English’ in R. Byron, and U. Kockel (eds.), Negotiating Culture: Moving and Mixing: Migration and Boundary Crossing in Twentieth Century Europe. Munster and London: LIT Verlag ISBN 3-8258-8410-4
2006 (c) Marranci, G. ‘The Transmission of Islamic Heritage in Northern Ireland’ in Máiréad Nic Craith Cultural Heritages as Reflexive Traditions, London, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN Hbk 1403997489
2006 (d) Marranci, G ‘Muslim Marriages in Northern Ireland’ in B. Waldis and R. Byron (eds.) Migration and Marriage; Heterogamy and Homogamy in a Changing World, Munster and London: LIT Verlag, pp 40-66. ISBN 3-8258-9873-3
2005(b) Marranci, G. ‘South Asian Muslims in Northern Ireland: their Islamic identity, and the aftermath of 11th of September’ in Tahir Abbas (ed.) Muslim Britain: Communities Under Pressure, London: Zed Books. Hb ISBN 1842774484 Pb ISBN 1842774992
2005(c) Marranci, G. ‘From Orano to Paris: identity, raï music and Algerian immigrants’ in David Cooper and Kevin Dawe (eds.) The Mediterranean in Music, Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press.
2004 (a) Marranci, G. ‘Constructing an Islamic Environment in Northern Ireland’ Built Environment, 30(1): 5-17
2004 (b) Marranci, G. ‘Multiculturalism, Islam, and the Clash of Civilization Theory: Rethinking Islamophobia’ Culture and Religion 5(1): 107-119
2003 (a) Marranci, G. ‘“We Speak English.” Language and Identity processes in Northern Ireland’s Muslim Community’ Ethnologist 25 (2): 59-77
2003 (b) Marranci, G. ‘Pop-Raï: from Local Tradition to Globalisation’ in Goffredo Plastino (ed.), Mediterranean Mosaic, London and New York: Routledge
2002 Marranci, G. ‘Sound Moving Around: Algerian Rai and Pop Music’, Musica e Storia vol. 2
2001 Marranci, G. ‘A complex Identity and its musical representation; Beurs and Raï music in Paris’ Music & Anthropology 5 [http://www.muspe.unibo.it/period/ma]
2000 Marranci, G. ‘La Musique Raï: Entre Métissage et World Music Moderne’ Cahiers de musiques traditionnelles 13: 137-150
Other
2002 Marranci, G. review of Within the Circle: Parents and Children in an Arab Village by Andrea B. Rugh, New York: Columbia University Press. In ARD: The Anthropology Review Database.
Consultancy Experience and Services Rendered
Consultancies for both mass media companies as well as lawyer firms, charities and governmental agencies
Research Programme and Activities
Editorship
Founding Editor of the journal Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life, published by Springer [www.springer.com/journal/11562]
Founding Editor (with Prof. Bryan Turner) of the book series Muslims in Global Societies (Published by Springer, first book forthcoming 2007)
Contributing Editor CyberOrient Journal of the Middle East Section (MES) of the AAA
Forthcoming and recent invited lectures
University of South Australia, Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, 15 October, paper ‘The Clash of the Civilisers’.
University of Leeds, CERS Symposium, 7 May 2008, paper: ‘A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: the term Islamofascism’.
University of Glasgow and The European probation organisation, April 25-26 2008, paper ‘Lost in Transition – The case of the Muslim former prisoner in the UK’.
Princeton University, Department Of Near Easter Studies, May 1st 2008, paper ‘Muslims, the Media and the Deutero-Learning Processes since the War on Terror’.
Hofstra University Department of Anthropology, 27 November 2007 paper: ‘Looking for Dignity: Young Muslims between Western Dystopias and Islamic Utopias’.
SAASS/SCCJR Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences at Glasgow University 17 October 2007 paper: ‘Ideology as Common Sense: The Experience of Current and Former Muslim Prisoners’.
AAR 2007 annual meeting in San Diego, 17-20 November 2007, Science, Technology, and Religion Group, paper presented: Rethinking Anthropology of Religion through Cognitive Neuroscience, paper: ‘ the case of Muslim Identity.’
IQRA Annual Lecture The House of Lords 26 June 2007 paper: ‘Faith, Ideology and Fear: The Case of Current and Former Muslim Prisoners’.
University of St Andrews workshop, The British Academy, 25-26 May 2007 Political Islam, Political Violence: The Rationale(s) of Legitimatization/Legality for ‘Us’ and ‘Them’, paper presented: ‘Identity, Justice and Jahiliyya: Between Strong Views and Radicalism?’
Invited Lecture (23rd February 2006) Divinity School at the University of St Andrews, Scotland; ‘Muslims in prison in Scotland’.
Invited Lecture (6th August 2003) Queen’s University Belfast, Institute of Irish Studies, Summer School Program; ‘Muslims, Jihad, and their everyday emotions’.
Invited Lecture (12th March 2003) Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Dundee University; ‘The Adhan among the Bells: The Muslim Community in Northern Ireland’.
Invited Lecture (March 2003) Series of seminars at University of Bologna, Department of Music and Drama, topic: Anthropology, Identity and Music.
Invited Lecture (7th August 2002) The Queen’s University Belfast, Institute of Irish Studies, Summer School Program; ‘The Muslim Community in Northern Ireland’.
Forthcoming and recent conferences and panel organisation
‘Beyond the Stereotypes: Dynamics of Muslim Life in the Globalized World.’ (Organiser of the symposium) Amsterdam, 26 October 2007. Sponsored by Springer.
106th AAA Annual Meeting 2007 Nov 28 – Dec 2, Washington DC, ‘Mapping Difference across the Ummah and in Diaspora: Current Challenges to Muslim Identity’. (Panel Convenor)
XXX. Deutsche Orientalistentag 2007 Sept 24-28 ‘Muslims and Globalization: Lives, Dreams and Experiences’. (Panel Convenor)
18th-21st September 2006, Bristol EASA 2006, ‘Muslim diaspora, Euro-Islam and the idea of the secular’. (Panel Convenor, with Prof Sacco, Luiss University of Rome).
11th-16th June 2006, WOCMES2, Jordan, ‘Contemporary Islamic Studies’. (Round table organizer)
Research grants, fellowships and awards and sponsorships
2007 secured funding from Springer for a one day symposium in Amsterdam.
2005-2007 The British Academy: Living Islam in Prison: The Experience of Muslim Prisoners in England and Wales in the aftermath of September 11th. (£ 7,190) Ref: SG-4091
2005-2006 University of Aberdeen College Award (£ 3,000)
2004 University of Aberdeen College Award (£ 500)
2004-2005 The Carnegie Trust (£ 1,080) for researching on Muslim in prison in Scotland.
2002 BRISMES Research Award (£ 250)
2000-2003 Queen’s University Award (£ 7,000 per year, 2000-2003)
1998 Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation (£ 1,000)
Research Experience
2008 – present, Research on Muslim Malay families and divorce in Singapore.
2004-2007, Islam, ideology and religion: Muslims in Prison.
2001-2003, fieldwork in Northern Ireland, on the local Muslim community (identity construction, cultural influences, religious modifications, concept of ummah, children’s education, Muslim associations, community organization, child-parent relationships, identity conflicts, women)
1999-2000, fieldwork in Italy (Pisa) on Muslim immigrant women and their daughters (private vs. public, family roles, women’s associations, diaspora, myth of return, female genital mutilation in immigration contexts, social relationships).
1998-1999, fieldwork in France (Paris and Lyon) on Algerian immigrants and second-generation Algerians (use of urban space, identity conflict, cultural expressions, music, gender, transnationalism, global and local dimensions).
Geographic area of interest: Europe, North Africa, Middle East, South Asia, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, US
Memberships and offices:
Founding member and Convenor of the EASA Network on Contemporary Study of Muslims and Societies.
AAA (American Anthropological Association)
EASA (European Association of Social Anthropologists)
MESA (Middle East Studies Association)
BRISMES (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies)
AMSS (Association of Muslim Social Scientists UK)
Study Group on Anthropology of Music in Mediterranean Culture.
Research peer-reviewing
I am often a peer-reviewer for manuscripts submitted to Berg, Springer, Princeton University, and Palgrave.
I conduct numerous peer reviews for ESRC , Nuffield Foundation, and British Council, and AHRC for research grants and funding.
languages
ITALIAN: native
ENGLISH: excellent
FRENCH: proficient
ARABIC: working knowledge, particularly Northern African dialects
SENEGALESE (WOLOF): basic
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE AND ETHNOGRAPHIC AND STATISTICAL SOFTWARE
Ethnographic Software
ATLAS.TI
ANSWR
SPSS
Standard software
Leopard for Mac and iWork.
Windows Vista
Office Vista
