Cirriculum Vitae

DEGREES:

DPhil, University of Oxford, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, 2002

MPhil, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of Islamic Studies, 1997

MA, Institute of Ismaili Studies, Graduate Programme in Islamic Studies and the Humanities, Department of Academic Research and Publications, 1996

BA (Joint Honours), McGill University, Faculty of Arts, Departments of Religious Studies and Anthropology, 1989

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

GRADUATE SUPERVISIONS:

Doctoral (Supervision) (2)

1. Sharaf Ochurbekov. PhD in Social Anthropology, York University. Proposed topic: Sacred spaces of worship amongst Ismaili Muslims of Tadjikistan (date of registration September 2007)

2. Nayrouz Abu-Hatoum, PhD in Social Anthropology, York University. Proposed topic: State state violence, bordered spaces, and fragmented belonging: the case of apartheid wall in Palestine

Masters (Supervision) (1)

1. Danielle Coghlan, MA in Social Anthropology, York University. Proposed topic: Embodiments of memory & re-member-ing: relational aesthetics among artists of exile and diverse sensory phenomena