Curriculum Vitae
Education
1996-2001
PhD in Anthropology, University of Sydney.
Thesis title: An Historical Anthropology of Ngazidja. Degree awarded 2003
1982-1986
MA (Hons) in Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh.
Dissertation title: Zaffer Pe Sanze: Ethnic Identity and Social Change among the Ilois in Mauritius.
Employment
2020-
Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle
2017-2019
Senior Research Officer, Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Regionalstudien, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle
2016
Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena
2015-2016
Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle
2011-2014
Senior Research Officer, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford
2009-2011
ERSC Research Fellow, COMPAS, University of Oxford
2008-2009
Departmental Lecturer, Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford
2008
Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS
2005-2007
ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Middle East & North African Studies/Dept. of Politics & International Relations, Macquarie University
2004
Lecturer, School of Sociology & Anthropology, Univ. of New South Wales
2002-2004
Tutor, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Sydney
2002
Lecturer, School of History, University of New South Wales
2000-2001
Lecturer, Université de Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, Paris
1999-2000
Lecturer, School of History, University of New South Wales
Tutor, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Sydney
1996-2001
Doctoral candidate, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Sydney
1995-1996
Tutor, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Sydney
Research Assistant, Dept. of Economic History, University of Sydney
1992-1994
Educational support and development, Sydney Institute of Technology
Awards and Grants
2019
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Conference Grant
2017-2019
German Research Foundation (DFG) Research Grant
2011-2013
John Fell OUP Research Fund Award
2011-2013
British Library Endangered Archives Programme Grant
2009-2011
Economic and Social Research Council Mid-Career Fellowship
2008
British Academy Conference Grant
2005-2008
Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship
2005-2006
American Institute of Yemeni Studies Fellowship
1997-2000
University of Sydney Postgraduate Award with stipend
1999
Carlyle Greenwell Research Fund Fieldwork Grant
1999
Univ. of Sydney Faculty of Arts PhD Students Research Support Scheme
1997-1998
Carlyle Greenwell Research Fund Fieldwork Grant
1997
University of Sydney Faculty of Arts Fieldwork Fund for Research Students
1985
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland Fieldwork Grant
Teaching (Selected)
2015-2016
Ethnography of identities in Eastern Africa, Seminar für Ethnologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle
2008-2014
Various courses in MSc programmes – Migration Studies, Archaeology and Anthropology, Visual Anthropology – and MPhil, ISCA, University of Oxford
2008
BA Ethnography Of A Selected Area – Eastern Africa; MA Culture And Society Of Eastern Africa, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS
2004
Anthropology, Identity & the Cinema, Anthropology & Tourism, School of Sociology & Anthropology, Univ. of New South Wales
2002
Southern African History, School of History, University of New South Wales
2000-2001
English Language, Université de Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, Paris
2000
Southern African History,School of History, University of New South Wales