Index of biographies by last name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Margaret Rausch
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (100%), at KU since 2001 (tenure track)
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Islamic Studies, The Free University, Berlin, Germany, 1997
M.A., Middle Eastern History. Ohio State University, 1982
B.A., French Language and Literature. Ohio State University, 1977
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Forms of women's religious ritual and Moroccan women's autonomous religious
organizations, presently in particular among Tashilhit Berber women. Islamist
women in Egypt. Turkey and Iran and their discourse on the status and societal
roles of Muslim women in Islamist women's publications. Forms of women's cultural
expression and production, in particular musical
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
In press. Agraw: Rites des Femmes Berberes dans le Souss du Maroc. Deuxièmes
Rencontres d'Anthropologie du Maghreb. Fez, Morocco, Conference Proceedings
(12 pages).
In press. Ishilhin Women's Rituals in Southwestern Morocco. Celebrating Religio-Cultural
and Ethno-Linguistic Identity. Minorities and Minor Literatures. Oujda, Morocco,
Conference Proceedings (23 pages).
"Singing in Celebration" (2000). Newsletter of the American Research
Center in Egypt., Number 179: 7.
"Bodies, Boundaries and Spirit Possession." Moroccan Women and the
Revision of Tradition." (2000). Bielefeld: Transcript Publications.
COURSES TAUGHT AT KU:
Living Religions of the West
Studies in Islam: Sufism
Reform and Revival in Islam
Persian, Turkish
Topics in Religion and Society: Sufi Texts in Translation
LANGUAGES:
Fluency: English, proficiency: Arabic; Modern Standard, Egyptian Dialect and
Moroccan Dialect, French, German, Persian and Turkish, advanced knowledge: Moroccan
Tashilhit-Berber Dialect and Tajik
DISTINCTIONS:
University of Kansas General Research Fund (decision pending) July 2005
National Endowment for the Humanities. Agraw: Ishilhin Women's Sufi Ritual Gatherings
in Southwestern Morocco (not selected) September 2005- June 2006
Archival Research in Morocco, December 2004-January 2005
ACLS International Area Studies Fellowship. "Moroccan Women and Religious
Expression" Sept.02-May 03
Kathryn A. Rhine
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Department of Anthropology (2009-)
Education
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Ph.D., Anthropology (2010)
A.M., Anthropology (2005)
The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
B.A., Anthropology (2002)
Research Interests
Nigeria, Global Health; HIV/AIDS; Chronic Illnesses; Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostic Technologies; Reproductive Health; Gender, Personhood, Kinship; Anthropological Demography
Recent Publications
“Dilemmas of Diagnoses: HIV Testing in Northern Nigeria,” Northeastern Anthropological Association Newsletter, 31(4):2-11. (2009)
“Support Groups, Marriage, and the Management of Ambiguity among HIV-Positive Women in Northern Nigeria,” Anthropological Quarterly, 23(2):369-400. (2009)
Courses Taught at KU
HIV/AIDS in Anthropological Perspective (2009)
Introduction to Medical Anthropology (2009, 2010)
Life and Death in Africa (2010)
African Perspectives on Gender and Health (2010)
Languages
English (native); Hausa (conversational); French (reading)
Distinctions
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2008)
Graduate Fellow, Cogut Center for the Humanities, Brown University (2008)
National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (2006)
Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award (2006)
Anton Rosenthal
Tenured Associate Professor, Department of History; at KU since 1990
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1990
M.A., University of Minnesota, 1984
B.A., University of California, Berkeley,1973
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Urban history, labor history and popular culture in Latin America & Africa.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
"General Strike in Montevideo" in Vincent C. Peloso, editor, Work,
Protest and
Identity in Twentieth-Century Latin America (SR Books, 2003), 63-85. (Reprint
of "Streetcar Workers," 1995).
"Urban Networks, Global Processes and the Construction of Public Life in
Nineteenth- Century Buenos Aires," The Journal of Urban History, 29:6,
September
2003, 760-766.
"Spectacle, Fear and Protest: A Guide to the History of Urban Public Space
in Latin America,"Social Science History, 24:1, Spring 2000, 33-73
"Dangerous Streets: Trolleys, Labor Conflict and the Reorganization of
Public Space in Montevideo" in James Baer and Ronn Pineo, eds., Cities
of Hope: People, Protests and Progress in Urbanizing Latin America, 1870-1930
(Westview Press, 1998), 30-52.
COURSES TAUGHT AT KU:
Popular Culture in Africa and Latin America
Colonialism and Revolution in the Third World
Social History of South America
Cultural History of Latin America
The Imaginary City: Modernist Visions, Postmodern Dilemmas
Modern Latin American History
Third World Nationalism and Revolution
The Modern City in Afirca and Latin America
Labor in Africa and Latin America
DISTINCTIONS:
The first Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Center for Teaching Excellence,
2001-2002.
W.T. Kemper Foundation Fellowship for Teaching Excellence and the Byron T. Schutz
Award, 2000.
Hall Center for the Humanities Teaching Opportunity Grant, 1998-1999, Social
Science Research Council Advanced Grant, 1992-1994.
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Abroad Fellowship, 1992-1993.
Conducted research in archives and libraries in Ecuador, Uruguay, Argentina,
the Netherlands, Great Britain, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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