Majid Hannoum

Majid Hannoum
  • Professor
  • Anthropology

Contact Info

Phone:
785-864-2650
Fraser Hall 636
Lawrence
1415 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS 66045

Biography —

Dr. Majid Hannoum lectures on North African and Arab societies, especially in the areas of Islamic social and political movements; Islam, colonialism, and nationalism in North Africa; and religion, power, and sexuality in Arab societies.

Research —

Research interests:

  • Anthropology and history
  • Cultural identity
  • Political modernity
  • Nationalism
  • Narrative & Memory
  • Comparative historiography
  • Violence and the state
  • Islam and politics
  • Cities and citizenship
  • Colonialism and postcoloniality
  • Semiotics and discourse analysis
  • Social theory
  • Theories of translation
  • Globalization
  • African migration to Europe
  • North Africa
  • Middle East
  • France