An anthropology of Muslims in Europe - A modest attempt by Martijn
The volume Explaining Extreme Belief and Behavior: Theoretical, Methodological, and Ethical Challenges edited by Rik Peels and Lorne L. Dawson, turns the gaze of extremism research on the extremism research itself: fundamental theoretical and...
You are invited to an afternoon discussion on 11 February among (and with) Annelies Moors, Nadia Bouras, Sarah Bracke and Jeroen Geurts. This event brings together scholars and research leaders to reflect on how contemporary systems of research management...
Together with my colleagues Thijl Sunier and Jamal Ahajjaj, I have written a chapter “Activating Muslims: Citizenship in Dutch Islamic Schools” in the volume Difference and Sameness in Schools: Perspectives from the European Anthropology...
Are you eager to study the intersections of food, migration, and religion? Do you seek to develop an innovative research project that furthers academic debates in these fields? Then join us as a PhD candidate and research migrant Muslim foodways.
The Janus-face of bureaucratic incorporation of Islam in Europe. A seminar on the occasion of the valedictory lecture of prof. dr Thijl Sunier Date: Friday the 28th of October 2022 Vrije Universiteit...
A good video primer of the far right and mainstream ‘great replacement’ conspiracy theories by DW NEWS with experts from the field
Anna Korteweg is a professor of sociology and head of Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto. Anna Korteweg works on gender, Islam and immigrant integration in the Netherlands, Germany and Canada. Listen...
Welcome on my annual overview of the most read posts on Closer. It was another year with COVID19 and lots of discussions on race, security and Salafism. Here my most popular posts written this...
It took us six years, but I’m very pleased to announce that, at last, our book: Islamic Militant Activism in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany – ‘Islands in a sea of disbelief’ (Palgrave 2020)...
My colleague Irfan Ahmad is an anthropologist and Senior Research Fellow at the Max Plancke Institute for the Study of Religious & Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany. Among his work is Islamism and Democracy in...
