HEJAZI

Sara Hejazi

Department of Environmental and Social Sciences

s.hejazi@sjiu.it

Degrees

Ph.D. in Antropologia Culturale ed Epistemologia della Complessità, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, 2007

Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Università degli Studi di Torino, 2003

Profile

Her research interests focus on issues of migration, urban anthropology and urban religious communities. In her book The Islamic other. Reading islam in the West, (aracne 2009), the construction of muslim identity emerges as the construction of the urban other and as a matter of conflict and social transformation in modern Italian urban spaces. She has received research fellowships from the CRT foundation, to lead research on the islamic communitiy of Torino, and on the de-industrialization of the city. Current research focuses on religious revival in the western countries, second generation issues and complex societies. Her teaching experience includes cultural anthropology and epistemology of complex societies. She also works as a journalist and a reporter for different Italian journals and magazines such as ilsole 24 ore and Micromega.

Areas of Research

Cultural anthropology; gender, the role of minorities in modern societies; islam and the west

Publications

Books:

The Islamic other. Reading islam in the West, Rome, arcane 2009

Unveiling Iran. An anthropology of the veil

Chapters in Books:

"la de-industrializzazione del quartiere operaio. Borgo san paolo nalla memoria , borgo san paolo nel presente", in memorie del territorio, territori della memoriaed. by Zola Lia, milano franco angeli "Modern Iran and the reinvention of Khomeini. in: Memorie riciclate, ed. by Bonato Laura, Roma, 2008

Articles in Journals:

She has published reportages for monthly diario, hera, IL, Yalla ITALIA, peacereporter,