Members
13th
Term: Apr. 2023 ～
:Global Type
:Tenure-track Type
● Mostafa KHALILI Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Political Anthropology, Ethnicity and Nationalism, Cross-border Conflict
Research Topic: Understanding Ethnonationalistic Mobilizations from Below: Identity Politics Above and Beyond Ethnicity
Host Department: Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Previous Affiliation: Center for Relational Studies on Global Crisis, Chiba University
Short Introduction
Since my childhood, the most meaningful moments of my life have been dedicated to thinking deeply about various issues involving mankind, including his beliefs, and his social life. To fulfill my curiosities, I started my university education in electrical engineering at Bachelor's level. Later on, my great enthusiasm for humanities and social sciences led me to change my field of study to Society and Culture at the master's level and complete dual doctoral programs in Global Studies and Global Resource Management.
My primary research interest is exploring ethnicity and minority nationalism from an anthropological angle, particularly in the context of politically unstable regions. The main objective of my project at Hakubi center is to develop a conceptual framework to understand ethnonationalistic mobilizations from an anthropological angle. By taking the long-lasting Kurdish conflict in the Middle East as a case study, I aim to challenge the predominant approach that regards ethnic background as the main cause for the spread of conflicts. Alternatively, in my research, ethnicity is considered as one among several other equally influential socio-political factors that shape identity politics in the local field of power.
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