Month: March 2023

Pnina Werbner: an Obituary

Pnina Werbner: an Obituary

Claudia Liebelt, Free University of Berlin
Pnina Werbner was a British social anthropologist, a brilliant thinker and engaged intellectual renowned for her prolific contributions to debates on Sufi Islam, multiculturalism and diaspora, as well as urban and legal anthropology. In January 2023, she died unexpectedly during a holiday with her husband, the anthropologist Richard Werbner.

Addendum to Normalising the Abnormal

Addendum to Normalising the Abnormal

In our last blog post, the second of our series on the return of the skulls from Inishbofin, Ciarán Walsh continued the story of the struggles to repatriate the skulls. On 22 February, Trinity College University of Dublin decided to repatriate the thirteen skulls stolen from the island. This may seem like a victory, but …

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