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Laura Thompson
Harvard University
Occupation
Researcher
Contact
Email: [email protected]

United States
Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
Cinema/Film
Gender/Women's Studies
Islamic Studies
Maghreb Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Tunisia
Maghreb
Specialties
Tunisian Islamic Scholar Olfa Youssef, And The Rec
The Phenomenon Of Call Centers In Tunisia, Particu
The Artistic Representations Of Contemporary Tunis
Languages
French (fluent)
Arabic (advanced)
Portuguese (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2023 | Religious Studies and the Anthropology of Religion | Harvard University
BA | 2008 | Anthropology | Georgetown University
Abstracts
Subversion, Sexuality, and Nostalgia in the Contemporary "Harem": The "World of Women" in Tunisian Film and Literature of the "Great Change" (1987-2007) Who Speaks for the Sacred?: Locating & Punishing Blasphemy in Post-Arab Spring Tunisia Who Speaks for the Sacred?: The Politics of Blasphemy in Tunisia from the Nineteenth Century to the Present-Day Does God belong in a discotheque?: Remixing the Islamic Call to Prayer in a Tunisian Nightclub Abdelaziz al-Thaalbi's Heirs: "Islamists," "Progressives," and the Contested Legacy of a Tunisian Nationalist Contemporary Blasphemy Prosecutions in Tunisia: The Case of Al Abdellia and Nessma TV Islam and Feelings in Nineteenth Century Tunisia