Anne-Claire Defossez
Institute forAdvanced Study Sociology
W-314 Ext. 8364
adefossez@ias.edu
Anne-Claire Defossez is a sociologist who has been conducting a research on migration during 5 years at the border between Italy and France. Based on this ethnography her work this year will be focused on solidarity practices toward exiles and their evolution in a context of growing repressive policies.
Rebio Dfaz Cardona
Visitor
W-117
Environmental Psychology, Social Ext. 4527
Theory, Puerto Rican Studies rdiazcordona@ias.edu
Rebio Diaz Cardona is an environmental psychologist interested in grassroots placemaking and self-management projects in Puerto Rico, and the geographies of writing in urban contexts. While at IAS he will work on a series of essays on Puerto Rican society, blending personal narrative with insights from social and environmental psychology.
Didier Fassin
Faculty Anthropology, Sociology
W-303 Ext. 8251
dfassin@ias.edu
Didier Fassin will develop two main projects during the year. The first one addresses questions related to the theme of the School « Politics of migration and displacement as a form of life », following a five-year ethnography of exile, repression and solidarity at the border between Italy and France in the Alps The second one focuses on violence from an anthropological perspective, which will be the topic of ten lectures at the Collège de France, concluded by an international conference on « The ghosts of the war in Gaza ».
RajbirJudge
California State University, Long Beach
South Asian History, Intellectual History, Sikh Studies
W-339 Ext. 8270 rjudge@ias.edu
Rajbir Singh Judge is interested in the writing of history, the Sikh tradition, and historical changes in nineteenth and twentieth century Punjab. While at IAS, he will be working on his book manuscript on contextual reason.
Nahoko Kameo
New York University
Sociology, Science and Technology
W-316 Ext. 8366 nkameo@ias.edu
Nahoko Kameo's research interests lie in the intersection of economic sociology and science and technology studies. At IAS, Kameo will be working on a book based on her ethnography in a social robotics laboratory in Japan, with a focus on humanoids and the questions surrounding interactional morality of human-robot interaction.
Raphaelle Khan
Visitor
International Relations and Global History
W-116 Ext. 8172 rkhan@ias.edu
Raphaelle Khan works at the intersection of IR and Global History, with a focus on nonWestern perspectives in international relations, decolonization, and the Indo-Pacific region. At IAS, she is completing a book on the role of formerly colonized countries (especially India's) in the making of the twentieth century international order.
