Sofian Merabet
Associate Professor — Ph.D., Columbia University

Contact
- E-mail: sofian.merabet@austin.utexas.edu
- Phone: (512) 471-0057
- Office: WCP 5.156
- Office Hours: Thursday 2 PM - 4 PM
- Campus Mail Code: C3200
Interests
Socio-Cultural Theory/Urban Studies/Gender Studies/Queer Theory/Muslim World, Europe, South America
Biography
I am a socio-cultural anthropologist with an expertise in the modern Middle East (with a focus on Lebanon and Syria) and the wider Muslim world, including Muslim immigrant communities in Europe and the Arab Diaspora in South America (especially Argentina). My interdisciplinary research analyzes the human geography of queer identity formations and the social production of queer space as constitutive features of wider class, religious, and gender relations. My professional interests draw on comparative methodologies and approaches ranging from religious and cultural history to the politics of sexuality.
Affiliations:
Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (CWGS)
Center for European Studies (CES)
Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies (LLILAS)
Department of French and Italian, French Graduate Studies Committee
Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (UT Law School)