Professor Dr. Deirdre Meintel

Biography

Deirdre Meintel is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Montreal. She has authored several books on migration, ethnicity, identities, religious diversity, and the relationship between religion and modernity. She is a co-founder of the journal Urban Diversity and directs the research group of the same name. Her research includes fieldwork on over 230 religious and spiritual groups in Quebec, synthesizing the current diversity of beliefs in the province in an accessible collective work. Her research interests focus on transnationality, globalization, plural identities, and the interaction between religion and modernity. She supervises graduate students on topics related to migration trajectories, identity, and religious practices, contributing to a deeper understanding of cultural dynamics in her region.

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