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Karima Laachir took position Director of ANU Centre for Arab Islamic Studies in January 2020. Prior to this appointment, she held a tenured position at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, where she was the Director of the SOAS Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies. She was also a Lecturer in Cultural Theory at the University of Birmingham and contributed to the establishment of a BA programme focusing on Culture, Society, and Communication. Her research interests lie at the intersection of Humanities and Social Sciences, exploring culture and arts under authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Laachir has published extensively on the representation of Arab and Middle Eastern cultural productions within the context of cultural politics and identity. She has held visiting fellowships and is currently working on comparative multilingual literature in the MENA region, focusing on its aesthetic qualities and political implications. Laachir co-won grants aimed at communicating health messages to culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia.
ANU Centre for Arab Islamic Studies • Canberra, Australia
Oversees the research and academic programs of the ANU Centre.
SOAS Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies • London, UK
Led research initiatives focusing on postcolonial studies.
University of Birmingham • Birmingham, UK
Lectured on Cultural Theory and co-founded a BA program.
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