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Associate
Professor Michael Humphrey is Head of the School of Sociology and
Anthropology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
He has a PhD in anthropology from Macquarie University and has
undertaken anthropological field research in the Middle East, Africa,
Latin America and Australia. He
has published widely on the themes of ethnic identity, Islam,
globalization, refugees, law, terrorism, war, human rights and
reconciliation. His major publications include "Islam,
Multiculturalism & Transnationalism: from the Lebanese Diaspora",
IB Tauris: (1998) and "The Politics of Atrocity and Reconciliation:
from terror to trauma", Routledge (2002) which focuses on the
individual and social impact of political violence and atrocity. It is
about producing victims and redeeming victims. His current research
projects are concerned with atrocity, healing, national reconstruction and
reconciliation.
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