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Usman Mahar, Dr. des.

Usman Mahar, Dr. des.

Researcher, PhD Candidate

Contact

LMU Munich
Institut für Ethnologie
Oettingenstr. 67
80538 München

Room: C U110
Phone: +49 (0) 89 / 2180 - 9608
Fax: +49 (0) 89 / 2180 - 9602

Work group

Research Project/Group
Return to Pakistan: The Political Economy of the Emotions of Remigration
German Research Foundation (DFG) Grant SO 435/14-1 (funding period: 2019-2022)

Fields of Interest:

  • Anthropology of migration
  • (Im)mobility, irregular migration, “voluntary” returns and deportations
  • Border regimes, citizenship and identity
  • Anthropology of emotions
  • Medical anthropology
  • Cultural psychology

Regions of interest:

Europe: Germany
South Asia: Pakistan

Academic Career:

  • 2023-2026: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of St. Gallen
  • 2019-2023: PhD, LMU Munich
  • 2018: M.A. Heidelberg University
  • 2015: B.A. (Hons) University College Utrecht

Curriculum Vitae and Publications