Grants per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
The history and ‘prehistory’ of anthropological theory, as well as its contemporary developments; the anthropology of scriptural religions, with particular focus on Islam; the historical ethnography of West Africa; the anthropology of food, particularly French foodways in the American Midwest.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Social Anthropology, PhD, University of Cambridge
… → 1976
Anthropology, BA, Columbia University
… → 1970
Research interests keywords
- Anthropological theory
- Anthropology of food
- Ethnography of West Africa
- Islam
- Scriptural religions
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Grants
- 6 Finished
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Faith, Savings & Credit: Christian Finance in Coastal West Africa
Launay, R. (PD/PI)
University of Notre Dame, Templeton Religion Trust
5/1/19 → 4/15/21
Project: Research project
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Supporting the Participation of African Curators and Calligraphers in a Workshop on “Working with African Arabic Script Manuscripts”
Launay, R. (PD/PI)
1/15/17 → 1/14/18
Project: Research project
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Doctoral Dissertation Research: Exclusion and the Social Construction of Citizenship
Launay, R. (PD/PI)
9/1/14 → 8/31/17
Project: Research project
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Doctoral Dissertation Research: Cultivating Democracy: Agricultural Intensification and Local-level Politics in Gabero, Northern Mali
Launay, R. (PD/PI)
8/1/08 → 1/31/10
Project: Research project
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Doctoral Dissertation Research: Cultivating Democracy: Agricultural Intensification and Local-level Politics in Gabero, Northern Mali
Launay, R. (PD/PI)
8/1/08 → 1/31/10
Project: Research project
Research Output
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Genealogies of Islam Noir: Racializing Islam
Launay, R., Jan 1 2025, Conceptualizing Islam: Current Approaches. Taylor and Francis, p. 202-214 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Editorial
Launay, R., 2024, In: Journal of Religion in Africa. 54, 4, p. 437-439 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Editorial
Launay, R., 2024, In: Journal of Religion in Africa. 54, 2, p. 107-109 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Pioneers of Piety: Youth as Agents of Islamic Renewal
Launay, R., Jul 1 2024, Rethinking the Anthropology of Islam: Dynamics of Change in Muslim Societies. In Honour of Roman Loimeier. de Gruyter, p. 155-168 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Sabati-Ba’s Coup d’Etat: Contexts of Legitimacy in a West African Chiefdom
Launay, R., Jan 1 2024, State Formation and Political Legitimacy: Political Anthropology: Volume VI. Taylor and Francis, Vol. 6. p. 45-67 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter