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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.
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
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”
1/15/17 → 1/14/18
Project: Research project
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Doctoral Dissertation Research: Exclusion and the Social Construction of Citizenship
9/1/14 → 8/31/17
Project: Research project
Research Output
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Defining Religion: Durkheim and Weber Compared
Launay, R., Feb 2022, In: Religions. 13, 2, 89.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Introduction: Eating French
Launay, R. & Mauxion, A., Apr 3 2018, In: Food and Foodways. 26, 2, p. 87-91 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Maize avoidance? Colonial French attitudes towards Native American foods in the Pays des Illinois (17th–18th century)
Launay, R., Apr 3 2018, In: Food and Foodways. 26, 2, p. 92-104 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How (Not) to Read the Quran? Logics of Islamic Education in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire
Launay, R. & Ware III, R., 2016, Islamic Education in Africa: Writing Boards and Blackboards. Launay, R. (ed.). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, p. 255-267 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Introduction
Launay, R., 2016, Islamic Education in Africa: Writing Boards and Blackboards. Launay, R. (ed.). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, p. 1-26 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript