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Engseng Ho

Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Box 90091, Durham, NC 27708-0091
205 Friedl Building, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Professor Ho received his PhD and MA in Anthropology from University of Chicago. He is a specialist on Arab/Muslim diasporas across the Indian Ocean, and their relations with western empires, past and present. He has been involved in the Inter-Asia collaborations among the Social Science Research Council, NUS, Hong Kong University, Gottingen University and others since 2008, including the SSRC Inter-Asia postdoctoral fellowships programme. His writings include The Graves of TarimGenealogy and Mobility across the Indian Ocean, and Empire through Diasporic Eyes: A View from the Other Boat.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Cultural Anthropology · 2008 - Present Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


Inter-Asian Concepts for Mobile Societies

Journal Article Journal of Asian Studies · November 1, 2017 This essay proposes that the study of Asia, thought of as an Inter-Asian space, can provide concepts that shed light on the social shapes of societies that are mobile, spatially expansive, and interactive with one other. Inter-Asia, an old world crisscross ... Full text Cite

Afterword: Mobile law and thick transregionalism

Journal Article Law and History Review · September 16, 2014 The articles in this special issue of Law and History Review advance Indian Ocean studies and legal history by employing innovative mobile methods and concepts. In the past few decades, the Indian Ocean has become established as a frame for research and an ... Full text Cite

Black-Gold Rescues US Dollar Hegemony

Journal Article Current Anthropology · January 1, 2014 Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Global Religion Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Notre Dame · 2018 - 2019

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Alternative Models of Care for Refugees Seeking Political Asylum

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2016 - 2017

Doctoral Disseration Research: Azerbaijan: Oil, Islam, and Imperial Rivarly in a Volatile Borderland

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2013 - 2015

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Education, Training & Certifications


The University of Chicago · 2000 Ph.D.
The University of Chicago · 1990 M.A.
Stanford University · 1986 B.A.