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Dr. Omar Kasmani is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Berlin's Free University within the Collaborative Research Center 1171 Affective Societies. His scholarship bridges Queer Theory with Sufi Life-Worlds, focusing on Migrant Religion in Urban Contexts.
Research Trajectory:
- Explores Queer Companions (Duke University Press, 2022) examining saintly affects in Pakistan
- Current work develops Pakistan Desires: Queer Futures Elsewhere (Duke, 2023) with contributions from multiple disciplines
- Co-edited Muslim Matter (Revolver, 2016) analyzing material cultures in Muslim communities
Affective Scholarship:
- 2021 TSQ article on Trans* Temporalities in Pakistan
- 2019 Anthropology Now critique of Bani Abidi's Artistic Practice
- 2020 Religion and Society special section on Elsewhere Affects across religious life-worlds
Methodological Innovations:
- 2021 Gender and Genre chapter on Thin Cruisy Writing as affective ethnography
- 2017 History of Emotions blog Audible Spectres analyzing Shia sonics
- 2019 Capacious Journal piece on Thin Attachments in Berlin's queer geographies
Collaborative Networks:
- Co-authored with Hansjörg Dilger and Dominik Mattes on affective fieldwork methodologies
- Part of the C03 research collective examining migrant religion's public interfaces
- Contributor to TRAFO Research Network on transregional studies
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