Sofian Merabet

Sofian Merabet is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, with a PhD from Columbia University. His work bridges socio-cultural anthropology, queer theory, and interdisciplinary studies of the Muslim world.

• Affiliated with the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (CWGS)
• Center for European Studies (CES)
• Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies (LLILAS)
• Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice (UT Law School)

Research Focus: His interdisciplinary scholarship examines queer identity formations and the social production of queer spaces within class, religious, and gender dynamics across the modern Middle East (Lebanon/Syria), Muslim immigrant communities in Europe, and the Arab diaspora in South America, particularly Argentina.

Courses Taught: Includes 'Arab Latin Americas' (cross-listed in Anthropology and Latin American Studies) and 'Decolonial Thought,' emphasizing ethnographic approaches to spatial narratives and diasporic communities.