Adeem Suhail

Adeem Suhail is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Franklin and Marshall College. His research focuses on urban studies, state formation, violence, ecology, and South Asian politics. He holds a PhD from Emory University (2019) and previously held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Southern California (2021) and Yale University (2020). His current projects include Machines of Violent Desire and Sacropolitics, examining non-state violence, transnational kinship networks, and ecological crises through a reparative lens.

His work has been supported by grants from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, SSRC, Guggenheim Foundation, ACLS, and AIPS. He teaches courses on crisis and repair (ANT 270), the anthropology of violence (ANT 271), and cultural power dynamics (CXN 100). His publications explore urban re-arrangements, political temporality, and the interplay of violence and governance in South Asian cities like Lyari and Karachi.

Dr. Suhail’s scholarship bridges theory and practice, emphasizing how marginalized communities navigate ecological and political crises. His recent work interrogates 'sacropolitics'—a framework analyzing how societies confront existential threats through ritual, sacrifice, and renewal.