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Elayne Mary Oliphant is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at New York University, located in the College of Arts & Science. Her work focuses on the intersection of Christian lifeways, material culture, and structures of power in Europe. She has held significant grants and fellowships, including a $250,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation for her project on religion and mutual aid.
Oliphant holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, an M.A. in Political Economy from Carleton University, and a B.A. in International Development Studies from Trent University. Her research explores how practices like heritage preservation and art consumption reinforce privilege and inequality, particularly in France and Europe.
Her recent projects include analyzing the French Catholic Church’s role in slavery and abolition in the Caribbean and investigating mutual aid initiatives through a religious lens. She is the author of The Privilege of Being Banal (2021), which won the Clifford Geertz Prize, and has published widely in journals like American Ethnologist and Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
- Awards: Clifford Geertz Prize (2022), Henry Luce Foundation Grant (2022–24), First Book Colloquium Grant (2018).
- Key Projects: 'Catholicism, Slavery, and Abolition' and 'Creating the World Anew.'
- Grants: Over $250,000 in external funding from institutions like the Henry Luce Foundation and NYU.
Her office is located at 8 Washington Mews, Room 207 (NYU), and she holds weekly office hours on Wednesdays.
