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Giulia Liberatore is a Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh's School of Social and Political Science, affiliated with both the Social Anthropology department and the Alwaleed Centre. Her research focuses on the politics of difference, particularly examining migration, Catholicism, gender, and the Somali diaspora across Europe and Italy. A graduate of the London School of Economics (PhD in Anthropology), she previously worked at the University of Oxford's Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society.
- Education: PhD in Anthropology, London School of Economics
Her current research explores lay Catholic groups' encounters with diversity in Palermo as part of the ERC-funded Multi-Religious Encounters in Urban Settings (MEUS) project, where she collaborates with Ammara Maqsood (UCL) and Leslie Fesenmyer (Birmingham). She also works on audio-visual projects documenting Palermo's Islamic heritage with photographer Kate Stanworth and artist Stefania Artusi.
Publications include the monograph Somali, Muslim, British: Striving in Securitized Britain (2017), awarded the LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology/Bloomsbury First Book Competition Prize. Her Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (2015-2019) examined Female Islamic scholarship and guidance in the UK, challenging secular frameworks in Islamic knowledge and counseling.
- Scientific Awards: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (2015-2019), LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology/Bloomsbury First Book Competition Prize
Giulia's work bridges anthropology of Islam, migration studies, and gender subjectivity, with notable contributions to understanding Somali diasporic communities and religious governance in Europe.
