معرفی
Julienne Weegels is Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies at CEDLA (Center for Latin American Research and Documentation), Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam since August 2020. An ethnographer specializing in Latin American carceral systems, she maintains an active research profile with international collaborations and grant-funded projects.
Her educational background includes a BA in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (University of Amsterdam, 2008), an MA in Latin American Studies from CEDLA (2009, cum laude), and a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Amsterdam AISSR (2018, cum laude).
Research focuses on the politics of (dis)order and violence-governance entanglement, with core expertise in:
- Nicaraguan prison ethnography (31 months fieldwork 2009-2016)
- Post-2018 anti-government protest violence studies
- Comparative carceral expansion in El Salvador/Honduras
- Digital authoritarianism in Global South contexts
Major projects include:
- PI for Amsterdam Knowledge Centre on Inequality project 'Het Ongelijkheidsbeginsel' (2022-23)
- Co-PI for Global Digital Cultures project P(R)OTESTAS (2021-present)
- Co-organizer of ILLICITIES City-Making project (2019-20)
She actively supervises PhD candidates and serves as founding member of the Red de Investigación Penitenciaria de las Américas (APRN-RISPA), co-organizer of the Global Prisons Research Network, and former co-convener of the Anthropology of Confinement Network (2018-2022).
