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Dr. Juliet Gilbert is an Associate Professor in Social Anthropology and African Studies at the Department of African Studies and Anthropology, University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on youth studies, Pentecostalism, insecure livelihoods, and aspects of popular culture including fashion, beauty pageants, and mobile phones.
- BA Hons in Geography, University of Cambridge
- MSc in Social Anthropology, University of Oxford
- MSc in Social Anthropology Research Methods (funded by ESRC), University of Oxford
- DPhil in Social Anthropology (funded by ESRC), University of Oxford
Her work examines how young women navigate uncertainty in Calabar, Nigeria, through strategies involving religion, education, and cultural practices. She conducted fifteen months of fieldwork between 2011-2012, focusing on Pentecostal churches, sewing apprenticeships, and beauty pageants.
Recent publications analyze mobile technology's impact on social networks (2019), Pentecostal self-construction (2016), religious pageant rituals (2015), and African youth agency (2013). Her research connects urban anthropology, gender studies, and digital sociology.
- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Associate Scholar, GenPent Project (University of Bergen)
- Gibbs Travelling Research Fellow (Newnham College, Cambridge)
Dr. Gilbert teaches undergraduate modules including Introduction to African Societies, African Popular Culture, and The Anthropology of Religion & Ritual. She supervises undergraduate dissertations and previously held academic positions at Newnham College, Cambridge, and Lincoln College, Oxford.
