Majid Hannoum

Majid Hannoum is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kansas within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. He earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1996 and another from the Sorbonne, France. His research focuses on Middle East, North Africa, and France, with specific interests in migration, colonial historiography, secularism, and postcolonial theory.

Research Trends: His work bridges anthropology and history, analyzing transnational migration (e.g., African and European movements), secular narratives, and colonial power structures. Publications like The Invention of the Maghreb and Living Tangier critically examine how colonial knowledge shapes modern regional identities and migration politics.

Key Themes:

• Violence and the state
• Sufism in Africa
• Discursive power in postcolonial France
• Ethnographic theory and nativism