Mareike Riedel

Mareike Riedel is a Lecturer at the Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Sydney, where her interdisciplinary scholarship bridges sociolegal studies and cultural studies of law.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in sociolegal studies from the Australian National University (ANU)
• Alumna status at the Max Planck Institute for Religious and Ethnic Diversity
• Research fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and ANU College of Law

Her research critically examines intersections of law with religion, discrimination, and identity politics, particularly focusing on antisemitism and Islamophobia within secular legal frameworks. Published or forthcoming work appears in the Journal of Law and Society, International Journal of Law in Context, Griffith Law Review, and Identities, with a monograph on Christian antisemitism's influence on secular law scheduled for June 2024 release by Cambridge University Press.