Omar Kasmani

Dr. Omar Kasmani is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Berlin's Free University within the Collaborative Research Center 1171 Affective Societies. His scholarship bridges Queer Theory with Sufi Life-Worlds, focusing on Migrant Religion in Urban Contexts.

Research Trajectory:

• Explores Queer Companions (Duke University Press, 2022) examining saintly affects in Pakistan
• Current work develops Pakistan Desires: Queer Futures Elsewhere (Duke, 2023) with contributions from multiple disciplines
• Co-edited Muslim Matter (Revolver, 2016) analyzing material cultures in Muslim communities

Affective Scholarship:

• 2021 TSQ article on Trans* Temporalities in Pakistan
• 2019 Anthropology Now critique of Bani Abidi's Artistic Practice
• 2020 Religion and Society special section on Elsewhere Affects across religious life-worlds

Methodological Innovations:

• 2021 Gender and Genre chapter on Thin Cruisy Writing as affective ethnography
• 2017 History of Emotions blog Audible Spectres analyzing Shia sonics
• 2019 Capacious Journal piece on Thin Attachments in Berlin's queer geographies

Collaborative Networks:

• Co-authored with Hansjörg Dilger and Dominik Mattes on affective fieldwork methodologies
• Part of the C03 research collective examining migrant religion's public interfaces
• Contributor to TRAFO Research Network on transregional studies