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Dr Molly Oringer

Biography	I am a sociocultural anthropologist whose research deals with material heritage, exile and absence, legacies of imperialism and colonial rule, and collective memory in the Eastern Mediterranean. My current book project, culled from two years of ethnographic fieldwork, addresses the legacy of Lebanon's Jewish community and their spaces “post”-Civil War (1975-90). Broadly, I am interested in questions of nationalist narratives and belonging, space/place, and "otherness" in the body politic, particularly in the Middle East. I received my PhD from UCLA in Anthropology (2023); MA from New York University in Near Eastern Studies (2014); and my BA from Smith College in Religion (2012).

Biography

I am a sociocultural anthropologist whose research deals with material heritage, exile and absence, legacies of imperialism and colonial rule, and collective memory in the Eastern Mediterranean. My current book project, culled from two years of ethnographic fieldwork, addresses the legacy of Lebanon's Jewish community and their spaces “post”-Civil War (1975-90). Broadly, I am interested in questions of nationalist narratives and belonging, space/place, and "otherness" in the body politic, particularly in the Middle East. I received my PhD from UCLA in Anthropology (2023); MA from New York University in Near Eastern Studies (2014); and my BA from Smith College in Religion (2012).