At Odds with the Impulse: Muslim Humanitarianism and its Exclusions in Northern Pakistan
Drawing on fieldwork undertaken between 2004 and 2013 in Gilgit Town, the multi-sectarian capital of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern […]
Islam, Humanitarianism and everyday religion
In this intervention I argue that charitable or humanitarian practices among contemporary Muslims— and everyday religiosity more generally—are constituted and
Muslim Humanitarianism: An Afterword
What kind of practices, forms of moral reasoning and ethical orientation does Muslim humanitarianism entail? In what contexts and in
Conversation One-Shots
A Conversation with Alessandro Monsutti on his book “Homo Itinerans”
Alessandro Monsutti’s last book “Homo Itinerans: La Planète des Afghans” came out in September last year, with Presses Universitaires de
Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border
A close friend, currently preparing to become a military firefighter in Brazil, described his training as an exercise in “how
Workshop: Muslim Humanitarianism — #MUHUM
Date: 15-16 May, 2019 Place: The Graduate Institute Geneva Convenor: Dr Till Mostowlansky, Department of Anthropology &
Religion in the Age of Development: Encounters in Asia
Religious actors have become increasingly involved in development. Likewise, development actors like the World Bank have also become interested in
A Note on MUHUM
Muslim Humanitarianism – short MUHUM – is a platform that seeks to foster debate on the complex relationship between charity,
Till Mostowlansky on Muslim Humanitarianism
Till Mostowlansky is a Research Fellow at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the Graduate Institute in Geneva who
Call: Humanitarianism and Security: New Berghahn Books series
Amid the growing convergence between the politics of aid and policing, emergency and military governance, securitization and the production of