BIOGRAPHY
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I’m thrilled to invite you to explore my work, skills and professional experience, and get to know a bit more about me. A born go-getter. I give 100% to every new project I take on. It’s my firm belief that a good challenge is a great way to develop and improve, which is why I make a point of seeking out challenges in the professional realm as well as in my personal life. Take a moment to look around, and contact me directly to learn more.
COVER STATEMENT
I began my formal anthropological training in Ireland at 17. My research interest then lay with culture, migration and the composition of identity and sameness over time. I pursued this interest during my Master’s thesis, becoming increasingly engaged in areas of anthropological theory and its real-world application, receiving a first-class honours for my dissertation.
Wishing to accrue lecturing experience, and to broaden my theoretical horizons, I began to work in Ireland and spend my summers teaching and writing in Malta (2005-2010), broadening my qualitative skills and first establishing a network with academics based at KU Leuven.
My decision to undertake my Doctoral project at KU Leuven was motivated by the desire to become an international academic, to shirk off ‘institutional incest’, to break out and to work closely with Prof. Dr. Noel Salazar.
The site also seemed the ideal location in which to examine European Identity with respect to the Irish diaspora, and using Leuven and Brussels as fieldsites in this operation allowed me to pursue this interest to its fullest extent.
Please take a look through my CV site to find out more about what I have to offer - or get in touch to discuss how I can help you on your next project.
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PERSONAL PROFILE
Get To Know Me
I’m an experienced professional based in Brussels, Belgium. My work is focused on producing quality work and making a significant impact. I’m happy to apply the experience and skills I’ve obtained in my career in order to manage projects through creative problem solving and innovative thinking. I possess a strong eye for detail and can thrive independently as well as in a team environment.
TEACHING
THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF TRAVEL, KU LEUVEN, BELGIUM
Sept-December, 2012-2014:
‘The Anthropology of Travel’. Specific lessons taught: Introduction to key concepts: ‘Imaginaries, Rites de Passsage, Roots, Routes, (Im)Mobilities’. Course topics researched and delivered, met with students in consultation groups.
HISTORY AND THEORY, METHODOLOGY AND GLOBALIZATION- SHORT COURSES. XPEDITIONS AND KU LEUVEN
June/July/August, 2007-2016
Syllabi taught: History and theory of Anthropology: A review, Anthropological Methodology: A Review, Anthropological Writing- Engaging Data and Engaging Datum, Globalization- A survey of Appadurai’s notion of ‘Scapes’, The Anthropology of Tourism- Frontstage, Backstage and everything in between. Miniature capsule courses given to early-stage researchers (BA primarily) consisting of three 2-hour lectures each.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, TUTOR. MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY IRELAND
June/July/August, 2007-2016
Syllabi taught: Taught weekly tutorials and discussion groups to 1st and 2nd year undergraduates, graded assignments, held office hours and met with students.
HISTORY AND THEORY - ANTHROPOLOGY OF GLOBALISATION, SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT , MANYNOOTH UNIVERSITY, IRELAND
April 2009- April 2010
Guest Lecturer in the Dept. of Social Sciences N.U.I. Maynooth. Delivered course: “The Anthropology of Globablisation” in conjunction with the Dept. of Anthropology, Maynooth University, Ireland
PUBLICATIONS
TOURISM IMAGINARIES. ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES.
O’ Dubhghaill, S. (Forthcoming Review) Salazar, B. Noel and Graburn H. Nelson (Eds.) 2014.
Berghahn Books. 292 pp. Hb.: $81.13. Social Anthropology/Anthropolgie Sociale.
THE LIMITS OF LIMINALITY: THE USES OF A WELL-TRODDEN CONCEPT IN A GLOBAL, MOBILE AGE.
O’ Dubhghaill, S. (2017, Forthcoming)
In Brody, H. & Cuffe, J. (Eds.) Permanence and transition/transitoriness. Manchester University Press: Manchester.
“BENDA BILILI”- LOOK BEYOND THE IMAGES: REPRESENTATION AND VISUAL NARRATIVES OF DIS-ABILITY IN KINSHASA.
De Coster, J., & O’ Dubhghaill, S. (2016)
Disability & Society. 31(2), pp. 252-269. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09687599.2016.1164027?journalCode=cdso20
“HERE’S LOOKIN’ AT EU KID”: MEMORY AND RECOVERY IN PLACES, NON-PLACES AND EVERY IN-BETWEEN.
December 2003O’ Dubhghaill, S. (2016a, Forthcoming)
n Larkan, F. & Murphy, F. (Eds.) Memory and Recovery: Anthropological Perspectives. Ashgate Publishing: London.
O’ Dubhghaill, S., & De Coster, J. (2015d) De erkenning van de ander. Ethiek en epistemologie also werkzame bestanddelen van de antropologie. Ethische Perspectieven, 25(1). 35-54.http://www.ethische-perspectieven.be/page.php?FILE=ep_detail&ID=202&TID=1825
TOWARDS A DIASPORIC IMAGINATION OF THE PRESENT: AN ETERNAL SENSE OF HOMELESSNESS.
Murphy, A., Williams, R. & O’ Dubhghaill, S. (2015c)
Lies and Big Feet: Bangalore, India. https://www.amazon.com/Towards-Diasporic-Imagination-Present-Homelessness/dp/9384281050/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1473245619&sr=8-4&keywords=diasporic+imagination
THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL FIELD ON THE MARGINS OF EUROPE, 1945-1991
O' Dubhghaill, S. (2015b) Boskovic, Aleksandar and Chris Hann (Eds.) 2013.
Berlin: LIT Verlag. Pb.: US$8.78. ISBN-13: 978-3643905079. Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale, 23: 379–381.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1469-8676.12206/abstract
CHANGING THE SUBJECT: MODELLING CHANGE AND THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SUBJECT IN TRANSITION.
O’ Dubhghaill, S. (2015a)
1-60. Irish Journal of Anthropology, 18(1): 51-60.http://www.anthropologyireland.org/images/2015_1/2018_1_6_Dubhghaill.pdf
EUROPE IS NOT A PLACE: RECOVERING MEMORY IN A NON-LIEU DE MEMOIRE.
O’ Dubhghaill, S. (2014a).
Irish Journal of Anthropology, 17(1), 6-13. http://www.anthropologyireland.org/images/journal_archives/IJA%2017-1%202014.pdf
“IT’S FAKE – I MEAN IT SOUNDS THE SAME, BUT IT’S FAKE”: PLASTICITY, SIMULATION AND PASSING THROUGH THE IRISH LANGUAGE IN BELGIUM.
O’ Dubhghaill, S. (2014b).
Irish Journal of Anthropology, 17(1), 46-51. http://www.anthropologyireland.org/images/journal_archives/IJA%2017-1%202014.pdf
MALTA REVEALED: AN EXPEDITIONS GUIDE FOR TOURISTS.
Van Langendonck, M, O’ Dubhghaill, S. & Janssen, S. 2013
WRITINGS ON MEDICINE. ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES, 20(2), 330-332.
O' Dubhghaill,S. (2013b)
http://www.ethical-perspectives.be/viewpic.php?LAN=E&TABLE=EP&ID=1483
TRANSREGIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES IN EUROPE AND BEYOND: EXPERIENCES SINCE THE MIDDLE AGES
O' Dubhghaill, S. (2013a)
Edited by Johnson, Christopher H., David Warren Sabean, Simon Teuscher and Francesca Trivellato. Social Anthropology,21 (3), 413-414. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1469-8676.12031_10/abstract
REDUCTION AND REPRESENTATION: THE FUNCTION(S) OF UNDERSTANDING AND COMPARISON IN, AND BETWEEN, ANTHROPOLOGY AND LITERATURE.
O’ Dubhghaill, S. (2012b)
Compaso: The Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology. Vol, 3. No. 2. ISSN 2068 – 0317. http://compaso.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Compaso2012-32-Dubhghaill.pdf
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
DOCTORATE IN PHILOSOPHY (PH.D) IN CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY (KU LEUVEN)
2010 - 2015
Title: “How are the Irish European? An Anthropological examination of the belonging among the Irish in Belgium”.
M.A. (1ST CLASS HONOURS) IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF IRELAND AND GLOBAL SYSTEMS. NUI MAYNOOTH, IRELAND
2005 - 2008
The MA in Anthropology is an advanced degree in socio-cultural anthropology in which students are given a sophisticated introduction to the theoretical underpinnings of the discipline, a block of modules that open up and explore the conceptual and methodological core of the discipline, and a series of specialized modules that show the range of socio-cultural anthropology today. Students are also required to write a thesis. The MA in Anthropology is primarily a scholarly degree that aims to equip students for later doctoral research or for work in roles that demand academic social-scientific knowledge or the particular skills of trained ethnographic researchers.
B.A. (HONS), ANTHROPOLOGY AND ENGLISH LITERATURE. NUI MAYNOOTH, IRELAND.
2002 - 2005
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Ruth Benedict
"The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human difference"
