Project team

Meet the Pilgrimonics Project Team

Project Leads

Raminder Kaur

Professor of Anthropology and Cultural Studies based in the Departments of Anthropology and International Development. She is the principle applicant on the Pilgrimonics project.

Raminder Kaur Profile | University of Sussex

Email: rk39@sussex.ac.uk

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Jon Mitchell

Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex. Jon is the co-applicant on Pilgrimonics.

Jon Mitchell Profile | University of Sussex

Email: j.p.mitchell@sussex.ac.uk

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Gabriele Shenar

Research Fellow of Social and Cultural Anthropology based in the School of Global Studies, Sussex University.

Gabriele Shenar Profile | University of Sussex

Email: G.Shenar@sussex.ac.uk

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Shadia Taha

Research Fellow based in the School of Global Studies and International Development at the University of Sussex, and Tutor and a governing body Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge.

Shadia Taha Profile | University of Sussex

Email: S.Taha@sussex.ac.uk

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Smytta Yadav

Research Fellow in Anthropology and International Development at the University of Sussex.

Smytta Yadav Profile | University of Sussex

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Project Team Members

Dipti

Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the Graduate School College for Women in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. PhD candidate at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tuljapur Campus, Maharashtra, India.

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Vrishali

Researcher in the Modern Endangered Archives Project of the UCLA and an International Junior Research Associate at the University of Sussex (2023). PhD candidate in the School of Development Studies, TISS, Mumbai.

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Siân Aggett

Website editor, Public Engagement Specialist and Researcher (Global Studies)

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Tarun Jasani

Filmmaker, Photographer, Musician, Composer and Research Associate (Anthropology)

Tarun Jasani : University of Sussex

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Prabhjit Singh

Prabhjit Singh is a researcher and ragi (musician) who works for the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (Supreme Gurdwara Management Committee) based in Amritsar, Panjab.

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Advisory Board Members

Ellen Badone is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Anthropology at McMaster University, Canada.
Ellen Badone | McMaster University

Simon Coleman is the Chancellor Jackman Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Simon Coleman | University of Toronto

Jacob Copeman is Research Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and Distinguished Researcher (Oportunius) at Galician Innovation Agency.
Jacob Copeman | University of Santiago de Compostela

John Eade is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Roehampton University, London, UK.
John Eade | University of Roehampton

Virinder Kalra is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK.
Virinder S. Kalra | University of Warwick

Noel Salazar is Research Professor and the Director of Cultural Mobilities Research (CuMoRe) at KU Leuven, Belgium.
Noel B. Salazar | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Jesko Schmoller is Assistant Professor at Humboldt University Berlin, the Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University, Germany.
Jesko Schmoller | Humboldt Universitat Zu Berlin

Nurit Stadler is Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Nurit Stadler | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Tulasi Srinivas is Professor Anthropology, Religion and Transnational Studies at The Marlboro Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College, USA.
Tulasi Srinivas | Emerson College