Dr Christopher Davis
BA (Sarah Lawrence), MA, PhD (Chicago)
Overview
Department of Anthropology and Sociology
Lecturer in Anthropology
Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies
Member
Centre for Gender Studies
Member, Centre for Gender Studies
- Name:
- Dr Christopher Davis
- Email address:
- cd3@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4418
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 572
- Office Hours:
- Thursdays 2-4pm / Wednesdays by appointment
Teaching
Programmes Convened
Courses Taught
- Comparative Studies of Society and Culture
- Contemporary Trends in the Study of Society
- Cultural Understandings of Health
- Therapy and Culture
PhD Students supervised
- Mary-Anne Decatur, Examining HIV Prevention in Tanzania: Promoting Male Circumcision while Eradicating Female Genital Cutting
- Sandra Manuel, Changing notions of sexuality in Mozambique
Expertise
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Available for
Regional Expertise
- Africa
Country Expertise
- Rwanda
Languages
Publications
Authored Books
Davis, Christopher (2000) Death in Abeyance: Illness and Therapy among the Tabwa of Zaire. Edinburgh UP.
Articles
Davis, Christopher (2012) 'What is Life Worth? A Rough Guide to Valuation.' Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 26 (4). pp. 503-517.
Davis, Christopher (1999) 'Exchanging the African: Meetings at the crossroads of the Diaspora.' South Atlantic Quarterly Diaspora and Imagination, 98 no1 . pp. 59-83.
Other
Davis, Christopher (1996) 'Rwanda: The Betrayal.' C4.
Davis, Christopher (1996) 'Alien Nations: Travels in Europe with Andy Kershaw.' C4.
