Dr Karima Laachir
MA, PhD (Leeds); PGCE (Birmingham)
Overview
Department of the Languages and Cultures of Near and Middle East
Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Studies
Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS)
Member
Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies
Member
London Middle East Institute (LMEI)
Member
- Name:
- Dr Karima Laachir
- Email address:
- kl19@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4336
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 365
- Office Hours:
- Wednesdays 10:00-12:00
Teaching
Programmes Convened
Courses Taught
- Cultural studies theories and the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East
- Dissertation in Cultural Studies
- Theory and techniques of Comparative Literature
PhD Students supervised
- Cleo Jay, Moroccan Theatre in the Post-Lead Years: Performing Identity, Politics and Society.
- Cristina Moreno Almeida, Popular youth culture in Contemporary Morocco and the re-imagining of the nation: a case study of hip-hop
- Natalie Abou Shakra, Beyond the Culture Industry, Contemporary Music of Dissidence in the Arab world: A case study of Egypt and Lebanon
- Rasha Chatta, The Itinerary as a Mode of Existing: Narratives of Wanderers in Contemporary Migrant Literature
- Sibel Kocaer, The Figure of Hızır (Khidr) in Ottoman Literature
Research
Comparative postcolonial literature (Arabophone, Francophone and Anglophone); Arabic popular culture; literature of the North African diaspora (Beur); exclusion, segregation and marginalisation of ethnic minorities in Europe, with a specific focus on France; postcolonialism and colonial legacies, Islam and Islamophobia
Publications
Edited Books
Laachir, Karima and Talajooy, Saeed, eds. (2012) Resistance in Contemporary Middle Eastern Cultures: Literature, Cinema and Music. London; New York : Routledge . (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures )
Book Chapters
Laachir, Karima (2012) 'Saudi Women Novelists and the Quest for Freedom: Raja Alem’s The Doves’ Necklace.' In: Laachir, Karima and Talajooy, Saeed Reza, (eds.), Resistance in Contemporary Middle Eastern Cultures: Literature, Cinema and Music. London; New York: Routledge.
Laachir, Karima (2009) 'Social Class.' In: Albertazzi, Daniele and Cobley, Paul, (eds.), The Media: An Introduction. London : Pearson .
Laachir, Karima (2007) 'Hospitality and the Limitations of the National.' In: Germann Molz , Jennie and Gibson, Sarah, (eds.), Mobilizing Hospitality: The Ethics of Social Relations in a Mobile World. Ashgate Publishing .
Laachir, Karima (2007) 'North African Diaspora in France and Colonial Legacies.' In: Hewitt, Nick and Geary , Dick, (eds.), Diasporas: Movements and Cultures. Nottingham : Critical, Cultural and Communication Press .
Laachir, Karima (2005) 'African Diaspora in France.' In: Electronic Proceeding of an International Conference on "Black European Studies". Mainz : University of Mainz .
Laachir, Karima (2002) 'Crossing the 'Threshold of Intolerance': Contemporary French Society.' In: Herbrechter, Stefan, (ed.), Cultural Studies: Interdisciplinarity and Translation. Amesterdam : Rodopi.
Articles
Laachir, Karima (2011) 'Sectarian Strife and ‘National Unity’ in Egyptian Films: a Case Study of Hassan and Morqos.' Comparative Study of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 31 (1). pp. 217-226.
Laachir, Karima (2008) 'French Muslims and the Politics of Laicité.' The Maghreb Review, 33 (1). pp. 21-35.
Laachir, Karima (2007) 'Tassadit Imache’s Une Fille sans Histoire, ‘une Fille de l'histoire’.' Forum for Modern Language Studies, 43 (3). pp. 277-289.
Laachir, Karima (2007) 'France's 'Ethnic' Minorities and the Question of Exclusion.' Mediterranean Politics, 12 (1). pp. 99-105.
Laachir, Karima (2006) 'French Muslim Youth and the Banlieues of Rage.' The Journal of Youth and Policy (92). pp. 59-68.
Laachir, Karima (2005) 'The Interplay Between History/Memory/Space in Tassadit Imache's Presque un Frère and Le Dromadaire de Bonaparte.' Modern and Contemporary France, 13 (4). pp. 449-464.
Book Reviews
Laachir, Karima (2002) 'Reveiw of Paul Gilroy, 'Between Camps: Nations, Cultures and the Allure of Race'.' Parallax, 8 (3). pp. 104-108.
Other
Laachir, Karima (2012) 'Managed Reforms and Deferred Democratic Rule in Morocco and Algeria.' CAIS Bulletin , 19 (1).
