Jonathan Spencer
Regius Professor of South Asian Language, Culture and Society University of Edinburgh | |
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Assumed office 2014 | |
Professor of Anthropology of South Asia University of Edinburgh | |
In office 1999–2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Jonathan Robert Spencer 23 December 1954 Dorking, Surrey, England |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Spouses | Julia Swannell (m. 1987–1992)Prof. Janet Carsten (m. 1994) |
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2011)Fellow of the British Academy (2018) | |
Jonathan Robert Spencer,
Early life and education
Spencer was born on 23 December 1954 in
Academic career
Spencer was a
Spencer's field of interest include nationalism, politics, violence, Buddhism and Sri Lanka. He has published many works on politics of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan civil war.[4][5] He has also made significant contributions to the history and theory of anthropology. Together with his University of Edinburgh colleague, Alan Barnard, the two have produced a history of anthropological theory which continues to be a widely used textbook at institutions of higher education.
Personal life
In 1987, Spencer married Julia Swannell; she died in 1992.[1] In 1994, he married Professor Janet Carsten; Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh.[1][6] He has one daughter with Janet.[1]
Honours
In March 2011, Spencer was elected a
Selected works
- A Sinhala Village in a Time of Trouble: Politics and Change in Rural Sri Lanka (1990) - Oxford University Press
- Post-colonialism and the Political Imagination (1997)
- Fatima and the Enchanted Toffees: An Essay on Contingency, Narrative and Therap (1997)
- On Not Becoming a Terrorist: Problems of Memory, Agency and Community in the Sri Lankan Conflict (2000) - University of California Press
- British Social Anthropology: A Retrospective
- Anthropology, Politics and the State: Democracy and Violence in South Asia (2007) - Cambridge University Press
- Spencer, Jonathan; Goodhand, Jonathan; Hasbullah, Shahul; Klem, Bart; Korf, Benedikt; Silva, Kalinga Tudor (2014). Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque: A Collaborative Ethnography of War and Peace. Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0745331218.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "SPENCER, Prof. Jonathan Robert". Who's Who 2016. Oxford University Press. November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Jonathan Spencer". School of Social and Political Science. University of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Regius Chair of South Asian Language, Culture and Society". The Edinburgh Gazette. No. 27391. 11 April 2014. p. 562. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ The University of Edinburgh. "Staff profile: Jonathan Spencer". Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
- ^ "Anthropology, Politics, and the State". Retrieved 9 August 2008.
- ^ "Janet Carsten". School of Social and Political Science. University of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Election of new Fellows" (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Record number of academics elected to British Academy | British Academy". British Academy. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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