Leslie Fesenmyer

 
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Leslie Fesenmyer

Assistant Professor in Social Anthropology and African Studies  

 

 

 

Affiliation: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford; Department of African Studies and Anthropology, University of Birmingham
Expert in: Cities and migration, Transnationalism
Geographic focus:  Kenya, African diasporas in Europe, United Kingdom

 

 

Leslie's research has two strands: 1) Religion, mobility, and the urban: her current research broadly focuses on coexistence in diverse cities, with a particular focus on religious diversity and multi-religious encounters.  2) Transnational kinship and care: She is interested in how people maintain relations of care across space within families and vis-à-vis wider communities and states. Leslie also has extensive experience working with community-based, advocacy, and philanthropic organisations on related issues in the UK and US.

 

 
Happy to be contacted by policymakers, journalists, scholars or prospective students
 
 

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