CV Research Galonnier

CURRICULUM VITAE
Juliette GALONNIER
PhD Candidate
1637 W. Winona Street, Apt. 1
Chicago, IL, 60640
[email protected]
[email protected]
773-366-6397
Northwestern University, Sociology
Sciences Po Paris, OSC
EDUCATION
September 2012 – …
Joint PhD program in Sociology with Northwestern
University, under the supervision of Carolyn Chen.
Working on the process of conversion to Islam in the
United States and in France, paying special attention to
“white Muslims” and how they navigate ethnicity and
religion in contexts were Islam has become racialized.
October 2011 – …
PhD program in Sociology, at the Observatoire
Sociologique du Changement (OSC, Observatory for
Social Change, CNRS-Sciences Po), under the supervision
of Marco Oberti.
September 2010 – June 2011
Research Master in Sociology at Sciences Po.
M.A. Dissertation on the segregation of upper-class
Muslims in Aligarh (India), under the direction of
Christophe Jaffrelot and Marco Oberti.
M.A. Graduation with the highest distinction (summa
cum laude).
September 2009 – June 2010
Research Master in Comparative Politics at Sciences Po.
Fields of interest: South Asian politics, Hindu-Muslim
relations in India, ethnic violence.
July 2008 – May 2009
Exchange program at Jawaharlal Nehru University
(JNU), New Delhi (India).
B.A. graduation from Sciences Po with a high distinction
(cum laude).
October 2006 – June 2008
1st and 2nd years of a 5 year graduate programme at the
Political Studies Institute of Paris (Sciences Po). Asia
programme, Hindi language. 2nd year passed with
distinction.
2003 – 2006
High School in Dourdan (91). A-levels specialised in
Mathematics, Physics and Biology (Bac S), passed with
80% upwards (mention très bien). European Section
(Spanish language).
PUBLICATIONS
“The Enclave, the Citadel and the Ghetto: Understanding the Segregation of Upper-Class
Muslims in an Indian City,” forthcoming
(with Violette Graff), “Hindu-Muslim Communal Riots in India I (1947-1986),” Online
Encyclopedia of Mass Violence, July 2013, URL : http://www.massviolence.org/HinduMuslim-Communal-Riots-in,736, ISSN 1961-9898
(with Violette Graff), “Hindu-Muslim Communal Riots in India II (1986-2011),” Online
Encyclopedia of Mass Violence, August 2013, URL : http://www.massviolence.org/HinduMuslim-Communal-Riots-in,738, ISSN 1961-9898
“Aligarh: Sir Syed Nagar and Shah Jamal. Contrasted Tales of a Muslim City”, in GAYER,
Laurent, JAFFRELOT, Christophe (dir.), Muslims of Indian Cities: Trajectories of
Marginalization, London/New York: Hurst/Columbia University Press, 2012
« Entre agrégation et ségrégation : comprendre le regroupement résidentiel des classes
supérieures musulmanes de la ville indienne d’Aligarh », M.A. Dissertation under the
supervision of Marco Oberti and Christophe Jaffrelot, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris,
May 2011
BOOK REVIEWS
« Recension de l’ouvrage de Céline Loudier-Malgouyres, Le retrait résidentiel à l’heure de la
métropolisation », Revue Française de Science Politique, forthcoming.
« Une liberté anxiogène. Etre Indien et Sud-Africain dans la période postapartheid.
Commentaire de l’ouvrage de Thomas Blom Hansen, Melancholia of Freedom : Social Life in
an Indian Township in South Africa », La Vie des Idées, http://www.laviedesidees.fr/,
December 2012
“Freedom as Anxiety. Indian South Africans in the Post Apartheid City. Review of Thomas
Blom Hansen, Melancholia of Freedom : Social Life in an Indian Township in South Africa,”
Books and Ideas, http://www.booksandideas.net/, November 2012
« Recension de l’ouvrage de Véronique Dupont, Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal et MarieHélène Zérah (dir.) Urban Policies and Right to the City in India », Métropolitiques,
http://www.metropolitiques.eu/, June 2012
« Recension de l’ouvrage de Dominique Lorrain (dir.), Métropoles XXL en pays émergents »,
Gouvernement et Action Publique, vol. 1, n°1, January-March 2012
PRESENTATIONS
October 2013
“Learning to be Muslim: American Converts to Islam and
the Development of a Muslim Self,” Graduate Conference
“Ways of Knowing,” Harvard Divinity School, October
25-26th
April 2013
“The Ghetto, the Enclave and the Citadel: Understanding
the Segregation of Upper-Class Muslims in an Indian
City” at the Urban and Communities Workshop,
Sociology Department, Northwestern University, April 17
March 2012
“The spatial expression of stigmatization: Muslim
neighborhoods and the experience of segregation”, Joint
Conference Sciences Po-UCLA, Migration, Ethnicity and
Urban Inequality in Europe, Los Angeles, 2-3 March
December 2011
« Le projet comparatif en débat. Retour sur les difficultés
d’élaboration d’une comparaison France/Etats-Unis/Inde
en sociologie urbaine », Ecole Thématique internationale
CNRS – PACTE/LATTS/EPFL, Comparer en sciences
sociales : une science inexacte ?, Grenoble, December 1st
nd
–2 .
October 2011
“The Hurdles of Minority Political Representation: the
Case of Muslim MLAs in Uttar Pradesh” (with Gilles
Verniers), Collective conference on How representative is
democracy in South Asia today?, New York University,
th
th
New York, October 14 – 15
October 2010
“Aligarh:
Contrasted
Tales
of
a
Muslim
City”,
Représentations de la Citoyenneté en Asie du Sud, CEIAS
th
(CNRS-EHESS), Paris, October 14
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
January 2013-December 2013
Ethnography of a support group for Muslim converts in
Chicago (USA) and interview study of Muslim converts
July 2011
Fieldwork in Delhi, Aligarh and Lucknow (India) for a
research project on Indian political representatives by Pr.
Christophe Jaffrelot. Focus on Muslim MLAs in the State
of Uttar Pradesh. Collaboration with the CSH (Centre de
Sciences Humaines) in Delhi.
February 2011 – March 2011
Ethnograhy and interview study in Aligarh (Uttar
Pradesh) on the way urban segregation is experienced by
upper-class Muslims.
September 2010 – February 2011
Participation to a project by Pr. Marco Oberti on the
school segregation of immigrants in France.
July 2010 – August 2010
Ethnography and interview study in Aligarh (Uttar
Pradesh) for a collective project by Pr. Christophe
Jaffrelot and Laurent Gayer on Muslim populations in
Indian cities.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
January – May 2012
Seminar “Urban Conflicts and Social Change” (in
English), to B.A. students from Sciences Po. Practical
classes associated to a course by Pr. Tommaso Vitale.
January – May 2012
Teaching Assistant (in English) for a course on Colonial
India, by Pr. Christophe Jaffrelot, to B.A. students from
Sciences Po.
GRANTS
2012-2013
Funding from the Partner University Fund at the Buffet
Center (Northwestern) for the Joint PhD program
2011 – 2014
Three-year doctoral contract funded by Sciences Po.
2009 – 2011
Exemption of tuition fees by Sciences Po, on a merit
basis.
WORK EXPERIENCE
October 2011 - today
In charge of the program “Cities Are Back In Town” at
Sciences
Po
Paris:
organization
of
seminars,
communication, website management
(http://blogs.sciences-po.fr/recherche-villes/)
May – July 2009
Intern at the French Institute of International Relations
(IFRI, Institut Français des Relations Internationales):
edition, correction, bibliographical research and
promotional work for the center’s main publications
(Politique étrangère, RAMSES)
2009
Articles for a French information website on India,
Aujourd’hui l’Inde.
2008
Translator (English to French) for the travel agency Kuoni
in Gurgaon (India).
2008
Volunteer in the NGO Ahwaan Foundation: classes to
slum children, organization of a demonstration against
child trafficking, public awareness campaigns through
Hindi street plays.
LANGUAGES AND OTHER SKILLS
French
English
Hindi
Spanish
Urdu
Arabic
Native speaker
Advanced
Upper intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Software
Proficient in Word, Excel, Publisher, Power Point, Stata,
Spad, Cartes&Données, Cartes&Données Num, Géoda