Michael Mahrt

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Title	Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology
Affiliation	University College, London, UK
Email	michaelmahrt@yahoo.com
Mailing Address	University College, London 69 Bakers Avenue London E17 9AN United Kingdom
Countries of Specialization	Eritrea
Research Interests	My main interests are the study of war and social change, perception of war among rural civilians, Anthropology of Religion, Anthropology of War and Violence, Anthropology of the Senses. My regional interest is the Horn of Africa. I have done a total of 30 months of fieldwork in Eritrea. I am currently writing my Ph.D. thesis on war and social change in Eritrea. I expect to finish primo 2003.
Teaching Interests	1. 'Introduction to Anthropological Theory' at the Dept. of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 2. 'Central Anthropological Debates', at the Dept. of Ethnography and Social Anthropology, University of Aarhus, Denmark. 3. 'Gender Studies', at the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Asmara, Eritrea. 4. 'Kinship, Marriage, and the Family', at the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Asmara, Eritrea.
Publications	None on file.
Keywords	social change ; violence ; war ; religion ; senses ; Horn of Africa.