Laurel Birch Kilgore

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Dr.
Affiliation	Fellow, Royal Anthropological Insitute, Researcher Centr for the Study of Religion and Politics, University of St Andrews
Email	laurelbda@gmail.com
Mailing Address	3513 Harden Rc Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
Countries of Specialization	Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia
Education	PhD, London School of Oriental and African Studies MA Antioch
Research Interests	Current studies on political situation and risk, social anthropology, ethnicity and nationality, African art history, indigenous beliefs. local communities
Teaching Interests	Regional ethnographies of Africa, Anthropology of art, southeastern African studies, cultural studies of Africa/southeastern Africa
Publications	Inscribing the Mask: Nyau Performance and Ritual Among the Chewa, University of Freiburg Press and Anthropos Institute 1996 (Birch de Aguilar) Gender, Power and Hierarchy IN Anthropos journal 1995 Age, Ageing and Cosmology IN Rethinking Age In Africa, ed. Mario I Aguilar 2005 Metaphors, Myths and Making Pots: Chewa Clay Arts IN African Arts journal, 2007
Keywords	Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, politics, anthropology, arts