Jun.-Prof. Dr. Bani Gill
Junior Professorin, Urban Futures of the Global South
Büro
Institut für Soziologie
Wilhelmstraße 36 (Hegelbau)
1. Stock, Raum 110
72074 Tübingen
+49 7071 29 78381
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Kurzvita
05/2022
Junior Professor “Urban Futures of the Global South”
University of Tuebingen
2022-2024
Research Affiliate
Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford
2020-2022
Postdoctoral Researcher in the Project “Peak Urban”
Centre on Migration Policy and Society, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford. UKRI GCRF Funded project “PEAK Urban”, PI Prof Michael Keith at the University of Oxford.
2021-2021
Research Affiliate
Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen
2018-2019
External Lecturer
Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen
2015-2019
PhD Researcher in the project “Emerging Worlds”
Department of Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.
Independent Research Fund Denmark funded project “Emerging Worlds- Ethnographic Explorations of New South- South Connections”, PI Prof Ravinder Kaur
2011-2013
MA Erasmus Mundus Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations
University of Oldenburg, University of Stavanger and Makerere University
2008-2010
MA Modern History
Jawaharlal Nehru University
2005-2008
BA History
University of Delhi
Schwerpunkte in Forschung und Lehre
- Southern Urbanisms
- South-South Migration
- South Asia, West Africa, Africa-India Encounters
- Race, Racialization, and Gender
- Ethnography
- Law, Policing, and the State
Lehrveranstaltungen im WS 2022/23
Publications
| 2021 | Gill, B. “Dead Papers: Migrant ‘Illegality’, City Brokers and the Dilemma of Exit for Unauthorized African Migrants in Delhi”. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. DOI:10.1080/1369183X.2021.1940891 |
| 2021 | Mallet-Garcia, M., & Gill, B. “Introduction: Race, Ethnicity and Migration”. Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez. Nouvelle série (51) 1. |
| 2020 | Gill, B. “COVID 19, Undocumented Migrants, and Race: A view from India”. Chakra: A Nordic Journal of South Asian Studies, (1): 113- 121. |
| 2018 | Gill, B. “Behind the Silence: Sexual Violence against Afghan and Burmese Refugee Women in Delhi”. In U. Butalia (Ed.), Breaching the Citadel: The India Papers. Zubaan Books, 101-136. |
| 2018 | Gill, B. “Embodying Peace: Survivor Narratives and the Marked Body in Post Conflict Northern Uganda”. In J. Kuhnemund & L. Tommila (Eds.), Exploring Intervention: Displacement, Cultural Practices and Social Knowledge in Uganda. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 229-256. |
| 2014 | Hollander, T., & Gill, B. “Every Day the War Continues in My Body: Examining the ‘Marked Body’ in Post Conflict Northern Uganda”. International Journal of Transitional Justice, 8(2): 217-234. |
| 2012 | Gill, B. “Border Dialogues”. Peace Prints: South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, 4(2): Winter. |
Public Engagement Activities
| “Migration and Urban Futures- Understanding the Challenges faced by African migrants in Urban India”(Gill, B.), Research Brief, Forthcoming. |
| “The Politics of Hair : Indian Hair and Nigerian Entrepreneurs” (Gill, B.), in: South-South Globalisation Podcast, 2021 |
| “Locked Down and Locked In : Covid-19 and African Migrants in India” (Gill, B.(, Blogpost, in: COMPAS Coronavirus and Mobility Forum, 2020 |
| ”The Horizon Is An Imaginary Line : A Refugee Story (Gill, B. and Mahendru, R.), 2017,Khoj International Artists’ Association.. |
Grants and Scholarships
| 2022 | Recipient of Marie Sklodowska- Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (beginning September 2023) |
| 2022 | Recipient of DFF International Postdoctoral Grant (Declined) |
| 2021-2022 | Seed Funding, Utrecht University (“Sensing the postcolonial migrant body”, PI Dr Manpreet Janeja) |
| 2020-2022 | Postdoctoral Fieldwork Grant, John Fell Research Fund, University of Oxford. |
| 2015-2016 | PhD fieldwork grants received from Asian Dynamics Initiative, Denmark; Oticon Fonden, Denmark; and AugustinusFonden, Denmark. |
| 2015-2018 | Recipient of the DFF funded ‘Emerging Worlds’ PhD Scholarship, University of Copenhagen. |
| 2011-2013 | Recipient of Erasmus Mundus MA Scholarship (European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations). |
Positions and Membership
| 2018-2021 | Editor, Refugee Review, open –source, peer reviewed journal of the Emerging Scholars and Practitioners on Migration Issues Network. |
| 2016- 2021 | Executive Committee, Emerging Scholars and Practitioners on Migration Issues Network, www.espminetwork.com. |
| 2016- Present | Member of European Association of Social Anthropologists, European Association of South Asia Studies. |
| 2018-Present | Curatorial Board Member, Majha House: Cultural Centre for Literature and Arts, Amritsar, India. |
Workshops, Conferences and Seminars (Select)
| 2021 | "Nocturnal Microsites in the Emerging City: African Kitchens in Metropolitan Delhi". 26th European Conference on South Asian Studies. |
| 2021 | "Race and Deportation Infrastructures in India", Oxford Migration and Mobility Network Conference on "Deportation, its Aftermath and its Contestations", University of Oxford. |
| 2020 | "Dead Papers: Migrant “Illegality” and the Dilemma of Exit for Undocumented West African Migrants in Delhi". 16th European Association of Social Anthropologists Biennial Conference. |
| 2020 | Co-organiser, "Race, Ethnicity and Migration", COMPAS Seminar Series, Michaelmas Term, University of Oxford. |
| 2020 | Co-organiser, "Performance and Power in Delhi", University of Oxford. |
| 2018 | Co-organiser and Participant, "Ethnography of Connections", University of Copenhagen. |
| 2018 | Participant, "Cre-debt: Urban Poverty, New Credit Economies and the Global War on Cash", University of Copenhagen. |
| 2017 | Panelist on "Refugees in the City". City Scripts 2017, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Delhi. |
| 2016 | Participant, "Power, Inequality and Citizenship in the Global South", co-organized by University of Copenhagen, University of Amsterdam, New York University. |
| 2018 | Participant, Yale Modern South Asia Workshop, Yale University and Ashoka University, Sonepat. |
| 2018 | "Split Ends: Exploring the Transnational Trade in Human Hair Between India and Africa". Africa- Asia ‘A New Axis of Knowledge’ Second Edition, University of Dar es Salaam, Association for Asian Studies in Africa, International Institute for Asian Studies, and the International Convention of Asia Scholars. |
| 2018 | Panelist on "New Dissemination Practices & Public Engagement in Forced Migration Research". 17th International Association for Study of Forced Migration, Thessaloniki. |
| 2016 | "On Waiting: An Ethnographic Study of Somali Refugees in Delhi, India". 24th European Conference on South Asian Studies, Warsaw. |
| 2016 | "Towards an Ethnography of ‘Transit’: Case study of Somali Refugees in Delhi, India". 16th International Association for Study of Forced Migration’, Poland. |
| 2016 | "Getting By: Narratives of Everyday Social Practices of West African Migrants in Delhi". British Association for South Asia Studies Annual Conference, University of Cambridge. |
| 2015 | "Migrant Voices’ and ‘Methodologies: Researching Gender", University College London. |
| 2015 | "South- South Mobilities". Forum for South Asia Studies Conference, Uppsala University. |