Centre for Muslim States and Societies

Professor Michael Humphrey

Michael Humphrey is Professor and Head of the School of Sociology and Anthropology at UNSW. He has published widely on the themes of multiculturalism, Islam, racism, globalisation, violence, law, human rights and reconciliation. He has undertaken fieldwork in Australia, the Middle East, South Asia, Africa and Latin America. His recent research has focused on atrocity and social trauma and strategies of transitional justice and post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation. His current research is focused on human rights and healing in post-conflict societies.

Prof Humphrey's presentation at the Countering Militancy in Pakistan: Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions Conference was, Islam on the Frontier: a political sociology of violence.