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Soares, Benjamin F. was born on December 27, 1963 in Massachusetts, United States. Son of Michael Soares and Barbara Eleanor August née Johnson.
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Benjamin F. Soares, American anthropologist. Achievements include research in Islam and politics in sub-Saharan Africa. Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation, 1993-1994, National Science Foundation-North Atlantic Treaty Organization postdoctoral fellowship, National Science Foundation, 1998-1999, Nuffield Foundation Social Science Grant, Nuffield Foundation, 2002.
Education
Bachelor, Boston University, 1985. Master of Arts, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1991. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1997.
Career
Senior researcher Afrika-Studiecentrum, Leiden, Netherlands, since 2003. Visiting associate professor Northwestern University, Evanston, 2009. Postdoctoral fellow University Chicago, Committee Human Development, 1997—2000, Ecole des Hautes EtudesScis.
Sociales, Paris, 1998—1999. Lecturer University Sussex, Brighton, 2001—2003. Visiting professor Center Contemporary Islam, University Cape Town, South Africa, 2008.
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Member of American Anthropological Association (board member, international liaison since 2006), Association Africanist Anthropology.
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Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation, 1993-1994, National Science Foundation-North Atlantic Treaty Organization postdoctoral fellowship, National Science Foundation, 1998-1999, Nuffield Foundation Social Science Grant, Nuffield Foundation, 2002.Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation, 1993-1994, National Science Foundation-North Atlantic Treaty Organization postdoctoral fellowship, National Science Foundation, 1998-1999, Nuffield Foundation Social Science Grant, Nuffield Foundation, 2002.