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The School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture

Professor Nadia Kiwan

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Professor Nadia Kiwan
Professor Nadia Kiwan
Professor Nadia Kiwan

BA Hons (Bristol), PhD (Bristol), Doctorat (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris), FHEA

Personal Chair

Accepting PhDs

51cg
Email Address
n.kiwan@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 274201
Office Address

Department of French School of Language & Literature 51cg Taylor Building Old Aberdeen AB24 3UB

School/Department
School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture

Biography

 

2024 - 2025: Programme Coordinator, French and Francophone Studies

2021-2024: Head of the Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting Cluster (LLMVC).

 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Director, Centre for Multilingual Research (2020-2025)

External Memberships

Member of the AHRC Peer Review College

Member of Advisory Group, British Council Scotland Language Trends Survey

External Examining: 

Heriot-Watt University (Languages and Intercultural Studies: 2016-2020)

University of Bristol (School of Modern Languages: 2017-2021)

University of Sheffield (School of Languages and Cultures: 2021-2025)

University of Southampton (Languages, Cultures and Linguistics: 2022-)

Latest Publications

  • (Un)Fair play? Secularism as a mode of racialized governance in French sports

    Kiwan, N.
    Genealogy , vol. 10, no. 4
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Rethinking Political Community in Contemporary France: Music, Migration, and the Paris Olympics

    Kiwan, N.
    Music and Minorities, vol. 5, pp. 1-29
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Confronting the politics of denial

    Kiwan, N., Wolfreys, J.
    Modern and Contemporary France, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 139-146
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Interview: Nacira Gu茅nif, Nadia Kiwan and Jim Wolfreys, 13 September 2022

    Kiwan, N., Wolfreys, J., Gu茅nif-Souilamas, N.
    Modern and Contemporary France, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 277-293
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Decolonial approaches to 濒补茂肠颈迟茅 as a mode to re-think contemporary Islamophobia

    Kiwan, N.
    Modern and Contemporary France, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 147-164
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

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Research

Research Overview

My research interests focus on contemporary French and Francophone cultures and societies. I am particularly interested in public discourses about postcolonial migration, secularism and Islam as well as decolonial and intersectional social movements. I would be keen to supervise postgraduate students in any of these areas.

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in French and Francophone Studies.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

French and Francophone Studies

  • Accepting PhDs
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Supervision

I currently supervise doctoral students on secularism and Christian privilege, utopia and intersectional feminisms and Orientalist photography. 

Funding and Grants

 2021-2022 Fondation Maison Sciences de l'Homme, Invited Researcher of DEA Programme : 'Intersectional Feminist Social Movements in Contemporary France'   

(2018-22) Political Concepts in the World (POLITICO) Co-applicant 

The POLITICO PhD programme builds on the success of the interdisciplinary training provided by the 51cg’s Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and the Rule of Law (CISRUL), which specializes in the global application of political ideas. 

Diaspora as Social and Cultural practice: a Study of Transnational Networks across Europe and Africa 

(with Professor Ulrike H. Meinhof, University of Southampton) 

Awarded by: AHRC programme 'Diaspora, Migration and Identity'
Duration: 1st November 2006-2010
Summary: This project focused on the ways in which (post-)migrant cultural practitioners, performers, and musicians originating from North-Africa and Madagascar are able to use multiple translocal and transnational networks across African, European and wider global spaces. It suggests that artists who create or enter such networks make use of, but go far beyond the traditional 'bi-focal', ethnically and spatially defined communities that link originating and sending countries, as studied in much Diaspora research.  Our research marks a key development in the empirical study of networks, by investigating links between migrant cultural practitioners which develop outside of established cultural/historical ties.   

 

 

 

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

At undergraduate level, I coordinate FR2015/FR2515 'French Culture, Politics and Society' and Honours options 'The Politics of Difference in Contemporary France', 'Paris: Transnational City of Culture', 'Francophone Women's Voices' and the Undergraduate Dissertation in French.

Publications

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  • (Un)Fair play? Secularism as a mode of racialized governance in French sports

    Kiwan, N.
    Genealogy , vol. 10, no. 4
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Rethinking Political Community in Contemporary France: Music, Migration, and the Paris Olympics

    Kiwan, N.
    Music and Minorities, vol. 5, pp. 1-29
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Confronting the politics of denial

    Kiwan, N., Wolfreys, J.
    Modern and Contemporary France, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 139-146
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Interview: Nacira Gu茅nif, Nadia Kiwan and Jim Wolfreys, 13 September 2022

    Kiwan, N., Wolfreys, J., Gu茅nif-Souilamas, N.
    Modern and Contemporary France, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 277-293
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Decolonial approaches to 濒补茂肠颈迟茅 as a mode to re-think contemporary Islamophobia

    Kiwan, N.
    Modern and Contemporary France, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 147-164
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Schooling in Citizenship and Political Community

    Kiwan, N., Shanks, R. K., Stack, T.
    Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community. Stack, T., Luminiello, R. (eds.). 1 edition. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp. 79-100, 22 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE]

  • Creative Coexistence or Creative Co-resistance?: Transcultural Complexity in the Work of Street Artist 鈥楥ombo鈥�

    Kiwan, N.
    Jewish-Muslim Interactions: Performing Cultures between North Africa and France. Everett, S. S., Vince, R. (eds.). Liverpool University Press, pp. 253-272, 19 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Secularism, Islam and public intellectuals in contemporary France

    Kiwan, N.
    Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK. 182 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
    • [ONLINE]

  • Remembering on the City鈥檚 Margins: The Mus茅e de l鈥檋istoire de l鈥檌mmigration in Paris

    Kiwan, N.
    Journal of Contemporary European Studies, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 426-440
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Transformer les perceptions de l'islam聽?: Le cas de l鈥檌ntellectuel musulman la茂que Abdelwahhab Meddeb

    Kiwan, N.
    Subjectivation et d茅subjectivation Penser le sujet dans la globalisation. Boucher, M., Pleyers, G., Rebughini, P. (eds.). 脡ditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, pp. 263-273, 11 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Freedom of thought in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks

    Kiwan, N.
    French Cultural Studies, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 233-244
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Artistic Identities and Professional Strategies: Francophone Musicians in France and Britain

    Gibert, M., Kiwan, N.
    Modern and Contemporary France, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 253-269
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Multiplicit茅 marocaine: la performance du transnationalisme et du nationalisme alternatif dans la sc猫ne contemporaine des musiques urbaines

    Kiwan, N.
    Cahiers d鈥櫭﹖udes africaines, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 975-997
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE]
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  • Muslim and secular: Performing 'Muslim' exemplarity and public debates on Islam in France

    Kiwan, N.
    Performing Islam, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 45-66
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Convergence des r茅gimes discursifs et appartenance religieuse dans l'espace public: le cas de l鈥檌slam au Royaume Uni et en France

    Kiwan, N.
    Revue de l鈥橭bservatoire de la Soci茅t茅 Britannique , vol. 13, pp. 63-81
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • New Friends and old foes?: Diversity politics and national identity in Sarkozy's France

    Kiwan, N.
    Ethnicities, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 403-407
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Cultural Globalization and Music: African Artists in Transnational Networks

    Kiwan, N., Meinhof, U. H.
    Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke UK. 273 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Music and Migration: A Transnational Approach

    Kiwan, N., Meinhof, U. H.
    Music and Arts in Action, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 3-20
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE]

  • Music and Migration: Special Issue

    Kiwan, N. (ed.), Meinhof, U. H. (ed.)
    Music and Arts in Action, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 1-166
    Contributions to Journals: Special Issues
    • [ONLINE]

  • Transnational musicians' networks across Africa and Europe

    Kiwan, N., Meinhof, U. H., Gibert, M.
    Diasporas: Concepts, Intersections, Identities. Knott, K., McLoughlin, S. (eds.). Zed Books
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE]

  • Alterity and identity in contemporary Francophone Cultures: from organic hybridity to politicized difference

    Kiwan, N.
    International Journal of Francophone Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 9-17
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Identities, Discourses and Experiences: Young people of North African Origin in France

    Kiwan, N.
    Manchester University Press, Manchester, United Kingdom. 262 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
    • [ONLINE]

  • Shifting sociocultural identities: Young people of north african origin in France

    Kiwan, N.
    The Construction of Minority Identities in France and Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 79-97, 19 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Equal Opportunities and Republican Revival: Post-Migrant Politics in Contemporary France (2002-2005)

    Kiwan, S. N.
    International Journal of Francophone Studies, vol. 10, no. 1-2, pp. 157-172
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Perspectives on Cultural Diversity: A Discourse Analytical Approach

    Kiwan, S. N., Meinhof, U. H.
    Transcultural Europe: Cultural Policy in a Changing Europe, edited by U.H. Meinhof and A. Triandafyllidou, Palgrave Macmillan. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 57-81, 24 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • 鈥楾he Citizen and the Subject鈥�

    Kiwan, S. N.
    Redefining the French Republic, edited by Alistair Cole and Gino. Raymond, Manchester University Press, pp. 97-116, 19 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The 'Whiteness' of Cultural Policy in Paris and Berlin

    Kiwan, S. N., Kosnick, K.
    Transcultural Europe: Cultural Policy in a Changing Europe, edited by U.H. Meinhof and A. Triandafyllidou, Palgrave Macmillan. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 105-130, 25 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • 鈥楳anaging Marginalization: Young French-North Africans and Local Associations鈥�

    Kiwan, S. N.
    Modern and Contemporary France, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 465-481
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • 鈥楥itizenship Education: the French and English Experiences鈥�

    Kiwan, S. N., Kiwan, D.
    Young People in Transition: Becoming Citizens, edited by Christopher Pole, Jane Pilcher and John Williams, Palgrave Macmillan. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 136-158, 22 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • 'Maghrebi Music' In and Beyond the Post-Colonial City

    Kiwan, S. N.
    Urban Generations: Post-Colonial Cites, edited by David Richards, Taoufik Agoumy, Taeib Belghazi, Faculty of Letters of Rabat, pp. 345-354, 9 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

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