Kamal Salhi is a full professor whose chair in North African and Middle Eastern studies, include cultural anthropology, Islam and performance studies, in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Leeds. His numerous, international publications include books, volumes, mini-graphs, refereed journal articles, book chapters, reviews and research reports in the following research areas: Francophone studies; performance studies; postcolonial and decolonial studies; gender and women’s studies; North and sub-Saharan cultural production; Middle Eastern studies; language policies; film studies; theatre and music and Sufi cultures. His latest contribution, ‘Women in Algeria’ appeared in the Oxford Research Encyclopaedias, African Women’s History, which was awarded the Waldo G. Leland Prize by the American Historical Association. His book, Music, Culture and Identity in the Muslim World: Performance, Politics and Piety (Routledge, 2014), received the British Arts and Humanities Research Council distinction on the completion of the research project that led to its publication.Contact: School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds, Woodhouse, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
