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Deirdre de la Cruz

Name: Deirdre de la Cruz

Title(s):

Assistant Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures (2006-2009),

Contact Information: 734.615.8506 , ddelac@umich.edu

Website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/asian/asian_detail/0,2929,25247%255Fpeople%255Fasian450,00.html

International Institute Affiliation(s):

CSEAS

Department Affiliation(s):

Asian Languages & Cultures

Education Background: Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, Columbia University, 2006

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

Southeast Asian Studies

Research/Teaching Specialization: Anthropology of Religion; History and Theories of the Mass Media; Modernity and Mass Culture; Historiography; Conversion in Colonial and Post-Colonial Societies; Cultures and Histories of Southeast Asia, in particular the Philippines; U.S. Imperialism; the Middle Class; Faith-based Politics and Institutions: Anthropology of Emotion; Poetics and Politics of Ethnography.

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Asian 253/History 197 (FYS): The Philippines: Culture and History Asian 480: Secular Enchantments: Technology and Modernity in Asia

Publications:

The Anthropology of Christianity. November 2007. (Refereed Journal Article)
Building Diaspora: Filipino Cultural Community Formation on the Internet. (Refereed Journal Article)