Dr. Piro Rexhepi, 2016-2018

Curriculum Vitae

Piro Rexhepi holds a Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Strathclyde, and has held research fellowships at the Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz, the Center for Advanced Studies of Southeastern Europe at the University of Rijeka, and teaching positions at the State University of New York, City University of New York, and New York University. Since 2018, he has held a position as an Assistant Professor in Global Studies at Northampton Community College. His research focuses on the politics of religion, sexuality and coloniality in international relations, with a particular emphasis on the relationship between the Balkans and the Middle East. Previously, his work has examined the intersection of EU enlargement politics with sexual rights, exploring the production of Islamophobia in Muslim-majority countries in the Balkans. His research at MPI-MMG interrogated the ways in which the politics of preservation in Sarajevo and Salonika fuel urban renewal, gentrification, and Europeanization, having drastic effects on the lives of migrant and marginalized urban communities.

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