Curriculum Vitae
- Education
- Work experience
- Selected Publikations
- Academic Leadership
- Awards
- Keynote Papers
- Invited Papers / Presentations
- Organizer International Conferences
- Teaching
- Recognition
- Languages
EDUCATION
| 2001 | Traineeship, Department of Immunology, Leids Univresitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC) |
| 1995 – 2000 | Doctorate in the Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam Thesis title: “Technologies of Similarities and Differences. On the interdependence of nature and technology in the Human Genome Diversity Project” Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Annemarie Mol; Prof. Dr. Gert-Jan van Ommen; Prof. Dr. Selma Leydesdorff; Dr. Ruth Oldenziel |
| 1993 – 1994 | Master in Political Sciences, cum laude, University of Amsterdam Minored in social philosophy and sociology Master thesis: “Het boek des levens. Van eugenetica naar het Human Genome Project” |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| 2008 – present | Associate Professor 1, Department of Sociology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, Tenure |
| 2004 – 2008 | Associate Professor 2, Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, Tenure |
| 2001 – 2003 | Assistant Professor 1, Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, Tenure |
| 1999 – 2001 | Teacher, Department of Science Dynamics and Department of Biology, University of Amsterdam |
| 1999 – 2000 | Junior Researcher, Population Genetics, Forensic Laboratory for DNA Research, LUMC |
| 1995 – 1999 | Doctorate Research at the Belle van Zuylen Institute, University of Amsterdam; Forensic Laboratory for DNA Research, LUMC; The Laboratory for Evolution and Human Genetics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journals
Complete publication list see PUBLICATIONS
M’charek. A. (in print)
“The HeLa Error: On race, time and folded objects”, in Theory Culture and Society.
M’charek, A. K. Schramm & D. Skinner (2013)
“Topologies of Race: Doing territory, population and identity in Europe”, in Science, Technology and Human Values.
M’charek, A. K. Schramm & D. Skinner (2013)
“Technologies of Belonging: Making Race in Europe”, in Science, Technology and Human Values (Introduction to Special Issue).
M’charek, A. (2013)
“Beyond fact or fiction: On the materiality of race in practice”, Cultural Anthropology 28(3): 420-442.
M’charek, A., R. Hagendijk & W. de Vries (2013)
“Equal Before the Law: On machineries of sameness in forensic DNA practice”, in Science, Technology and Human Values 38(4): 542-565.
M'charek, A., V. Toom & B Prainsack (2011)
“Bracketing off population does not advance ethical reflection on EVCs: A reply to Kayser and Schneider” in Forensic Science International: Genetics, Published ahead of print.
M’charek, A. (2011)
“Race, Beyond Fact and Fiction” in Technoscienza: Italien Journal of Science & Technology Studies 1(2): 57-62.
M’charek, A. & V. Toom (2011)
“DNA-onderzoek gericht op het genereren van een verdachte vraagt om meer voorzorg” in Tijdschrift voor de Politie. [DNA research aimed at generating a suspect requires more precaution]
Toom, V. & A. M’charek (2011)
“Van Individuele Verdachte Naar Verdachte Families en Populaties: Het Wegen van Nieuwe Forensische DNA-Technieken”, in Nederlands Juristenblad 86: 142-148. [From Individual Suspects to Suspect Families and Populations: Weighing Novel Forensic DNA-technologies]
Thijsse, S., A. M’charek, & E. Vermeulen (2011)
“Eerst zien, Dan Geloven: Voorkomt het Preventieconsult 'Total Body Scan' ”, in Tijdschrift voor Sociale Geneeskunde 89(2): 85-87.
M’charek, A. (2010)
“When Whiteness becomes a Problem: (Un)doing differences in the case of Down’s Syndrome” in Medische Antropology / Medical Anthropology 22(2): 236-277.
Pols, J. & A. M’charek (2010)
“Introduction: Where are the Missing Bodies? Disability Studies in the Netherlands” in Medische Antropology / Medical Anthropology 22(2): 236-277 (co-authored with Jeannette Pols).
M’charek, A. (2010)
“Genetics and its Others: On three versions of the savage” in Etnofoor 22(2): 127-138.
M’charek, A. (2010)
“Fragile Differences, Relational Effects: Stories about the Materiality of Race and Sex” in European Journal for Women Studies 17(4): 307-322.
M’charek, A (2010)
“Ras als Duikelaar”, (Rubric Contra-Expertise) in Lover: pp32-34.
M’charek, A. (2008)
“Silent Witness, Articulate Collective: DNA Evidence and the Inference of Visible Traits” in Bioethics 22/9: 519-528.
M’charek, A. (2008)
”Contrasts and Comparisons: Three practices of forensic investigation”, in Comparative Sociology 7: 387-412.
M’charek, A. (2005)
“Kiezen of Delen: Hormonale anticonceptiva, nu ook voor hem?”, [boekbespreking] in Krisis nr. 1: 94-99.
M’charek, A. (2005)
“Problemen met Diversiteit: Of waarom we van lijsten afmoeten”, in Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, nr. 3: 74-79.
M’charek, A. (2006)
“Über die Herstellung von Gleichheit. Der forensische DNA-Beweis im Labor und vor Gericht”, in Paragrana, nr 1: 61-81.
M’charek, A. (2005)
“The Mitochondrial Eve of Modern Genetics: Of people and genomes, or, the routinization of race” in: Science as Culture, nr. 2: 161-183.
M’charek, A. (2004)
“Een Lichaam is een Lichaam is een Lichaam: Over de morele imperatief van het gezondheidsonderzoek, Repliek op Ineke Klinge”, in Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, nr. 1: 63-65.
M’charek, A. (2004)
“Verwantschap in een Biotechnologisch Tijdperk”, in Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, nr. 2: 53-59.
M’charek, A. (2004)
“Een Kwestie van Technieken: Over de buitensporigheid van de genetica en de onbestendigheid van ras”, in Krisis, nr. 4: 22-35.
M’charek, A. (2003)
“Sekse: Uit de darkrooms van de laboratoria!”, in Lover, nr. 4: 10-11.
M’charek, A. (2003)
“Partiele Verwantschap”, in: Lover , nr. 1: 54-55.
M’charek, A. (2002)
“De Onzichtbare (F)actor: Standaardisatie, ras en genetische diversiteit”, in Medische Antropologie, nr. 14 (1): 70-90; [Invisible Actor: Standardization, race and genetic diversity].
M’charek, A. (2002)
“The Traffic in Males en andere verhalen over sekse in onderzoek naar genetische diversiteit” in Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, nr. 4: 20-36.
M’charek, A. (2000)
“Technologies of Population: Forensic DNA testing practices and the making of differences and similarities”, in: Configurations, nr. 8: 121-159.
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP
| 2010 – present | Director, research program Health Care and the Body, Dept. of Anthropology, Universiteit van Amsterdam |
| 2009 – present | Founding convener of the seminars series The Ir/relevance of Race in Science and Society, Universiteit van Amsterdam |
| 2008 – present | Scientific Director, Annual Summer school of Royal Dutch Society of Science and Hendrik Muller |
| 2005 – 2008 | Founding Director of Forensic Science Master, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Informatics (FNWI), Universiteit van Amsterdam |
| 2003 – 2007 | Chair of the Curriculum Committee of Science and Technology Studies, University of Amsterdam. Developed, in cooperation, the program “Science and Technology in a Globalized World” |
| 2001 – 2008 | Founding Director of Science, Technology & Public Management Master, FNWI, Universiteit van Amsterdam |
AWARDS
| 2012 | FWOS research grant (€ 560,000), “Sexualities and Diversities in the Making” |
| 2012 | Fellowship, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany |
| 2011 – 2013 | Center for Society and Genomics research grant (€ 152,348), “Genes, Brains and Criminality in Context” |
| 2011 – 2012 | Center for Society and Genomics post-doc fellowship (€ 200,000), “Dutch-ness in Genes and Genealogy: Following Genetic Diversity around in Science and Society” |
| 2011 | Fellowship, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany |
| 2011 | Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Seksualiteit research grant (€ 11,500), “Diversity and Sexual Development: Literature Review” |
| 2005 | Fellowship, Center for Science Studies, Lancaster |
| 2004 – 2009 | NWO PhD project grant (€ 159,000), “A DNA Profile’s Capacity for Right: On the Interference between Science and the Law in Forensic DNA Practice in the Netherlands” |
| 2004 – 2006 | ZonMw top-down grant (€ 120,000), “Verkenningen van de wenselijkheid en mogelijkheden voor invoering van primaire- en secondaire preventieve van heamoglobinopathieen” |
| 2004 – 2005 | ZonMw top-down grant (€ 90,000), “Mogelijkheden en beperkingen in klinisch onderzoek voor het omgaan met diversiteit” |
| 2003 – 2004 | Rathenau Institute grant (€ 75,000), “Alledaagse medische praktijken” |
| 2001 | Rathenau Institute grant (€ 3,000), “Alledaagse medische praktijken”, pilot study |
KEYNOTE PAPERS
| 2011, 28 Jan. | “How Life Matters: The case of race” for the Visual Culture Workshop (Goldsmiths University, UK). |
| 2010, 17 Dec. | “Beyond Fact and Fiction: On the Materiality of Race and Associated Differences” for the ARC-GS lecture (University of Amsterdam). |
| 2010, 3 Nov. | “The Ir/relevance of Race in Biomedical Practice” for the International workshop Anthropología, Ciencia y Tecnología: Entre la Esperanza, la Gloria y la Decepción, the Department of Anthropology (Universitad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia). |
| 2010, 2-5 Sept. | “Performing the Technoscientific Body: On the Materiality of Race in Practice” for the Bi-annual Conference of EASST: European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (Trento, Italy). |
| 2010, 27-28 May | Plenary Interview with Karen-Sue Taussig about her book Ordinary Genomes, 10 Years After Conference (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). |
| 2009, 4-7 Jun. | “Political Objects: Race, Sex and Scientific Practice” for the 7th European Feminist Research Conference: Gendered Cultures at the Crossroads of Imagination, Knowledge and Politics (Utrecht, the Netherlands). |
INVITED PAPERS / PRESENTATIONS (selection)
| 2013, 2-6 May | “Doing Dutchness: A case study in genetic diversity” invited paper for the International Interdisciplinary Scientific Workshop / SIGENET Workshop 5 (Kunming, China). |
| 2013, 6 Jun. | “Suspect bodies: Forensic Identification and the trouble with race” invited lecture for the Transnational Bodies symposium (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). |
| 2011, 24-26 Nov. | “Making Time: On Race and Relations in Cows” invited lecture for the International workshop: Data – Difference – Diversity. Technologies of Differentiation in the Life (Max Planck Institute, Berlin, Germany). |
| 2011, 3-4 Nov. | “Beyond the chain of custody: DNA based EVC & Familial searching” Invited lecture for the International workshop: Projected Worlds, Durham University, Newcastle, 3-4 Nov. 2011. |
| 2011, 7-8 July | “Inferring Identity: On the materiality of race in forensic practice” invited opening lecture for the International workshop Race, genomics and mestizaje (mixture) in Latin America: a comparative approach (University of Manchester, UK). |
| 2011, 3-6 July | “What is a Suspect? Genetics, Externally Visible Characteristics and Criminal Investigation” invited paper for the Panel Police and Forensic Science at the British Society for Criminology Conference, Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK). |
| 2011, 29 March | “Beyond Fact and Fiction: On the Materiality of Race in Practice” invited lecture for CSS/CGWS/Sociology Seminar (Lancaster University, UK). |
| 2010, 22-23 Nov. | “The Matter of Race in Genetics and Archaeology” invited Paper for the Conference: Laqueur Revisited (University of Groningen, the Netherlands). |
| 2010, 15-16 Oct. | “Hardwiring and Soft Science: Rethinking sex in the brain” discussant to the lecture of Rebecca Jordan-Young at the Conference: Gender in Practice (University Nijmegen, the Netherlands). |
| 2010, 15-16 Oct. | “The Materiality of Race: Or how to do history with bones and DNA” invited lecture at the Conference: Gender in Practice (University Nijmegen, the Netherlands). |
| 2010, 7 July | “The HeLa Error: On the aesthetics of wholeness and the materiality of race” Invited paper for the Law, Organization, Science & Technology Research Group, Max Planck Institute (Halle, Germany). |
| 2010, 27-28 May | “Dutch-ness in Bones and Genes” invited paperat the 10 Years After Conference (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). |
| 2009, 26-31 Oct. | “Regulating the Criminal Brain” invited paper for the ESF Research Conference Law and Neuroscience (Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy). (together with T. Dehue) |
| 2008, 22-26 Jun. | “The Bio and the Politics of Population in Criminal Investigation” invited lecture at the The Genomics and Populations Summer Institute (Lancaster University, UK). |
ORGANIZER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
| 2011, 2-3 Jun. | Organizer of the international workshop Technologies of Belonging: Biology, Race and Technology in Europe, with more than 20 invited speaker from various European countries (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). See Website |
| 2010, 26 May | Organizer of the international workshop Doing Dutch-ness in Science, Language and Culture, (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands). |
| 2010, 21 Jan. | Organizer the international workshop The Ir/relevance of race in the anthropology of (bio)medical practices (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands). |
| 2009, 16 Dec. | Organizer of the international workshop Distributed Bodies Practices of disability and chronic disease (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands). |
| 2009, 18-19 Dec. | Organizer of the international conference and expert meeting on Sickle cell Disease in Amsterdam Innovations and Dilemmas in Sickle Cell Screening, Amsterdam Medical Center (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). |
| 2004, 12-13 Nov. | Organizer of the international expert meeting “Diversity in Clinical Research” as part of a ZonMw-funded project on this issue (Bergen, the Netherlands). |
TEACHING
See here TEACHING
RECOGNITION
| 2012 – present | Science and Technology Studies (home journal of the European Society for the Social Studies of Science: EASST) |
| 2011 – present | Universitas Humanistica (Journal in Sociology and Anthropology) |
| 2010 – present | Tijdschrift voor Gender Studies (Journal of Gender Studies) |
| 2012 – present | Expert, “Virtual College”, AHRC Research Network Technoscience, Law and Society: Interrogating the Nexus |
| 2011 – present | Member, think-tank Felix Meritis, independent European Centre for Art, Culture and Science |
| 2010 – present | Member Board of Education, The Netherlands Research School of Gender studies (NOG) |
| 2010 – 2012 | Member Scientific Policy Commission, FWOS |
| ongoing | American Anthropological Association |
| European Association for Social Anthropology | |
| Society for the Social Studies of Science | |
| European Association for the Social Studies of Science and Technology |
| 2012 – present | Advisor, Research Project “Genetics and Forensic Anthropology in the Identification of Missing Persons”, Bogota, Colombia |
| 2010 – present | Member Advisory Board, Amsterdam Center for Gender and Sexuality Studies |
| 2010 – present | Advisor, International Research Project “Immigene: Social, Political an Ethical Implications of the DNA Analysis for Family Reunification”, Frankfurt University |
| 2010 – present | Advisor, Research Project “Genomic Research and Race in Latin America”, Manchester University |
LANGUAGES
Dutch, English, German, Arabic, French