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Dr Effie Fokas
Visiting Fellow
European Institute (LSE)
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Biography
Dr Effie Fokas is director of the LSE Forum on Religion|, established in 2008 at the European Institute. She is also a research fellow of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), in which context she is conducting research on limitations to religious freedoms in majority Orthodox countries. Previously she was a Research Fellow in the Hellenic Observatory of the European Institute, and previous to that, she co-taught on the MSc in Theories of Nationalism in the LSE's Government Department. Her research interests include religion and politics in the European and specifically European Union setting; the relationship between religion, national identity and nationalism; and the sociology of religion in a European perspective, with a special focus on Islam and on Christian Orthodoxy.
Recent Publications
Dr Fokas is co-author (with Peter Berger and Grace Davie) of Religious America, Secular Europe? A Theme and Variations, Ashgate 2008, and co-editor (with Aziz al-Azmeh) of Islam in Europe: Diversity, Identity and Influence, CUP 2007. More recent publications include 'Religion: towards a post-secular Europe?' in ed. Chris Rumford Sage Handbook of European Studies, Sage 2009; 'Religion in the Greek public sphere: Nuancing the Account', Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Vol.27, No.2, 2009; and 'Islam in Europe: the unexceptional case' in Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, forthcoming 2010.