Sofya Shahab is a PhD candidate at the Alfred Deakin Institute. Her research employs an anthropological lens to explore the weaponisation of affect, its modes of transmissions, and experiences of violence, through a focus on the cultural property destruction undertaken by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Sofya has spent the last five years living and working across Afghanistan, Iran, and Jordan. She has an MSc in Social Anthropology from Oxford University.

Recent publication: Shahab S and Isakhan B (2018) The ritualization of heritage destruction under the Islamic State. Journal of Social Archaeology. DOI: 10.1177/1469605318763623

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