Seán McLoughlin

Seán M. McLoughlin (born 1969) is a cultural anthropologist and Professor of the Anthropology of Islam at the University of Leeds. His works use field research, in-depth interviews and documentary analysis to explore the dynamics of Islam and Muslim cultures in contexts of contemporary migration, diaspora and transnationalism. He works mainly with South Asian heritage Muslim communities in the UK, especially British Pakistanis and Kashmiris in the Northern England. McLoughlin is a member of the Sociology of religion Study Group, British Sociological Association.

Biography During the 1990s, McLoughlin completed a Bachelor's degree in Theology and Religious studies (1990), a Master's degree in Middle Eastern studies (1993) and a PhD in Social anthropology (1997), all at the University of Manchester. Since the late 1990s, he has been studying British Muslims’ experiences of the Hajj.

Since 2000, he has taught Islamic Studies at Leeds.

Publications Representing Muslims: Religion, Ethnicity and the Politics of Identity (2002) European Muslims and the Secular State, with Jocelyne Cesari (2005) World Religions: An Illustrated Guide (2007) Diasporas: Concepts, Intersections, Identities, with Kim Knott (2013) Writing the City in British Asian Diasporas, with William Gould, Ananya Jahanara Kabir, and Emma Tomalin (2014)