Mariam Motamedi Fraser BA (Hons), PhD
Words; facts and fictions; storying; archives; experience; methods; sociology, science and literature;
I joined the department in 1999. Between 2004 and 2007 I was Director of CSISP. During this period my research focused on a ‘family’ of concepts - facts, values, ethics, process and event – which I explored most thoroughly in relation to sociology and science, but also in relation to other fields including art and music. I took three years leave from 2008-2011 to research a historical and literary archive called ‘Irradiant’ in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. I have since become engaged in the question of the relations between sociology, science, literature and experience.
Teaching
I currently teach Philosophy and Methodology of Social Sciences, and I co-teach Vision, Truth and Knowledge, and Culture, Representation and Difference.
Areas of supervision
I have co-supervised five students to completion on the topics of: ageing and identity; bodies and images; the sense and sensation of body modification; corporate social responsibility; transitioning.
Presentations and exhibitions
| Date | Conferences and Seminar Series' organised |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Oil and Politics. International Conference with Timothy Mitchell and Michael Watts. |
| 2006 |
Inventing Intimacy Through Research. Conference, co-organised with Nirmal Puwar. |
| 2005 |
Economies and Technologies of Affect Interdisciplinary seminar series, co-organised with Alberto Toscano. |
| 2004 | Whitehead: Invention and Social Process Two-day conference, co-organised with Andrew Barry. |
| 2003 | Creativity, Invention and Life Seminar series, Sociology Department. |
| 2002 | Cosmopolitics Two-day workshop with Isabelle Stengers, co-organised with Andrew Barry. |
| 2002 | Virtuality: Matter, Information, Property Two-day conference, co-organised with Celia Lury and Sarah Kember. |
Grants & awards
| Date and duration | Awarding Body | Project details | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The British Academy | Oil and Politics, International Conference | £1914 |
| 2002 | The British Council in Germany | Virtuality: Information, Property, Matter, Conference (with Sarah Kember and Celia Lury) | £1500 |
| 2001 32 months |
The Wellcome Trust (Biomedical Thics Programme) |
An Archival Study of Prozac | £88,786 |
| 2000 12 months |
The Wellcome Trust (Biomedical Ethics Programme) |
The Age of Serotonin (with Nikolas Rose) | £52,000 |
Selected publications
Fraser, Mariam. 2010. Facts, Ethics and Event. In: Casper Bruun Jensen and Kjetil Roedje, eds. DELEUZIAN INTERSECTIONS: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY. Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books, pp. 52-82. ISBN 978-1-84545-614-6 [Book Section]
Fraser, Mariam. 2009. Standards, Populations, and Difference. Cultural Critique, 71, pp. 47-80. ISSN 0882-4371 [Article]
Fraser, Mariam. 2009. Experiencing Sociology. European Journal of Social Theory, 12(1), pp. 63-81. ISSN 1368-4310 [Article]
Fraser, Mariam and Puwar, Nirmal. 2008. Introduction: Intimacy in Research. History of the Human Sciences, 21(4), pp. 1-16. ISSN 1461720X [Article]
Fraser, Mariam. 2006. The ethics of reality and virtual reality: Latour, facts and values. History of the Human Sciences, 19(2), pp. 45-72. ISSN 1461720X [Article]
Fraser, Mariam. 2006. Event. Theory, Culture & Society, 23(2-3), pp. 129-132. ISSN 0263-2764 [Article]
Fraser, Mariam, Kember, Sarah and Lury, Celia, eds. 2006. Inventive Life: Approaches to the New Vitalism. London: Sage. ISBN 9781412920360 [Edited Book]
Adkins, Lisa. 2006. The New Economy, Property and Personhood. In: Mariam Fraser, Sarah Kember and Celia Lury, eds. Inventive Life: Approaches to the New Vitalism. Sage. ISBN 978-1412920360 [Book Section]
Fraser, Mariam. 2005. Making music matter. Theory Culture & Society, 22(1), pp. 173-189. ISSN 14603616 [Article]
Fraser, Mariam and Greco, Monica. 2004. The Body: A Reader. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-34007-6 [Book]
Fraser, Mariam. 2003. Material theory: Duration and the Serotonin Hypothesis of Depression. Theory Culture & Society, 20, pp. 1-26. ISSN 02632764 [Article]
Fraser, Mariam. 2002. What is the matter of feminist criticism? Economy and Society, 31(4), pp. 606-625. ISSN 14695766 [Article]
Fraser, Mariam. 2001. The nature of Prozac. History of the Human Sciences, 14(3), pp. 56-84. ISSN 1461720X [Article]
Fraser, Mariam. 2001. Visceral futures: bodies of feminist criticism. Social Epistemology, 15(2), pp. 91-111. ISSN 0269-1728 [Article]
Fraser, Mariam. 1999. Identity without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521623575 [Book]
Fraser, Mariam. 1998. `The Face-Off Between Will and Fate': Artistic Identity and Neurological Style in de Kooning's Late Works. Body & Society, 4(4), pp. 1-22. ISSN 1357-034X [Article]
Fraser, Mariam. 1997. Feminism, Foucault and Deleuze. Theory, Culture & Society, 14(2), pp. 23-37. ISSN 0263-2764 [Article]
Fraser, Mariam. 1997. Lose Your Face. In: Phoebe Davidson and Bi Academic Intervention, eds. The Bisexual Imaginary: Representation, Identity and Desire. London: Cassell, p. 38. ISBN 0-304-33744-7 [Book Section]