Dr Claudio Sopranzetti
Associate Professor in Social Anthropology
Claudio Sopranzetti is Associate Professor at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Fellow of St Antony’s College, and Quondam Fellow at All Souls College.
His research sits at the nexus of studies of global capitalism, urbanism, environmental change, and social movements, with a focus on Southeast Asia and Southern Europe. Presently, he is engaged in a research initiative in Southern Italy, investigating the aftermath of a phytopathogenic epidemic that has resulted in the death of over 21 million olive trees and a remaking of nature in the European periphery.
He is the author of three books: Red Journeys (University of Washington Press, 2012); Owners of the Map (University of California Press, 2018) which was awarded the AAA Margaret Mead Award; and the King of Bangkok (University of Toronto Press, 2021), which won the Thai Editors’ Choice Award, PROSE Best Non-fictional Graphic Novel, INDIES Best Humanities Graphic Novel, ICAS Best Read for the General Public Accolade, Kate Browne Creativity in Research Award, and the GAD: New Directions in Anthropology Award.