Robert Launay

1.3k citations
50 papers · 660 indexed · h-index 11

Impact in

    • Anthropological Studies and Insights
    • African Studies and Geopolitics
    • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Papers in

    • Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria 10
    • Global Maritime and Colonial Histories 10
    • African Studies and Geopolitics 7
    • African history and culture studies 5

Robert Launay

38 papers receiving 472 citations

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Robert Launay
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  • Anthropology 153
  • Safety Research 128
  • Gender Studies 133
  • Demography 94
  • General Social Sciences 26
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The 20 scholars most cited alongside Robert Launay, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Kobo, Ousman Murzik. Unveiling Modernity in Twentieth-Century West African Islamic Reforms. Leiden-Boston, Brill, 2012
20155
3
Werthmann, Katja & Sanogo, Mamadou Lamine (dir.). La ville de Bobo-Dioulasso au Burkina Faso. Urbanité et appartenances en Afrique de l’Ouest. Paris, Karthala, 2013
20152
4 20111
5
Lafitau Revisited: American "Savages" and Universal History
20100
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Comment (ne pas) lire le Coran? Logiques de l’enseignement religieux au Sénégal et en Côte d’Ivoire
20091
7 20037
8 19994
9 199944
10 19981
11 199723
12 1995176
13 19944
14 19920
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Cruise O'brien, Donal & Coulon, Christian, eds. - Charisma and Brotherhood in African Islam
19901
16
Amselle, Jean-Loup. - Logiques métisses. Anthropologie de l'identité en Afrique et ailleurs
19891
17 19868
18 198510
19 19811
20 197919

About Robert Launay

Robert Launay is a scholar working on General Social Sciences, Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations, Archeology and History and Philosophy of Science, having authored 50 papers that have together received 660 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (10 papers), Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria (10 papers), African Studies and Ethnography (8 papers), African Studies and Geopolitics (7 papers), African history and culture analysis (7 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (6 papers), African history and culture studies (5 papers) and Culinary Culture and Tourism (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (153 citations), Safety Research (128 citations), Gender Studies (133 citations), Demography (94 citations) and General Social Sciences (26 citations). Robert Launay has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Philippines and France. Frequent co-authors include Esther N. Goody, Benjamin F. Soares, Candice Bradley, David I. Kertzer, E. A. Hammel, Caroline Bledsoe, Susan Greenhalgh, Tom Fricke, Rachel G. Fuchs and Peter Schneider. Their work appears in journals such as Cahiers d études africaines, African Studies Review, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, Food and Foodways and Reviews in Anthropology.

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