Ortuño Jose Maria : curriculum vitae

Jose Maria Ortuño is graduated in history (1995) and doctor in social anthropology (2004) by the University of Barcelona. He is candidate to the title of European Master in Penal Systems and Social Problems (2005) by the University of Barcelona.

In 1995 it was granted by the Ministry of Education and Culture to him a scholarship of investigation of four years. From 1995 to 1999, he made several stays in London (SOAS) and Nigeria (Ibadan and Kaduna). Visiting professor for postgraduates courses and masters at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universitat de Barcelona (2002-2005). He is researcher of the Observatori del Sistema Penal i Drets Humans (OSPDH). His areas of interest are located in the ethnic scope of the religion, identity, conflicts and social problems, subjects on which he published:

«Orden y rebelión en las sociedades africanas» en Terrradas, I. (ed), Antropología Jurídica, 1999, Santiago de Compostela. «Islam e Identidad en Nigeria», Studia Africana, 2003, 14

«Tar vihi yo, la terra està arruïnada. El moviment Nyambuan de 1939» en Revista d’Etnologia de Catalunya», 2004, 25

«Política y Religión: el papel de los misioneros en la destrucción del sistema matrimonial Tiv» en Revista d’Etnologia de Catalunya, 2005, 26