Speaker Series: Aaron Pitluck

Aaron Z. Pitluck (he/him) is a Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association.

Drawing on economic sociology, anthropology, and cultural analysis, his research interests center on financial actors, organizations, markets, and institutions, particularly in the Global South.

While at the ABF, he is writing an interdisciplinary book describing how investment bankers, Shariah scholars, and the state are co-producing Islamic banking and finance in Malaysia. By investigating this case study, the book seeks to distinguish empowering from exploitative finance and to contribute to understanding how to alter the trajectory of finance towards the former. 

To register, contact Sophie Kofman at skofman@abfn.org.