Marios Falaris
Marios Falaris is a socio-cultural anthropologist whose work considers the effects of militarization in everyday life, focusing on intimacy, gender, mood, and sound, in Indian-occupied Kashmir and in Baltimore, Maryland.
Biography
Falaris (they/them) is a socio-cultural anthropologist whose work considers the effects of militarization in everyday life. Their book project, “Vulnerable Intimacies: Securing the Everyday in Indian-Occupied Kashmir,” traces the effects of military occupation in the lives of unemployed young men in Kashmir, focusing on kinship, friendship, and the kinds of suspicions generated by state-led development initiatives.
Falaris also has an abiding interest in sound, voice and multi-modal anthropology. Their second project circulates Baltimore’s oral history collections via podcasts and participatory public events, highlighting themes of displacement and community safety. They have also previously worked on the Society for Cultural Anthropology’s podcast AnthroPod.
Falaris earned their PhD in anthropology from Johns Hopkins University in 2024. Their research has been supported by the Fulbright-Nehru Research Award, the American Institute of Indian Studies, and various programs at Johns Hopkins. They received their BA in Ethnicity, Race & Migration from Yale University and MSc in Anthropology and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Falaris has previously taught in Johns Hopkins’ Department of Anthropology and University Writing Program, as well as at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in the Culture and Politics program.
Falaris joined the Bennington faculty in Fall 2025.