LSE Middle East Experts - By Country

Bahrain

Academics

Dr Roham Alvandi (Department of International History)

Egypt

Academics

Dr Shamel Azmeh (Middle East Centre)
Professor John Chalcraft (Department of Government)
Dr Katerina Dalacoura (Department of International Relations)
Professor Fawaz Gerges (Department of International Relations)
Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar (Middle East Centre)

Research Students

Perveen Ali (Department of Law, LSE Centre for the Student of Human Rights, Refugee Law Initiative (School of Advanced Studies); Research: States in Crisis: Sovereignty, Humanitarianism, and Refugee Protection in the Aftermath of the 2003 Iraq War)
Neil Ketchley (Department of Government; Research: Interwar Islamic social and political activism (1912-1942): the trajectories, metamorphoses and legacies of early mass Islamic politics)
Ulas Karakoc (Department of Economic History; Research: The growth and stagnation in the age of de-globalization: Reinterpreting economic history of Egypt and Turkey in the interwar period)
Nabila Ramdani (Deparment of International History; Research: British and American Foreign Policy: The Case of the 1919 Egyptian Revolution)

Gulf

Academics

Dr Roham Alvandi (Department of International History)
Dr Steffen Hertog (Department of Government)
Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (Department of Government/LSE Kuwait Programme)
Dr Jessica Watkins (Middle East Centre)

Iran

Academics

Dr Roham Alvandi (Department of International History)
Dr Zhand Shakibi (Department of Government)

Research Students

Marral Shamshiri-Fard (Department of International History)

Iraq

Academics

Dr Roham Alvandi (Department of International History)
Professor Toby Dodge (Department of International Relations/LSE Kuwait Programme)
Professor Saad Jawad (LSE Middle East Centre Senior Visiting Fellow)
Dr Kamil Mahdi (LSE Middle East Centre Senior Visiting Fellow)
Professor Amal Shlash (LSE Middle East Centre Visiting Professor)
Dr Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (Department of Government/LSE Kuwait Programme
Dr Jessica Watkins (Middle East Centre)

Research Students

Perveen Ali (Department of Law, LSE Centre for the Student of Human Rights, Refugee Law Initiative (School of Advanced Studies); Research: States in Crisis: Sovereignty, Humanitarianism, and Refugee Protection in the Aftermath of the 2003 Iraq War)
Bryan Gibson (Department of International History; Research: American Foreign Policy and the Kurdish-Iraqi Civil War, 1961-1975)

Israel

Academics

Dr Federica Bicchi (Department of International Relations)
Professor Kirsten Schulze (Department of International History)

Research Students

Hedi Viterbo (Department of Law; Research: The Legal Construction of Childhood in the Occupied Palestinian Territories)

Jordan

Academics

Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar (Middle East Centre)
Professor (Emeritus) Martha Mundy (Department of Anthropology)
Dr Jessica Watkins (Middle East Centre)

Research Students

Perveen Ali (Department of Law, LSE Centre for the Student of Human Rights, Refugee Law Initiative (School of Advanced Studies); Research: States in Crisis: Sovereignty, Humanitarianism, and Refugee Protection in the Aftermath of the 2003 Iraq War)

Kuwait

Professor Toby Dodge (Department of International Relations/LSE Kuwait Programme)

Lebanon

Academics

Dr John Chalcraft (Department of Government)
Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar (Middle East Centre)
Professor (Emeritus) Martha Mundy (Department of Anthropology)

Research Students

Perveen Ali (Department of Law, LSE Centre for the Student of Human Rights, Refugee Law Initiative (School of Advanced Studies); Research: States in Crisis: Sovereignty, Humanitarianism, and Refugee Protection in the Aftermath of the 2003 Iraq War)
Gustavo Barbosa (Department of Anthropology; Research: On Doing/Undoing Gender in Shatila, Lebanon: Becoming a Man under Institutional Violence)
Filippo Dionigi (Department of International Relations; Research: The Impact of international norms on Islamist movements: the case of Hezbollah)
Laura Ryseck (Department of International History; Research: The search for national identitx in postcolonial- multi-communal states: the cases of Eritrea and Lebanon, 1941-1991)

Morocco

Academics

Dr Shamel Azmeh (Middle East Centre)
Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar (Middle East Centre)

Research Students

Max Gallien (Department of International Development; Research: ‘Smugglers and States: A Political Economy of Informal Trade in North Africa’)

Palestine

Academics

Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar (Middle East Centre)
Professor (Emeritus) Martha Mundy (Department of Anthropology)

Research Students

Alaa Tartir (Department of International Development; Research: Governance without a State: Security and Economy Governance in Palestine: Fayyadism, Development and Aid Dependency, and State-Building)
Hedi Viterbo (Department of Law; Research: The Legal Construction of Childhood in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Qatar

Academics

Dr Duha Al Kuwari (LSE Middle East Centre Visiting Fellow)
Dr Jessica Watkins (Middle East Centre)

Saudi Arabia

Academics

Dr Roham Alvandi (Department of International History)
Dr Steffen Hertog (Department of Government)

Syria

Academics

Dr John Chalcraft (Department of Government)
Professor Fawaz Gerges (Department of International Relations)
Professor (Emeritus) Martha Mundy (Department of Anthropology)

Research Students

Perveen Ali (Department of Law, LSE Centre for the Student of Human Rights, Refugee Law Initiative (School of Advanced Studies); Research: States in Crisis: Sovereignty, Humanitarianism, and Refugee Protection in the Aftermath of the 2003 Iraq War)

Tunisia

Academics

Dr Fatima El-Issawi (POLIS/Department of Media and Communications)
Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar (Middle East Centre)

Research Students

Max Gallien (Department of International Development; Research: ‘Smugglers and States: A Political Economy of Informal Trade in North Africa’)

Turkey

Academics

Professor Tahir Abbas (Department of Government)
Dr Katerina Dalacoura (Department of International Relations)
Dr Hakan Seckinelgin (Department of Social Policy)

Research Students

Perveen Ali (Department of Law, LSE Centre for the Student of Human Rights, Refugee Law Initiative (School of Advanced Studies); Research: States in Crisis: Sovereignty, Humanitarianism, and Refugee Protection in the Aftermath of the 2003 Iraq War)
Ulas Karakoc (Department of Economic History; Research: The growth and stagnation in the age of de-globalization: Reinterpreting economic history of Egypt and Turkey in the interwar period)

Yemen

Academics