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Dr. May Darwich
Durham University
, UK
Visiting Fellow
| 04/2018 - 07/2018
GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies
Neuer Jungfernstieg 21
20354 Hamburg
Germany
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Personal Information
Short biography
04/2018 - 07/2018: Visiting Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies
Since 2016: Lecturer in International Relations of the Middle East and/or the Muslim World in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
2014 - 2015: Research Fellow at GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies
2011 - 2015: PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science, Politics & IR Department (Thesis Working Title: Threat Perception and Alliance Choice in Middle East International Relations: The Cases of Syria and Saudi Arabia)
Education: MA of International Politics, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, Science Po Bordeaux, France; BA, Political Science (minor: Economics), Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt
Awards and Scholarships: Scholarship of the Arab-British Chamber Commerce Charitable Foundation (2012-2013), Global Supplementary Grant, the Open Society Foundation (2011-2012), Bernard Crick Fellowship, University of Edinburgh (2011-2012), Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie Masters Scholarship (2009-2010), French Government scholarship (2009-2010), Mohamed Farid Khamis Foundation Scholarship for academic achievement (2005-2009)
Research & Teaching
Current Research
Foreign Policy Analysis of Middle Eastern States
The Interplay Identity and Power in Middle East International Relations
Identity politics
Alliances and Threat Perception
Regime-society relations
Authoritarianism in the Middle East
Countries and Regions
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Syria and the Middle East
Teaching
Introduction to Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science, fall 2014
Democracy in Comparative Perspective, University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science, spring 2013
Political Islam, University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science, spring 2013 and 2014
Politics of the Middle East, University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science, fall 2012 and 2013
Introduction to International Relations, University of Edinburgh, International Foundation Program, summer 2013 and 2014
Introduction to International Relations, University of Edinburgh, Open Studies Program, spring 2014
Arab Political Regimes, Cairo University, fall 2010
Theory of International Relations, Cairo University, spring 2012
Publications
Recent Refereed Articles
Darwich, May
(2017),
Creating the enemy, constructing the threat: the diffusion of repression against the Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle East
, in:
Democratization
, 24, 7, 1289-1306
Darwich, May
(2016),
Ideational and Material Forces in Threat Perception: The Divergent Cases of Syria and Saudi Arabia during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
, in:
Journal of Global Security Studies
, 1, 2, 142-156
Darwich, May
(2016),
The Ontological (In)security of Similarity: Wahhabism versus Islamism in Saudi Foreign Policy
, in:
Foreign Policy Analysis
, 12, 3, 469-488
Recent Articles
Darwich, May
(2016),
Book review of “Democracy Promotion and Foreign Policy: Identity and Interests in US, EU and Non-Western Democracies”, by Daniela Huber
, in:
Democratization
, 23, 4, 772-774
Darwich, May
(2016),
Organization of Islamic Cooperation
, in: Richard C. Martin (ed.),
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, 2nd edition
, Farmington Hills: Macmillan Reference USA
Darwich, May
(2015),
Machtprestige als Motiv des saudischen Krieges im Jemen
,
GIGA Focus Middle East
, 06/2015, Hamburg: GIGA
Darwich, May
(2014),
The Ontological (In)security of Similarity: Wahhabism versus Islamism in Saudi Foreign Policy
,
GIGA
Working Paper
, No. 263, December 2014, Hamburg: GIGA
Darwich, May
(2013),
Arab Revolutions: Between National Demands and Supranational Implications
, in: Nadia Moustafa / Amal Hamada (eds.),
Arab Uprisings and the Study of Political Science
, Cairo: Cairo University, 416-442
Recent Miscellaneous
Darwich, May
(2015),
The Challenge of Bridging IR and Area Studies in Middle East International Relations Teaching
, in:
LSE Middle East Center Blog
Events & Media
Recent Lectures
Lecture
Creating the Enemy, Constructing the Threat: The Diffusion of Autocratic Policies in the Middle East
IDCAR Second Network Conference
03.10.2015 | Austin, Texas
Lecture
Creating the Enemy, Constructing the Threat: The Diffusion of Autocratic Policies in the Middle East
22nd International Conference of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)
24.09.2015 | Bochum
Lecture
The Securitization of Sectarianism in the International Relations of the Syrian Conflict
Workshop on Sectarianism
19.06.2015 | Lancaster
Lecture
The Challenge of Bridging Disciplines and Area Studies in Teaching Middle East Politics
Workshop on the Ethics of Political Science Research and Teaching Middle East Politics
09.06.2015 | Rabat
Lecture
Rethinking Ideational and Material Forces in Threat Perception: The Divergent Cases of Syria and Saudi Arabia
POMEPS Annual Conference
21.05.2015 | Washington, DC
Recent Media Contributions
Swiss Public Radio SRF |
12.10.2015
Saudi Arabien will militärische Stärke demonstrieren
Interview mit May Darwich