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Dr Ewan Stein
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Contact Details: |
Department of Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies,
University of Edinburgh
Email: Ewan.Stein@ed.ac.uk
Tel: 0044 (0)131 650 9974
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Current Activities: |
Research interests:
International Relations of the Middle East; Political Islam – especially in Egypt; History of ideas in the Arab world; Foreign Policy Analysis; Security Studies approaches to Middle East politics; Jihad – history, interpretation and application of the concept.
PhD thesis was entitled Conceptions of Israel and the Formation of Egyptian Foreign Policy, 1952-1981
Teaching:
| University of Edinburgh: |
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| Jan-April 2009 |
Advanced Issues in the Study of the Arabic-Speaking World |
| Sept 08-April 09 |
Arabic D and Arabic E (Joint course organiser) |
| Sept–Dec 2008 |
Jihad: Theory and Practice / Jihad in Muslim Politics and Society (Course organiser) |
| Jan–April 2008 |
Modern Middle East History 1 (Guest lecturer and tutor) |
| Jan–April 2008 |
Islamic History 1 (Tutor) |
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| Queen Mary College, University of London: |
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| Sept 06–March 07 |
Themes in Post-War World Politics (Teaching Assistant) |
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| London School of Economics and Political Science: |
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| Oct 05-June 06 |
Foreign Policy Analysis (Teaching Assistant) |
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| Fieldwork: |
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| Conducting fieldwork in Egypt, Summer 2009 |
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Qualifications: |
PhD, London School of Economics (2008)
Professional Memberships:
MESA, BRISMES, ISA |
Publications/Papers: |
- Article under review on Egyptian Islamic Group
- Review of Jonathon Cook, Israel and the Clash of Civilisations, British Journal of Middle East Studies (Forthcoming August 2009)
- Working on book with working title International Political Thought in Egypt: An Interpretive and Contextual History, based on PhD thesis
Upcoming Conferences:
- “International Relations, Constructivism and the Study of the Middle East: A New Orientalism?”, Annual Meeting of British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES), Manchester University, 4-6 July 2009
- "Who are the Radicals Anyway? The Islamist Movement and National Politics in Egypt”, Rethinking Jihad: Ideas, Politics and Conflict in the Arab World and Beyond, University of Edinburgh, 7-9 September 2009
- “Between Local and Global: A Sociology of the Gama’a Islamiyya’s Jihad in Egypt”, Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Boston, November 21-24 2009
Papers Delivered:
- “The Egyptian Gama’a Islamiyya’s ideological revisions: how do we judge sincerity and significance?”, CASAW Research Workshop, University of Manchester, 30-31 March 2009
- “Islamic Militancy and the Changing Faces of Security in Egypt”, CASAW Induction, University of Edinburgh, 16 September 2008
- “Near and Far: the Securitisation Strategies of Egyptian Jihadi Groups”, 49th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), San Francisco, 26-29 March 2008
- “Conceptions of Israel and the Formation of Egyptian Foreign Policy”, CASAW Conference ‘Mapping the Production of Knowledge in the Arab World,’ Cairo, 2-4 July 2007
- “The Evolution of Thinking on Zionism and Israel in Egyptian Political Society”, Oxford University Middle East Graduate Seminar, Oxford University, 27 November 2007
- “Pupils in Search of Teachers: Intellectuals and Social Change in Egypt's Liberal Age”, The Roots of Liberal Thought in the Eastern Mediterranean, Erlangen University, Germany, 30 July – 4 August, 2005
- “Towards a Transnational Sociology of Arab Intellectuals”, BRISMES Graduate Conference, Bristol University, 11 July, 2005
- “Arab Intellectuals and Antonio Gramsci”, BRISMES Critical Middle East Studies, Exeter University, 21-22 April, 2005
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