Middle East Research Group

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The Middle East Research Group hosts interdisciplinary research activities undertaken by academic staff and postgraduates from across the College of Humanities and Social Science with a research interest and expertise on the modern and contemporary politics of the Middle East. Members' work has been internationally recognised, as illustrated by: the various research grants that members have obtained, such as the Marie Skłodowska-Curie and the Leverhulme fellowships; editorial affiliations with University of Edinburgh Press and journals like Constellations: An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory; the involvement as consultants with international organisations such as UNESCO, UN Women, International Centre for Transitional Justice, and the World Bank and with professional associations such as the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Council. Group members’ publications have also received prizes and award nominations. Members of the group were also active in the establishment of the Middle East Network in Scotland, which brings together scholars of the region who are based in Scottish universities.

Key Research Themes are:

• Critical political economy of the Middle East
• International law and the Middle East
• International Relations and the Middle East
• Humanitarianism
• Political Islam
• Social movements
• Social and political theories of the state
• Gulf politics
• Social and political theories in the Middle East
• Politics and sociology of knowledge

The Middle East Research Group (MERG) seminar series is an interdisciplinary space that is geared towards discussing work-in-progress by PhD and MS by Research students at UoE, whose research focuses on the modern and contemporary Middle East politics. UoE graduate students in research degrees, fellows and colleagues whose research is related to the region are welcome to join the seminar series. The Contemporary Middle East Series (CMES), sponsored by Politics and IR, hosts public lectures, roundtables and teach-ins on modern and contemporary issues related to the region. To date, this interdisciplinary series has featured book launches, research workshops, and roundtables by scholars and experts who are based in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and North America.

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Politics and International Relations
University of Edinburgh
Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LD

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University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh