Faculty News

A few highlights on the recent activities of CCAS faculty Faculty Books & Book Chapters

The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire (Published by Pantheon, October 2022) - Prof. Joseph Sassoon

“Climate and Conflict: Lessons from the Syria Case” chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Comparable Environmental Politics (Oxford Academic, June 2022) - Prof. Marwa Daoudy “Between Two Uprisings: The Study of Protest in the Middle East, 2010–2020” chapter in The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research Since the Arab Uprisings (Oxford University Press, July 2022)

Faculty Articles & Reports

Power on the Margins: Lumpenproletarian Resistance in China and Egypt (Comparative Politics, June 2022) - Prof. Killian Clarke

Cementing Saied’s Sovereign Dictatorship in Tunisia (DAWN, July 27, 2022) - Prof. Noureddine Jebnoun Migration as a path to a more sustainable world (One Earth, August 2022) - Prof. Marwa Daoudy Burnings, Beatings, and Bombings: Disaggregating Anti-Christian Violence in Egypt, 2013–2018 (Perspectives on Politics, October 2022) - Prof. Killian Clarke Power Plus: Tony Allan’s contributions to understanding transboundary water arrangements (Water International, October 17, 2022) - Prof. Marwa Daoudy Egypt and COP27: Leading Abroad, Repressing at Home (Carnegie Middle East Center, November 4, 2022) - Prof. Marwa Daoudy 10 New Insights in Climate Science (Future Earth, The Earth League, World Climate Research Program, November 10, 2022) – Prof. Marwa Daoudy Ten New Insights in Climate Science 2022 (Global Sustainability, November 2022) - Co-authored by Prof. Marwa Daoudy

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Grants

Securitisation of Food And Climate in the Syrian Conflict (August 2022) - Interview by the podcast Syria; Alternative Dialogues with Prof. Marwa Daoudy Rising Temperatures Turn Middle East Region Into Climate Hot Spot (September 14, 2022) - Interview by the Wall Street Journal with Prof. Marwa Daoudy The Rise and Fall of a Dynasty (October 20, 2022) - Book review in The New York Times of Prof. Joseph Sassoon's new book ‘The Sassoons’ Review: Hazards of Fortune (October 21, 2022) - Book review in the Wall Street Journal of Prof. Joseph Sassoon’s new book 10 Books to Read (October 31, 2022) - Feature by the Wall Street Journal on Prof. Joseph Sassoon’s new book

De la Méditerranée au Golfe, le climat est au chaud fixe (November 9, 2022) Interview by L 'Orient Le Jour with Prof. Marwa Daoudy 9 New Books We Recommend This Week (November 10, 2022) Feature by The New York Times on Prof. Joseph Sassoon’s new book Judy Asks: Is Climate Cooperation Trumping Human Rights? (November 10, 2022) - Carnegie Strategic Europe Forum interview with Prof. Marwa Daoudy Middle East Startups Rise To Challenges Of Climate Change (November 16, 2022) - Interview by Al Monitor with Prof. Marwa Daoudy Prof. Rochelle Davis is the PI on a grant from IREX to work with Tikrit University Dispatches in Iraq on developing their Research Support Center, working with the GU تﺎﯿﻗﺮﺑ Director of the Office of Sponsored Research Jesse Szeto and MAAS alum Minatullah al-Obaidi. Other Faculty News Prof. Fida Adely was elected to the Middle PublicEvents East Studies Association (MESA) Board of Directors in December 2022. ﺔﻣﺎﻌﻟا تﺎﺒﺳﺎﻨﻤﻟا Prof. Marwa Daoudy joined the Malcom H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut as a non-resident scholar and joined the editorial board of the journal Environment and Security. Prof. Judith Tucker, who retired in May afEducationOu ter four decades at Georgetown, received the prestigious Award for Scholarly Distinction treach يﻮﺑﺮﺘﻟا ﻒﯿﻘﺜﺘﻟا from the American Historical Association and was honored at a panel dedicated to her academic legacy at the MESA 2022 Annual Conference (see page 21 for details). Prof. Rochelle Davis was named the new Director of Graduate Studies, a position she IntheHeadlin began in July.es ﻦﯾوﺎﻨﻌﻟا ﻲﻓ