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Muriam H Davis

Muriam H Davis

Associate Professor

History Department

Areas of expertise: North Africa, Middle East Studies, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Capitalism, European Studies


Biography, Education and Training

2004-2006: MA in Arab Studies, Georgetown University 2006-2008: MA in Culture and Theory, University of California, Irvine 2008-2015: PhD in History, NYU  2015-2016: Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute 


Areas of expertise: Middle East Studies, North Africa, Mediterranean Studies, Sociology, Comparative Politics, Critical Theory, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies


Biography, Education and Training

My research spans the field of Middle Eastern studies, critical security studies, critical race and ethnic studies, and comparative politics, combining an ethnographic approach with a conceptual apparatus inspired by critical theory. I am particularly interested in the effects of protracted and entangled crises (popular uprisings, “war on terror,” refugee crisis, neoliberalization) in North Africa and beyond. My first book, The Suspended Disaster: Governance by Catastrophization in B... more »

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