ABEER SHAHEEN
Department of International Relations University of Sharjah
P.O. Box 27272 Sharjah, UAE
Tel. +971 (0) 65053294 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION:
Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY Ph.D.: Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, January 2015
Master of Philosophy: Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, February 2012 Master of Arts: Political Science – Comparative Politics of the Middle East, May 2008 An- Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
B.A.: English language and literature; Diploma in French, May 1997
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Iraq’s history, politics and culture: Institutional transformation, critical war studies (network-centric warfare, full-spectrum dominance, culture-centric warfare, insurgency and counterinsurgency), constitutional studies and political urbanism.
- Modern history, politics and cultures of the Middle East.
- Political Theory & Post-Colonial Theory.
SUMMARY OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Date Location Position Held
5/2016-8/2016 Columbia University Associate Director (Columbia Global Centers, Amman)
8/2015-5/2016 Columbia University Lecturer of Arabic Language and Literature 8/2015-5/2016 Rutgers University Visiting Scholar of the Modern Middle East 5/2015-8/2015 Columbia University Lecturer of Arabic Language and Literature 1/2015-5/2015 Columbia University Conference Co-organizer
9/2014-5/2015 Columbia University Guest Lecturer on Iraq for Several Courses 9/2012-9/2015 Columbia University Moderator of the MEI’s Arabic Seminar 5/2013-8/2013 Columbia University Assistant Director - Arabic Language Program 5/2012-8/2012 Columbia University Assistant Director - Arabic Language Program 5/2012-8/2012 Columbia University Lecturer of Arabic Language
5/2011-8/2011 Columbia University Lecturer of Arabic Language
5/2010-8/2010 Columbia University Assistant Director - Arabic Language Program 9/2009-5/2012 Columbia University Teaching Fellow and Co-instructor
9/2003-5/2006 Birzeit University Lecturer “the Arab World in International Affairs”
9/2004-5/2006 Birzeit University Lecturer “Contemporary European Civilization”
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS:
Book Manuscript: Three-Dimensional Democracy, Baghdad: Inside Out. (Under review by Cambridge University Press).
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TEACHING & ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
- University of Sharjah, Department of International Relations, Sharjah, UAE Assistant Professor, January 2016
- Saint Peter’s University, New Jersey, NJ
Model UN Conference Consultant, September – December 2016
- Columbia University, Office of Global Programs, Amman Arabic Summer Program, Amman Associate Director & Lecturer, May – August 2016
- Columbia University, MESAAS Department, New York, NY Lecturer, 2015-2016
- Rutgers University, Middle East Studies Program, New Brunswick, NJ Visiting Lecturer, 2015-2016
- Columbia University, MESAAS Department, New York, NY Occasional Guest Lecturer, 2014-2015
- Columbia University, Middle East Institute, New York, NY
Conference Co-Organizer: “Radical Increments: Toward New Platforms of Engaging Iraqi Studies,”
January – May 2015
- Columbia University, Office of Global Programs, Amman Lecturer, May – August 2013, 2014 & 2015
- Columbia University, New York, NY
Teaching Fellow, Lecturer, MENA Workshop Coordinator, Assistant Director 2009-2013 FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:
2013 Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Middle East Institute – Columbia University 2012 Dissertation Fellowship, MESAAS – Columbia University
2012 Research Fellowship, MESAAS – Columbia University 2011 Research Fellowship, MESAAS – Columbia University 2010-2012 Teaching Fellowship, GSAS – Columbia University 2006-2010 Open Society Foundation Fellowship
2009 Language Fellowship, MESAAS – Columbia University 2009 Middlebury Language School Fellowship
1993-1997 Dean’s Fellowship – Honor list, An-Najah National University CONFERENCE PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, COLLOQUIA:
03/16. “Iraq and the Price of Stability in the Region.” Paper to be presented at the North Jersey Public, NJ:
http://www.nfrpp.org/the_us_and_iraq_2016
01/16. “Iraq and the Battle for Shaping the Middle East.” Public Lecture at the Harvard Club, NY.
04/15. “God’s Eye View into Transparent Baghdad.” Paper presented at the “Radical Increments: Toward New Platforms of Engaging Iraqi Studies” Conference, Columbia University, NY.
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02/15. “A Phenomenology of Violence: Art and Spatial Politics.” Paper presented at the University Seminars in Arabic Studies, Columbia University, NY.
03/14. “The Iraqi Archive between Dispersal and Fragmentation.” Paper presented at the “Globalizing Palestine: Birzeit University’s Archive in an International Perspective – Towards a Chaotic Order”
Conference, Birzeit University, Palestine.
11/13. “Calculative Violence: Mapping Legality onto Urban Enclaves of Baghdad.” Paper presented at the
“Baghdad: Cradle of Culture and Civilization, 1013-2013” Conference, sponsored by the Iraqi Cultural Center and The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq, Washington, DC.
09/13. “Iraq: the Making of Necro-Sovereignty.” Dissertation chapter presented at the MENA workshop, Columbia University, NY.
2-3/13. “Technological Warfare and the Omission of Human Element.” Dissertation chapter presented at the MENA workshop and MESAAS Dissertation Colloquium, Columbia University, NY.
03/12. “From Dictatorship to Democracy: Iraq under Erasure.” Excerpts from my dissertation presented at the University of Denver, Denver.
03/11. “Reflections on the Arab Spring.” Paper presented at the PFPD Annual Conference, Syracuse University, NY.
03/10. “Pipelines and Power Grids: Baghdad Refined.” Paper presented at the PFPD Annual Conference, Austin University, Texas.
04/08. “Algeria in the Democratic Discourse.” Paper presented at the Mini-APSA conference, Columbia University, NY.
03/07. “Economic Development and Democratization in Oil Producing Countries.” Paper presented at the PFPD Annual Conference, Brandeis University, Boston.
MEMBERSHIPS:
- American Political Science Association - International Political Science Association - Middle East Studies Association
LANGUAGES:
- Native Arabic - Fluent English - Advanced French
