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Yasmeen Daifallah
University of California, Santa Cruz
Occupation
Assistant Professor
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ABOUT
I teach political theory at UC Santa Cruz. I am most interested in examining the ways that modern and contemporary Arab thinkers have theorized the formation of the modern political subject in Arab societies. My future research traces the formation of the "subject of uprising" in the contemporary Egyptian context. For that, I plan to conduct ethnographic and historical research in the next few years.
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Arab Studies
19th-21st Centuries
Islamic Thought
Colonialism
Middle East/Near East Studies
Gender/Women's Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Arab States
Specialties
Postcolonial Thought, Modern Arab Thought
Languages
English (native)
Arabic (native)
French (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2012 | Political Science | University of California, Berkeley
MA (Dubl.) | 2005 | Political Science | University of California, Berkeley
MA | 2004 | Conflict Analysis and Management | Royal Roads University
BA | 2002 | Political Science | Cairo University
Abstracts
The Political Subject in Contemporary Arab Thought: Jaberi's "Critique of Arab Reason" as a Case in Point From Egyptian Spring to Egyptian Fall: Hassan Hanafi’s Critique of the Modern Egyptian Subject From Decolonial to Post-Decolonial Thought: Revolution and Pedagogy in Abdullah Laroui’s Political Thought