Occupation
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Contact
School of Middle Eastern & North African Studi
Marshall Bldg. 440, 845 N. Park Ave
PO Box 210158B
Tucson
AZ
85721
United States
ABOUT
Lyndall Herman is a PhD candidate in the School of Middle Eastern and North Africa Studies at the University of Arizona. Her research interests include civil-security relations, the place of international aid organizations in conflict, Islamic social movements, Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and identity politics, particular in the Gaza Strip, the Sinai, and Israel. Lyndall received her BA with honours in Political Science and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona, before moving to London to attend King’s College where she received her MA in Intelligence and International Security. While living in London, Lyndall worked for the One World Trust and Future Events News Service, as a Research Analyst on the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia desk. From 2007-2009 Lyndall worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the Gaza Strip, before returning to London to work for Conciliation Resources, a peacebuilding NGO. Her recent publications include "Hamas: The New Establishment?" in the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences Special Issues on the Islamist Spring, Fall 2013.
Discipline
International Relations/Affairs
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Conflict Resolution
Foreign Relations
Middle East/Near East Studies
Peace Studies
Security Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Gaza
Israel
Mediterranean Countries
Palestine
The Levant
West Bank
Specialties
Civil-military Relations, With A Particular Focus
The Evolution And Applicability Of The Responsibil
Languages
Arabic (intermediate)
Hebrew (intermediate)
Spanish (intermediate)
French (elementary)
Education
MA
| 2007
| War Studies
| Kings College London
BA
| 2006
| Near Eastern Studies & Political Science
| University of Arizona
Abstracts
The Evolution and Current Position of the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine: A Middle Eastern and North African based case study
Being Gazan: identity, institutions, and internationality in the Gaza Strip
Hamas Through a Difference Lens: What Memoirs Reveal About the Organization’s Competing Priorities
