Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Amsterdam
Noord Holland
1016WV
Netherlands
ABOUT
Dr Vivienne Matthies-Boon has an interdisciplinary background that is rooted in Philosophy, Sociology, Politics, Middle Eastern Studies, and Psychology. Being a critical theorist by heart and training, her main aim in her work is to explore greater existential questions related to notions of 'humanness', 'being' and 'suffering' within cross-cultural settings that are dominated by violence and conflict, with the hope of alleviating suffering, enabling understanding and seeking transformation of both self and others. Her work is thus influenced by a great aspiration and motivation for personal and social transformation and global justice - focusing particularly on the political, social and personal ramnifications of trauma.
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Globalization
Arab Studies
Colonialism
Current Events
Democratization
Islamic Thought
Human Rights
Identity/Representation
Political Economy
Cultural Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
Syria
Specialties
Egypt, Socio-economic Rights, Trauma, Emotions, Co
Languages
Arabic (intermediate)
English (native)
Dutch (native)
Education
DrPH
| 2010
| Philosophy
| University of Liverpool
MA (Hons)
| 2004
| Sociology
| University of Warwick
BA
| 2003
| CCS and Media
| University of Leeds
Abstracts
Narrating Trauma in Egypt: On Being Human and Human Beings in Political Science
Everyday Insecurities: Political Trauma and Bio-Political Repression in (Post)Revolutionary Egypt
