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Ruba Ali Al-Hassani
Lancaster University
Occupation
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Contact
ABOUT
Ruba Ali Al-Hassani is an Interdisciplinary Sociologist and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Lancaster University’s Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion. She is also a Research Consultant with King's College London. Ruba focuses on the study of state-society relations to centre and amplify voices on the ground in public discourse, analysis, and policy. Her research particularly focuses on Iraqi studies, law, transitional justice, crime, social control, and social movements. She co-founded the Canadian Association for Muslim Women in Law and thee Iraqi Women Academics Network. She has taught at York University and Trent University. Ruba holds a B.Sc. in Psychology & Sociology, a M.A. in Criminology, and an LL.M. in transitional justice, as she completes her PhD at Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada.
Discipline
Sociology
Sub Areas
Transnationalism
State Formation
Nationalism
Colonialism
Ethnography
Identity/Representation
Human Rights
Arab Studies
Security Studies
Democratization
Foreign Relations
Middle East/Near East Studies
Minorities
Critical Race Theory
Pedagogy
Pop Culture
Peace Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Iraq
Assyria
Kurdistan
Fertile Crescent
Iran
Ottoman Empire
Syria
Specialties
Iraqi Studies
Socio-Legal Studies
Transitional Justice
Languages
Arabic (fluent)
English (fluent)
French (intermediate)
Spanish (intermediate)
Education
LL.M. | 2008 | Osgoode Hall Law School | York University
MA | 2005 | Centre of Criminology | University of Toronto
BSc | 2004 | Departments of Sociology and Psychology | Trent University
Abstracts
Of Tishreen and Its Symbols: Women in Protest