MAY DARWICH Durham University School of Government and International Affairs Al-Qasimi Building, Elvet Hill Road Durham, DH1 3TU United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 191 33 45672 E-mail: may.darwich@durham.ac.uk EDUCATION PhD (2015) University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Politics and International Relations. Master of Arts (2010) Institut d Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux (France), International Relations. Bachelor of Arts (2009), Cairo University (Egypt), Political Science. EMPLOYMENT Lecturer in International Relations of the Middle East, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University (since January 2016). Research Fellow, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Institute of Middle East Studies (July 2014-December 2015). Project: International Diffusion and Cooperation of Authoritarian Regimes. Teaching Assistant, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh (2012-2014). Assistant Lecturer, Cairo University, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Political Science Department (2010-2011). 1
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS o International Relations of the Middle East o International Relations Theory o Foreign Policy Analysis o Security Studies o Identity Politics PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles Forthcoming (2017). Review Article: The International Politics of Authoritarian Resilience and Breakdown in the Middle East. Mediterranean Politics. 2016 Casting the Other as Existential Threat: The Securitization of Sectarianism in the International Relations of the Syria Crisis, Global Discourse, 6(4): 712-732 (coauthored with Tamirace Fakhoury). 2016 The Ontological (In)security of Similarity: Wahhabism versus Islamism in Saudi Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy Analysis, 12(3): 469-488 2016 Ideational and Material Forces in Threat Perception: The Divergent Cases of Saudi Arabia and Syria during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). Journal of Global Security Studies, 1(2): 142-156. Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries 2017 Forthcoming. Struggling for Recognition: Saudi Foreign Policy in the Syria Crisis, in Adham Saouli and Raymond Hinnebusch (eds.) The Syrian Uprising: Regional and International Dimensions, London: Routledge. 2016 Organization of Islamic Cooperation, in The Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, Martin, Richard C. et al, eds. Macmillan Reference USA, 824-825. 2013 Arab Revolutions: Between National Demands and Supranational Implications [in Arabic]. Conference Proceedings. In Nadia Moustafa & Amal Hamada (eds.) The Arab Uprisings and the Study of Political Science [in Arabic] (Cairo: Cairo University), 416-442. Book Reviews 2016 Book review of Muted Modernists: The Struggle Over Divine Politics in Saudi Arabia, by Madawi Al-Rasheed. Global Discourse. 2016 Book review of The International Dimensions of Democratization in Egypt, by 2
Gamal Selim. Journal of Middle East Studies, 70:2, 333-334. 2016 Book review of Democracy Promotion and Foreign Policy: Identity and Interests in US, EU and Non-Western Democracies, by Daniela Huber. Democratization, 23:4, 772-774. 2012 Book Review of Le Monde Unidimensionel, by Dario Battistella, Al-Siyassa Al- Dawliya, no.183, 91. Other Publications 2017 The Concept of Offshore Balancing, Mafaheem Series [in Arabic]. Future Centre for Advanced Research and Studies. 2016 To Intervene or Not to Intervene? The Use of Military Force as Coercive Mechanism of Autocratic Diffusion. POMEPS Studies 21. 2015 Machtprestige als Motiv des Saudi Krieges im Jemen, GIGA Focus Nahost, 6/2015. 2015 The Challenge of Bridging IR and Area Studies in Middle East International Relations Teaching, LSE Middle East Center Blog, http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2015/08/18/the-challenge-of-bridging-ir-and-areastudies-in-middle-east-international-relations-teaching/ 2014 The Ontological (In)security of Similarity: Wahhabism versus Islamism in Saudi Foreign Policy, GIGA Working Paper, No. 263, December. Research under Review Afraid of What? Ideational and Material Forces in Syrian and Saudi Alliances. Book Manuscript under review at Cambridge University Press. Revised and Resubmitted upon invitation. Creating the Enemy, Constructing the Threat: The Diffusion of Repressive Policies against the Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle East. Democratization. Current Research Statehood, Recognition, and Conflict in International Relation: Explaining the Saudi Intervention Yemen. Journal article. IR in the Middle East: A Foreign Policy Analysis Perspective on Domestic and Decision Making Factors in Theoretical Approaches. Journal article co-authored with Juliet Kaarbo. Middle Powers in International Relations of the Middle East: A Theoretical Perspective. A Book Chapter. 3
RESEARCH GRANTS & FUNDING 2017 American Political Science (APSA) MENA collaborative grant to organize a workshop for MA dissertations at American University in Cairo. Amount: US$ 6,000. 2016 American Political Science (APSA) MENA collaborative grant to organize a workshop for PhD candidates at Cairo University. Amount: US$ 6,000. 2015 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) grant for field research in Egypt, September 2015. Amount: 1500 Euros. 2015 American Political Science Association (APSA) collaborative grant to organize a workshop at the Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco. In collaboration with Dr. Karen Young, Dr. Guy Burton, Dr. Ilham Sadoqi, and Nermin Allam. Amount: US$12.000. 2015 American Political Science (APSA) MENA individual grant. Amount: US$1000. 2012/2014/2015 PhD Conference Fund, School of Social and Political Science, Edinburgh. 2012-2013 Scholarship of the Arab-British Chamber Commerce Charitable Foundation. Amount: 2000. 2011-2012 Global Supplementary Grant, the Open Society Foundation. Amount: US$5000. 2011-2012 Bernard Crick Fellowship, University of Edinburgh. 2009-2010 Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie Master scholarship. 2009-2010 French Government scholarship. 2005-2009 Mohamed Farid Khamis Foundation Scholarship. TEACHING EXPERIENCE DURHAM UNIVERSITY (since January 2016) Lecturer and Convener of the following modules: International Relations and Security in the Middle East (MA Seminar) Research Projects (UG: 2 nd year) Global Regions in International Relations (UG: 1 st year) Contributed in lecturing on the following modules: International Organizations (UG: 2 nd year) PhD Seminar: Session on Case Study and Theory Development Summer School: Two sessions on Egypt 4
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (2012-2014) Tutoring and Lecturing at the School of Social and Political Science Politics of the Middle East (honours) (Fall 2012 and 2013). Political Islam (honours) (Spring 2013 and 2014) Democracy in Comparative Perspective (first year) (Spring 2013) Introduction to Politics and International Relations (first year) (Fall 2014) Lecturing and Tutoring at the International Foundation Program, Open Learning Program Introduction to International Relations (Summer 2013 and 2014) Lecturing and Tutoring at the Open Studies Program Introduction to International Relations (Spring 2014) CAIRO UNIVERSITY (2010-2011) Lecturing and Tutoring at the Political Science Department Arab Political Regimes (4 th year) Theory of International Relations (3 rd year) Theory of International Relations (MA Seminar) Religion and International Relations Theory (MA Seminar) RESEARCH SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE AT DURHAM UNIVERSITY PhD Supervision Current co-supervisor, 1 PhD Students Current secondary supervisor, 2 PhD students Member of PhD progression panels (15 students) Examinership: internal examiner for 1 PhD dissertation (2016) Additional supervision Supervisor, postgraduate taught Master s students (15 students, 2015-2017) Supervisor, undergraduate students dissertations (12 students, 2016-2017) 5
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE AT DURHAM UNIVERSITY Undergraduate Admissions Selector, Durham University (June 2016--Present) Member of the Undergraduate Education Committee Organized a series of lectures on North Africa and Transitions (Spring 2016). Academic advisor: 27 UG students and 17 PG students (2016-2017). SERVICE TO PROFESSION Co-Editor of APSA (American Political Science Association) MENA Newsletter (2016-2018), http://web.apsanet.org/mena/newsletter/ Reviewed Manuscripts for Oxford University Press, Routledge, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of International Relations and Development, Journal of Global Security Studies, International Political Sociology, and S+F. Sicherheit und Frieden. Security and Peace. CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION 2016, Statehood, Recognition, and Conflict in International Relation: Explaining the Saudi Intervention Yemen. Third IDCAR Network Conference International Resistance to Democratization. Nuffield College, Oxford University, 29-30 September. 2016, Statehood, Recognition, and Conflict in International Relation: Explaining the Saudi Intervention Yemen. Conference entitled Transformational Changes in the Middle East. Qatar University, 27-28 September. 2016, Creating the Enemy, Constructing the Threat: The Diffusion of Autocratic Policies in the Middle East. Conference on Authoritarianism, Politico-Economic Hybridity and Security in the Wider European Periphery. University of Portsmouth, 30 June 1 July. 2016, To Intervene or Not to Intervene? The Use of Military Force as an Autocratic Policy Choice, Joint Workshop GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies and POMEPS Project on Middle East Political Science, Workshop title: Transnational Diffusion, Cooperation and Learning in the Middle East and North Africa: A Post-Arab Uprisings Perspective, Hamburg, 8-9 June. 2016, Creating the Enemy, Constructing the Threat: The Diffusion of Autocratic Policies in the Middle East, International Studies Association, Atlanta GA, March. 2015, Power Prestige and Saudi War in Yemen, Conference on Wars and Wars Ending in the Post- 2011 Middle East, a cooperation between GIGA and Lebanese American University (Byblos), 12-13 November. 6
2015, Creating the Enemy, Constructing the Threat: The Diffusion of Autocratic Policies in the Middle East Second Network Conference of the International Diffusion and Cooperation of Authoritarian Regimes (IDCAR), University of Texas, Austin, 1-3 October. 2015, Securitization of Sectarianism in the International Relations of the Syrian Conflict, Workshop on Sectarianism, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, June 19 (co-authored with Dr. Tamirace Fakhoury). 2015, The Challenge of Bridging Disciplines and Area Studies in Teaching Middle East Politics, Workshop on the Ethics of Political Science Research and Teaching in MENA, APSA Workshop at the University of Mohammed V, Rabat, 9-10 June. 2015, Rethinking Ideational and Material Forces in Threat Perception: The Divergent Cases of Syria and Saudi Arabia, Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Annual Conference, Washington DC, 21-22 May. 2015, The Interplay of Identity and Power in Middle Eastern Foreign Policies: The Cases of Syria and Saudi Arabia in 2006. The International Studies Association (ISA), New Orleans, 18-21 February. 2015, The Ontological (In)security of Similarity: Wahhabism versus Islamism in Saudi Foreign Policy. The International Studies Association (ISA), New Orleans, 18-21 February. 2014, The Interplay of External Support and Domestic Conditions of Authoritarianism in Middle East Politics: The Case of Egypt, The International Diffusion and Cooperation of Authoritarian Regimes Network Conference (IDCAR), Hamburg, 17-19 December. 2014, The Interplay of External Support and Domestic Conditions of Authoritarianism in Middle East Politics. Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington DC, 22-25 November. 2014, Wahhabism versus Islamism: The Ontological (In)security of Similarity in Saudi Foreign Policy. The World Congress of Middle East Studies (WOCMES), Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 18-22 August. 2014, Anxiety in International Relations: A Comparative Analysis of Saudi Foreign Policy in 1979 and 2011. The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES), University of Sussex, Brighton, 18-20 June. 2014, Wahhabism versus Islamism: The Ontological (In)security of Sameness in the Saudi Foreign Policy. MENA Workshop of the American Political Science Association, Tunis, 4-9 June. 2014, Rethinking Ideational and Material Forces in International Relations: Syria and Saudi Arabia as Case Studies. The International Studies Association (ISA), Toronto, 26-29 March. 2012, The Arab Spring: Saudi Arabia and the Monarchical Security Complex. The Annual Graduate Conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES), London, 11 June. 7
MEDIA CONTRIBUTION & PUBLIC TALKS Public Lecture with Thomas Richter, Saudi Arabia Post-Arab Spring: From Regional Ambitions to Domestic Realities, June 2016, GIGA, Berlin. Interview on the Swiss Public Radio: Saudi Arabia Showing Off Its Military Power, 12 October 2015, http://www.srf.ch/play/radio/popupaudioplayer?id=3ce30feb-89ed-4d67-b931- bd4ea0c74889 LANGUAGES Arabic English French German Mother tongue Fluent Fluent Intermediate PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS International Studies Association American Political Science Association Durham, March 2017. 8