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I joined the School in 2008. I had previously taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies (London), having studied and worked in Britain, Germany and the Middle East. I have also taught as a guest lecturer in Middle East history and politics at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Pavia, Italy.
I am an Associate of the Ekklesia think-tank, which addresses issues relating to religion and public life, and write occasional comment pieces for their news service.
I initiated and run the Christians in the Middle East Network together with a colleague from St Andrews.
More information is available on my Academia.edu page; see also my personal website.
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- The primary focus of my research is on transnational interactions. I have mainly published on Scottish missions to Palestine in the 19th and early 20th centuries, seeking to explore issues of reculturation, identity and alterity. My current research centres on the ways in which, in relation to Mandate Palestine, understandings of gender (especially within churches) crossed national and cultural boundaries between Europe and the Middle East. This includes study of the main Middle Eastern religious traditions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity.
- I have broad interdisciplinary interests, cutting across boundaries between theology, religion, postcolonial theory, history, gender studies, politics, current affairs, and conflict resolution/transformation, in particular as these themes relate to Europe's links to the Middle East. Aside from the historical nature of my primary field of study, I therefore also have interests in the study of the so-called 'war on terror', the role of the West in the Middle East, religious involvement in contemporary society and politics (especially 'extremist' forms of religion), and related matters.
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2009
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forthcoming 'The role of western missionary health-care in the early stages of the Middle East conflict', in The social dimension of mission in the Middle East (19th and 20th century), ed. Roland Löffler
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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'Imperialism and evangelism: Scottish missionary methods in late 19th and early 20th century Palestine', in Holy Land Studies, vol 5, no. 2, November 2006, 105-186
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2006
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'Communicating home: Scottish missionary publications in the 19th and early 20th centuries', in the edited collection Christian witness... (see above), 81-98
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2005
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2004
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'Perceptions and Realities of the Holy Land', review article in Holy Land Studies, vol 3, no. 1, May 2004, 113-117
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