Toby Matthiesen
Overview
Contact Details
- Name:
- Toby Matthiesen
- Email address:
- tmatt@soas.ac.uk
- Address:
- School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
Study
- Thesis title:
- The Shia of Saudi Arabia: Identity Politics, Communalism and the Saudi State
- Year of Study:
- 2
Internal Supervisors
PhD Publications
- Book Review of Fouad Ibrahim: The Shi’is of Saudi Arabia in: Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, (SEN), Vol. 8, Issue 1 (spring 2008)
- Article: "The Shi'a of Saudi Arabia at a Crossroads", in Middle East Journal Online, May 6 2009.
PhD Conferences
- ‘Public Sphere as Political Opportunity : Islamic Welfare Services in Egypt', Alternative Futures and Popular Protest: Social Movements Conference at Manchester Metropolitan University, 17 March 2008
- ‘Framing Cultural Politics in the Middle East’, Framing Strugles: Critical Approaches to Anthropology and Sociology, Graduate Conference of the Central European University, Budapest, 14 June 2008
Interests / Disciplines
Middle East Politics (especially the Gulf countries, Iran, Syria and Lebanon), construction of identities, sectarianism, social movements, historical myths and narratives
