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Hicham Safieddine is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in the History of the Modern Middle East at the University of British Columbia's Department of History within the Faculty of Arts. His academic appointments and research focus span multiple disciplinary areas including Economic History, Empire & Colonialism, Global & International History, and Politics & the State.
- Ph.D. in Middle East Studies, University of Toronto
- M.A. in Political Science, York University
- M.A. in Economics, University of Rochester, NY
Safieddine's research centers on financial, economic and intellectual history (19th and 20th centuries) with particular emphasis on the MENA region. His work examines the emergence and transformation of global and national monetary regimes and financial systems under capitalist expansion, debt, war, colonial conquest, national liberation and revolution. He also specializes in the history of economic thought, as well as modern Arab and Islamic thought, with emphasis on the age of anti-colonial national liberation in the mid-20th century. His research interests include Political Economy of the Middle East, Modern Arab and Islamic Thought, Economic Thought and Theory, Global Financial Order, and Currency Regimes.
His publications demonstrate a consistent focus on Middle Eastern financial history, anti-colonial thought, and intellectual history. Recent works show increasing attention to Arab socialism, Marxist theory in the Arab context, and the intersection of banking systems with state formation. His scholarship bridges economic history with political theory, particularly examining how financial systems interact with colonial and post-colonial state structures.
- Canada Research Chair in the History of the Modern Middle East
Safieddine is actively involved in graduate supervision, welcoming students interested in Financial History (Global, 18th to 20th century), Modern Intellectual History (Economic/Arab/Islamic), and Political Economy and State-formation of the late and post-Ottoman Arab region (19th and 20th centuries). Beyond academic work, he co-founded e-zines Al-Akhbar English and The Legal Agenda's English Edition, with press writings appearing in The Toronto Star, Al-Jazeera English, The Monthly Review, Le Monde Diplomatique, and numerous other publications.
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