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Joseph Sassoon is Professor of History and Political Economy at Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, where he also serves as Director. He holds the al-Sabah Chair in Politics and Political Economy of the Arab World and is a Senior Associate Member at St Antony’s College, Oxford.
His research centers on the political economy and history of the Arab world, with a strong focus on Iraq, authoritarianism, and forced migration. He has published extensively on the Ba’th Party, Saddam Hussein’s regime, and the displacement of Iraqis after 2003. His work combines archival research with political analysis to understand state structures and societal transformations in authoritarian contexts.
The trends in his publications reveal a sustained engagement with authoritarian resilience, regime dynamics, and humanitarian consequences of conflict in the Middle East. His recent books have significantly advanced scholarly understanding of state control mechanisms and refugee crises in the region.
- British-Kuwait Prize for the best book on the Middle East (2013)
Sassoon has led major research initiatives on the political economy of the Arab world and has been instrumental in shaping academic discourse through his leadership at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. He has supervised numerous graduate theses and has received external funding for research on Iraq and authoritarian governance, though specific grants are not detailed in the text.
He is affiliated with St Antony’s College, Oxford, as a Senior Associate Member, contributing to transatlantic academic collaboration on Middle Eastern studies.
