جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

• Political Theory
• Decolonization Studies
• Postcolonial Studies
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Sandipto Dasgupta is an Assistant Professor of Politics at The New School for Social Research, part of The New School university system. He is currently on leave for the 2024-25 academic year as a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. His research focuses on the history of modern political and social thought, particularly the political theory of empire, decolonization, and postcolonial governance. He authored the book Legalizing the Revolution: India and the Constitution of the Postcolony (Cambridge University Press, 2024), which examines the institutionalization of postcolonial futures through India's constitutional history. Before joining The New School, Dasgupta held postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard University and the British Academy. His academic work bridges constitutional history, postcolonial studies, and political theory, with a focus on South Asia. He has been quoted in artnet news and contributed to The Wire and Research Matters . Dasgupta teaches advanced courses including Directed Dissertation Study, Field Seminar in Political Theory, and Law & Social Change. His courses explore themes such as decolonization, constitutional frameworks, and the political economy of postcolonial states. His research emphasizes critical engagement with colonial legacies and the construction of postcolonial legal-political orders.

• Strategic Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Marketing
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Nihar Amoncar is a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences. His research focuses on entrepreneurship, cultural business practices, political communication, and social marketing. Key areas include intergenerational succession in Igbo businesses, the role of social media in political discourse, and the entrepreneurial philosophies of communities like the Marwari in India. His work spans qualitative and interpretivist approaches, examining how cultural contexts shape business strategies and market creation. Recent studies highlight frameworks for measuring social marketing success and exploring the interplay between effectuation theory and entrepreneurial marketing. Notable publications include analyses of digital political communication dynamics and transgenerational business legacies. His research often bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical observations, such as interpreting Royal Enfield’s brand revival through a meta-modernist lens. No scientific awards, grants, or formal advisees are listed in the provided data. Research outputs have garnered significant attention, with over 1,080 total views and 790 downloads across his publications.

Irene Schneiderمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Islamic Law
• Legal History
• Colonial Studies
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Irene Schneider is a Research Fellow and Head of the ERC Advanced Grant 2024 project '(De)Colonizing Sharia?' at the Max-Weber-Kolleg, University of Erfurt. Her work focuses on the transformation of Islamic law (Sharia) in the Middle East and North Africa during colonial and postcolonial periods. She leads interdisciplinary research investigating codification, jurisprudence, and judicial institutions across Egypt, Morocco, Gulf states, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Iran, and Crimea. Her project challenges Eurocentric legal scholarship through collaboration with regional experts. Her research interests include Islamic law, legal history, colonial studies, and decolonial legal frameworks. Key projects explore gender dynamics in Palestinian legal discourse and the intersection of international law with Sharia systems. She holds prominent roles in academic networks, including the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies. Key Projects: ERC Advanced Grant 2024, Studies on Palestinian legal pluralism, Iranian legal discourse analysis Awards: ERC Advanced Grant 2024 Her recent publications analyze legal pluralism, gender constructs in Palestinian education, and the evolution of Sharia in colonial contexts. She collaborates with institutions across Europe and the MENA region to produce transformative legal scholarship.

Naji Sulaimanمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Ethnobotany
• Food Security
• Biocultural Heritage
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Naji Sulaiman is an Assistant Professor of Environmental and Applied Botany at the University of Gastronomic Sciences (Pollenzo Campus, Italy). His research focuses on ethnobotanical studies in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern contexts, emphasizing traditional wild plant knowledge during crises and its role in food security, cultural heritage, and sustainable systems. He holds a PhD in Tropical Agrobiology from the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, with earlier degrees in Agricultural Engineering (Latakia University, Syria) and a Master’s in Tropical Crop Management. Key research areas include plant use in wartime emergencies, biocultural heritage, and cross-cultural analysis of foraging practices. He has received the 2024 Italian Botanical Society Doctoral Award for his thesis on botany and environmental applications. Sulaiman serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, reviews for 15+ journals, and actively publishes on topics like desert truffle hunting, wild hops in breadmaking, and Romani local knowledge systems. His interdisciplinary work bridges ecology, anthropology, and food systems, with recent projects addressing overtourism’s impact on foraging traditions and the nexus between traditional practices and sustainability. Collaborations span multiple Eurasian regions, focusing on marginalized communities’ ecological knowledge preservation.

• Cultural Memory
• American Literature
• American History
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Professor Sarah Churchwell holds the Chair in Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Her research focuses on American literature, culture, and history from the late 19th century to the present, with particular emphasis on F. Scott Fitzgerald, the interwar period, and cultural memory. She examines American myths, icons, and discourses through methodologies including biographical criticism and reception history. Her work bridges academia and public discourse, appearing in outlets like the New York Review of Books , Atlantic , and Guardian . Research interests include the Great Gatsby and its receptions, histories of American fascism, and the rhetoric of phrases like 'American Dream.' She has authored monographs such as Behold, America (2018) and The Wrath to Come (2022). Current projects explore implicit historical archives and Hemingway's celebrity persona. Supervised PhD topics include Fitzgerald's cinematic legacy and 1921 archival studies. Churchwell's media commentary addresses contemporary political issues through historical lenses. She emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, connecting literature, film, and public engagement to critique cultural amnesia and ideological distortions.

Jayita Sarkarمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Global History
• Transnational History
• Nuclear History
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Jayita Sarkar is a Professor of Global History of Inequalities at the University of Glasgow's School of Social and Political Sciences. Her research focuses on global and transnational histories of capitalism, nuclear technologies, and decolonization. She holds a PhD from the Graduate Institute Geneva and a Master’s from the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne. Her major works include the award-winning Ploughshares and Swords: India’s Nuclear Program in the Global Cold War (Cornell, 2022) and the upcoming book Atomic Capitalism: A Global History (Princeton, 2024). She has held fellowships at Harvard, MIT, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Research Highlights: Explores nuclear diplomacy’s intersection with capitalism and decolonization Analyzes Cold War-era nuclear policies in South Asia and Europe Examines Rohingya crisis roots in WWII and partition legacies Awards & Recognition: 2024 Bernard S. Cohn Book Prize (Association for Asian Studies) Elected Fellow, Royal Historical Society Recipient of multiple international grants totaling over £200k Teaching: Graduate courses: Nuclear Technologies in History, Global South Asia Undergraduate modules on global inequalities and decolonization Her work bridges historical analysis with contemporary policy, addressing nuclear security, migration, and global economic systems.

• Slavery Studies
• Gender History
• American History
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Dr. R.J. Knight is a Lecturer in American History and Schools Liaison Officer at the University of Sheffield's School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities. His research focuses on enslaved women's experiences, motherhood under slavery, and the roles of white women in perpetuating racial hierarchies in the Antebellum South. He holds a PhD from the University of Reading, where he also completed his MA and BA, including a semester at the University of Mississippi. His work examines the intersections of gender, race, and labor within slaveholding households, particularly through case studies of infant-feeding practices and maternal labor. Knight has received grants from the British Library Eccles Centre, British Association for American Studies, and others. He currently supervises PhD students researching topics like Sheffield's slavery legacies and early modern manhood. Teaching includes undergraduate courses on American history, Trumpism, and family history, as well as postgraduate modules on women and slavery. He contributes to the Slavery Research Hub and collaborates internationally on projects like the 'Mothering Slaves' network.

Firoozeh Kashani-Sabetمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Iranian History
• Nationalism Studies
• Gender Studies
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on Iranian nationalism, transnational relations, gender studies, and decolonization. She explores how historical narratives shape modern political identities, with a particular emphasis on Iran's interactions with global systems of power. Key research themes include the intersection of gender and political movements, the role of race and ethnicity in state formation, and the historical roots of U.S.-Iran tensions. Her work spans from the Qajar era (18th-20th centuries) to contemporary issues like the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests. Recent publications analyze Iran's oil nationalization, global decolonization movements, and the legacy of Allied occupation during WWII. Her scholarship bridges cultural, political, and social history, often employing archival materials and transnational frameworks. Notable works include Frontier Fictions: Shaping the Iranian Nation (1999) and Heroes to Hostages: America and Iran, 1800-1988 (2023). She critiques Western-centric narratives, emphasizing Iran's agency in global histories.

Justine McConnellمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Caribbean Literature
• Classical Reception Studies
• Postcolonial Theory
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Justine McConnell is a Reader in Comparative Literature and Classical Reception at King’s College London, based in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities within the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. She holds a BA in Classics from the University of Cambridge, an MPhil in English Literature from the University of Bristol, and a PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research focuses on Caribbean and African diaspora literature, ancient Greek literature, and their interconnections, particularly exploring myth syncretism and classical literature as a tool of resistance. She also examines performance receptions of Graeco-Roman epic across media like theatre and film. McConnell’s scholarly contributions include monographs such as Black Odysseys (2013), Performing Epic or Telling Tales (2020, co-authored with Fiona Macintosh), and Derek Walcott and the Creation of a Classical Caribbean (2023). She co-edited volumes on topics like ancient slavery, Greek drama in the Americas, and global mythic fiction. Her work bridges classical studies with postcolonial and performance studies. Her articles analyze postcolonial reinterpretations of classical myths, such as Toni Morrison’s Sula and Junot Díaz’s works, alongside explorations of Caribbean drama and avant-garde epic performances. She actively engages with the arts through theatre collaborations, poetry curation, and BBC radio documentaries. Key awards include the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (University of Oxford). McConnell supervises research in classical reception, diaspora literatures, and performance studies. She is co-editor of the Routledge series Classics and the Postcolonial and participates in interdisciplinary initiatives like the Empires and Decolonizations Research Hub at King’s.

Diego Sevilla Ruizمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Software Engineering
• Database Systems
• NoSQL Technologies
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Diego Sevilla Ruiz is an Associate Professor at the University of Murcia's Faculty of Informatics, Department of Computer Engineering and Technology, where he leads initiatives in Software Engineering research. He completed his PhD in 2008 on distributed component models (CORBA-LC). His research focuses on database technologies, particularly schema evolution in NoSQL and relational databases, model-driven engineering approaches, and unified metamodeling. Recent work develops Skiql (a schema query language), Athena (schema definition language), and methodologies for referential integrity in graph databases. His publications advance database abstraction techniques, schema migration frameworks, and automated tools for database management and modernization.

Janine Hauerمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Human-Environment Relations
• Chemistry and Society
• Contaminated Sites/Eternal Burdens
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dr. Janine Hauer is a Researcher at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology within the Philosophical Faculty I at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. She holds degrees in European Ethnology (BA & MA) and Sociology (BA) from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and earned her PhD in 2024 with a dissertation titled Transforming the Ricescape: A Case Study from Burkina Faso . Her work focuses on human-environment relations, contaminated sites, and the temporal dimensions of socio-ecological change. Education: Bachelor's in European Ethnology and Sociology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Master's in European Ethnology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin PhD in Geography (2024), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Research Interests: Her current project Everyday life between chemistry and landfill: re/making and dealing with the legacies of industrial modernity examines societal engagement with industrial waste and temporal legacies in Central Germany's Chemical Triangle. Previous research centered on urbanization, land-use change, and futures in Burkina Faso, supported by extensive fieldwork from 2014–2018. Methodologically, she emphasizes ethnographic collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches. Publications span human-environment relations, temporal studies, and African development, appearing in journals like Journal of Rural Studies , Geographica Helvetica , and Anthropological Theory .

• Postcolonial Literature
• African Literature
• Law and Literature
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Peter Leman is an Associate Professor of English at Brigham Young University, specializing in 20th- and 21st-century British and postcolonial literatures. His research focuses on African oral culture, Irish literature, postcolonial theory, law and literature, and colonial legal history. He holds a PhD in English from the University of California, Irvine (2011), alongside an MA (2006) and BA (2003) from UC Irvine and the University of Idaho, respectively. His work bridges legal studies and literary analysis, particularly examining how oral traditions critique colonial modernity. Notable publications include analyses of Okot p’Bitek’s legal imagination and Jomo Kenyatta’s trial. Leman teaches courses on postcolonial literature, law and literature, and Anglophone African literature. His recent scholarship explores temporal frameworks in East African literature, dictatorship narratives, and the intersection of colonialism with legal systems. Despite no explicit mentions of grants or awards, his extensive publications reflect sustained engagement with global South legal and literary critiques.

Zoltán András Szabóمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• History of Educational Science
• Educational Discourses in Central Europe
• Content Analysis Methodology
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Zoltán András Szabó is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE). His research focuses on modern and contemporary educational discourses in Central Europe, interdisciplinary methodologies (especially content analysis), and the history of educational science from the 19th to 21st centuries. He also explores network theoretical approaches in pedagogy and educational science discourse analysis. Educational Activities: Teaching: BA in Pedagogy, MA in Educational Science and Human Resources Consulting. Doctoral Supervision: Doctoral School of Education (Educational Sciences). Professional Training: Museum Pedagogical Consultant, vocational training at Illyés Sándor Vocational College. Research Projects: Co-leader of the CENTRAL Workshops 2020 project analyzing Central European urban education in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. Deputy leader of the NKFIH-funded study on Hungarian educational science's development (1970–2017). Publications: Recent works emphasize content analysis methodology, historical educational reforms, and comparative studies. Key themes include Klebelsberg's school reforms, interwar pedagogical discourses, and network theory applications in education. Professional Activities: Editorial roles: Pedagogical Quarterly , Pedagógiai Szemle . Reviewer for international and Hungarian educational journals. Member of the Hungarian Reform Pedagogy Association and MTA (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member since 2021). Labs/Teams: Research Group on Historical, Theoretical, and Comparative Pedagogy at ELTE.

Maria Rethelyiمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Modern Hungarian Jewish History
• Jewish Mysticism
• Jewish Race Theories
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Maria Rethelyi is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Louisiana State University (LSU), serving as Section Head of Religious Studies and Director of Jewish Studies. She holds joint appointments in the Department of History and affiliate roles in Comparative Literature and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her research focuses on modern Hungarian Jewish history, Jewish mysticism, gender studies, nationalism, and Orientalism. She teaches courses on Jewish cultural history, gender and religion, and Holocaust studies. Education: M.A. in Religion from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago (2000), Ph.D. in Jewish Studies from the University of Chicago (2008). Her work explores intersections of race, gender, and identity in Jewish thought, with notable contributions to understanding Hungarian Jewish identity formation. Recent publications analyze topics like Khazar ancestry narratives, Jewish mysticism as feminist critique, and antisemitism in Hungarian literature. She has received grants from the Israel Institute, Association of Jewish Studies, and others. Awards include the 2023 ORED International Conference Travel Support and 2023 Faculty Development Grant. Her research has been supported by the American Council of Learned Societies, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and others. She directs the Jewish Studies program and engages in collaborative initiatives like the Louisiana History in Sacred Spaces project.

Jason Scott Smithمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Capitalism
• Political Economy
• Modern American History
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Jason Scott Smith is a Regents' Professor in the Department of History at the University of New Mexico, housed within the College of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on capitalism, political economy, and modern American history, particularly the New Deal era and its legacy. Smith holds a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and M.A./Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He has authored influential works such as Building New Deal Liberalism and A Concise History of the New Deal , examining the intersection of state policy and economic systems. His research spans from the 19th century to the 2008 financial crisis, emphasizing public works, labor, and business history. Smith has received prestigious awards including the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award (2017-2018) and the Abel Wolman Award for Best Book in Public Works History. He has held fellowships at Harvard Business School and Cornell University, where he also served as a visiting assistant professor. His teaching includes courses on US history since 1877, capitalism, and labor history. Smith’s work bridges academic scholarship with public engagement, as seen in his op-eds for Bloomberg View and USA Today.