Declan Murray

I am currently studying the MSc in Politics Research at Christ Church, researching voter volatility in recent UK general elections. In particular, I am interested in exploring the relationship between volatility and the closeness of constituency races. Prior to this year, I also obtained my Bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Christ Church.

Michael Levinson

I am a first-year MPhil International Relations student at St Edmund Hall. I am broadly interested in Israeli politics, international law, and US foreign policy in the Middle East. I graduated with a BA in History and International Relations from Trinity College, University of Toronto, in 2023.

James Barnett

I am a doctoral candidate in Politics at Somerville College studying conflict and political transitions in post-colonial Africa. My project examines the political roots of insecurity in Nigeria since the country’s return to civilian rule in 1999. This research draws on fieldwork conducted across each of Nigeria’s six sub-national regions, with a focus on four distinct yet interrelated conflicts: rural banditry, the jihadist Boko Haram insurgency, the Niger Delta “petro-insurgency,” and Biafran separatism.

Rebuilding From the Rubble Yet Again: Whither the Fourth Phase of Palestinian Collective Action?

BIO:

Beshara Doumani is the Mahmoud Darwish Chair for Palestinian Studies at Brown University. His research focuses on the social histories of peoples, places, and time periods marginalized by mainstream scholarship on the early modern and modern Middle East. He also writes on academic freedom, the politics and ethics of knowledge production, and the Palestinian condition. His books include Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900, and Family Life in the Ottoman Mediterranean: A Social History.
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