Middle East

Michael Byers

Professor

Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law

Politics, government, defense, military, Arctic, sovereignty, United States, human rights, civil liberties, terrorism, international, United Nations, NATO, Middle East, arms control, nuclear, treaties, diplomacy, environment, climate change, law

Hector Williams, BA Hons, MA, PhD

Hector Williams, BA Hons, MA, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Classics and Classical Archaeology

Fifty years of experience in maritime archaeology in Mediterranean and Arctic; classical archaeology in Greece and Turkey. Maritime history of Canada. Maritime museums (on board of Vancouver Maritime Museum for 30 years). Vampire archaeology (National Geographic tv special). Atlantis (once regular on CBC radio and tv on Atlantis stories).

Derek Gregory, MA, PhD (Cambridge), FBA, FRSC

Peter Wall Distinguished Professor

Aerial violence, Afghanistan, attacks on hospitals, bombing (past and present), casualty evacuation, civilian casualties, drone warfare, medical care in conflict zones, Syria, war

Ara Norenzayan, PhD

Ara Norenzayan, PhD

Professor

Social psychology, cultural psychology, evolutionary psychology, religion, culture, human cooperation, human universals, thinking across cultures

Dr. Robert Rouse, PhD

Associate Professor

medieval, middle ages, anglo-saxon, romance, geography, sexuality, medievalism, fantasy literature, game of thrones, colonialism, spatiality, spatial studies, eco-criticism, environmental humanities,

André Elias Mazawi

Professor

Sociology of education, higher education governance, international education, education and higher education policy, education in the Arab region, human rights and education

Hani Faris, PhD

Hani Faris, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Faculty Associate in the Institute of Asian Research

Middle East politics & governments, Arab politics & governments, Arab-Israeli conflict, Palestinian issue, politics of developing countries, Islam & Muslims

Dr Ayesha S. Chaudhry, PhD

Dr Ayesha S. Chaudhry, PhD

Associate Professor

Islam, Muslims, religion, gender, human rights, intersectionality, race, family and children, discrimination, racism, Islamophobia, social justice

Ziad Shawwash, PhD

Ziad Shawwash, PhD

Assistant Professor

Water resource engineering, modeling and optimization of civil engineering systems, hydropower engineering, planning and design of water and electric power systems, hydrology, flood risk management

Jeffrey Byrne, PhD

Jeffrey Byrne, PhD

Associate Professor of International & Global History

International relations, Africa, Middle East, revolution, postcolonialism, terrorism, foreign affairs, global affairs

Leila Harris, PhD

Professor

water governance, water security, gender, Turkey, South Africa, Environmental Justice