SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow (He/Him)
607-319-1273
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Mediterranean and Middle East
Areas of Interest
Modern Middle East; environment; development; social movements; climate
Biography
Owain Lawson is a historian of environment, development, and social movements in the modern Middle East. At the University of Toronto, he is completing his first book manuscript, Power Failures: Development, Sovereignty, and Environmental Justice in Lebanon. He serves as Co-Editor of Arab Studies Journal and Co-Editor of the environment page on Jadaliyya. He previously was Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History at Oberlin College and frequently teaches through Columbia and Cornell's respective Prison Education Programs.
Education
PhD, Columbia University
MA, The American University in Cairo
BA, Concordia University