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Laurie BrandRobert Grandford Wright Professor and Professor of International RelationsContact Information E-mail: brand@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-3651 Office: VKC 330 |
Biographical Sketch |
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| Laurie A. Brand (Ph.D. Columbia University, 1985) is the Robert Grandford Wright Professor and professor of international relations at the University of Southern California. She served as director of the Center for International Studies from 1997-2000, and served as Director of the School of International Relations from 2006-09. A past president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (2004), and currently chair of its Committee on Academic Freedom, she specializes in Middle East international relations and inter-Arab politics. A Carnegie Scholar for 2008-10 and a four-time Fulbright scholar to the Middle East and North Africa, she is the author of Palestinians in the Arab World: Institution Building and the Search for State (Columbia University Press, 1988), Jordan’s Inter-Arab Relations: The Political Economy of Alliance Making (Columbia University Press, 1994), and Women, the State and Political Liberalization (Columbia University Press, 1998); and Citizens Abroad: States and Migration in the Middle East and North Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2006). Her current research interests include emigration, state-expatriate relations and national narrative construction. She has carried out fieldwork in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Kuwait. She is fluent in Arabic and French, highly proficient in Spanish, and has a basic working knowledge of Hebrew and German. | |
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 Ph.D. Comparative Politics, Columbia University, 1/1985
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M.A. International Affairs, Columbia University, 1/1981
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B.S. French, Georgetown University, 1/1978
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Robert Grandford Wright Professor, University of Southern California, 09/01/2009-
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Professor, University of Southern California, 08/1999-
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Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 08/1995-08/1999
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Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 08/1989-08/1995
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Assistant Director, Institute for Palestine Studies, Washington, D.C., 12/1984-07/1989
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Professor Brand researches Middle East international relations, Middle East regional and domestic political economy and inter-Arab politics. Her most recent research focused on emigration and the state, with an emphasis on the relations between Middle Eastern and North African states and their communities of nationals resident abroad. Her current work on the interaction between Islam and nationalism in post-independence official national narratives in the Arab world. | |
Research Keywords |
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| national narrative construction, migration and diaspora, citizenship,international politics and security, Middle East affairs, regional studies - Middle East, North Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria Lebanon, Jordan, Palestinian Affairs, Arab-Israeli peace. | |
Other Research |
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Wrote position paper for EU Member State and EC migration policy brainstorming session on "The Role of the Sending State and Society",
Spring
2011
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Member of research cluster funded by Luce Foundation Grant on Religion, Identity and Global Governance, of the School of International Relations and the Center for International Studies, USC, 2006-2007
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Publications |
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Book |
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Brand, L.
(2006).
Citizens Abroad: State and Emigration in the Middle East and North Africa. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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Brand, L. A.
(1998).
Women, The State and Political Liberalization: Middle Eastern and North African Experiences. Columbia University Press.
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Brand, L.
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Jordan's Inter-Arab Relations: The Political Economy of Alliance Making. New York: Columbia University Press.
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Brand, L.
(1991).
Al-Filastiniyyun f-il-Watan al-'Arabi: Buna' al-Mu'as-sassat w-al Bahth 'an al-Dawlah, Washington, D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1991.
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Brand, L.
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Palestinians in the Arab World: Institution-Building and the Search for State, New York: Columbia University Press, 1988.
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Book Chapter |
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Brand, L. A.
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"Emigrant, Mughtarib, ‘Amil f-il-Kharij: The Language and Institutions of State-Expatriate Relations," in Les Politiques Etatiques envers les Expatriés. Paris: Presses de Sciences Politiques.
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Journal Article |
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Brand, L. A.
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Authoritarian States and Voting From Abroad: North African Experiences. Comparative Politics.
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Brand, L. A.
(2010).
Emigrants and National Narratives: State Discursive Strategies of Inclusion and Exclusion in Lebanon and Jordan. International Migration Review.
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Brand, L.
(2005).
Scholarship in the Shadow of Empire. MESA Bulletin.
Vol. n/a
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Honors and Awards |
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USC Endowed Professorship, Robert Grandford Wright Professor and Professor of International Relations, 9/1/2009-
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Carnegie Corporation Scholar, 5/2008-12/2011
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Winner of the Concours National of the Alliance Francaise of the United States,
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2007
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Council for American Overseas Research Centers, grant for four months of research in Lebanon and Jordan,
Spring
2003
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Fulbright Award, Regional Research Award for Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon, 5/2002-12/2002
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USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, 2002
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Fulbright Award, Islamic Civilization Research Grant, 1990
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Fulbright Award, Regional Research Award for Jordan, Kuwait and Tunisia, 7/1986-10/1986
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Fulbright Award, Dissertation grant, 9/1983-9/1984
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Service to the Profession |
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Editorships and Editorial Boards |
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Stanford Series in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures, Stanford University Press, 08/16/2004-
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Professional Offices |
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Chair, Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association, 2010-2011
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Professional Memberships |
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American Institute for Maghrebi Studies, 1998-
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Middle East Studies Association, 1992-
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American Political Science Association, 1989-
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Palestine American Research Center, member of the board, 2003-2008
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Pacific Council on International Policy, 1995-2008
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Middle East Studies Association, member of the board, 2003-2005
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President, Middle East Studies Association, 2004
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American Institute for Maghrebi Studies, member of the board, 1999-2001
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