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Dr. Elisabeth Hope Murray

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Postdoktorandin (2011-2013)

Anschrift

Universität Hamburg
Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften
Fachbereich Geschichte
5. Arbeitsbereich Globalgeschichte

Schwerpunkte

  • Project: "From Famine to Genocide. Environement and Violence in Northern and Central Africa, 1950-2000". This project was founded by the KlimaCampus Center for Excellence in Climate Sciences undertaken in conjunction with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zimmerer, Department of History.

Biografische Notiz

  • 2014 to present Assistent Professor in the Department of Security Studies and International Affairs, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
  • 2013-2014 University of South Florida, St. Petersburg - Lecturer
  • 2011-2014 University of Hamburg, Germany  - Post-doctoral Researcher
  • 2002-2014 Chistian Youth Exchange - Bord Member, US policy specialist (Germany/Austria, teaching U.S. history, government, policy, and cultural norms to German high school students. Classes taught in English)
  • 2007-2011 University of Edingbourgh - Lecturer/Organizer and Graduate Administrator
  • 2004-2005 Mount Paran Christian School - Teacher
  • June 2002-July 2002 Universität Münster, Comparative Politics - Research Assistant

Education

  • September 2006-April 2011 University of Edingburgh (Scotland): PhD in Politics
  • Thesis 'Pathways to genocide: the process of ideological realization'
  • September 2003-September 2004 University of Edingbourgh (Scotland)
  • MSc in Nationalism Studies, Genocide specialist
  • Thesis 'Under Attack: Genocide and the Homeland at War' - distinction
  • September 2000-June 2003 Samford University - Birmingham, ALBA in International Relations (mayor); History and German (minor) - honors

Honors

  • PHI ALPHA THETA - US National History Honors Society
  • DELTA PHI ALPHA - US National German Honors Society
  • University of Edingbourgh Student Association Teaching Award Nominee (2008-2011)
  • University of Edingbourgh nominee for the ECPR Blondel Price in Research Excellence (2012)
  • Nominee for the Wiener Library's Fraenkel Price in Contemporary Historiy (2012)

Professional Affiliation

  • International Network of Genocide Scholars, Executive Board Member
  • American Political Science Association
  • Women in International Security

Published Work 

  • "Disruption Pathways to Genocide. London: Palgrave Macmillian (2014).
  • "The anti-nation: Re-evaluation otherness in the process of radicalization", in: Nations and Nationalism vol. 20: issue 1(2014).
  • "Shifts in Genocide Studies: Genocide, conflict and climate change", in: Institut for the Study of Genocide Issue 49 (2014).
  • "Under Attack: Genocidal Ideology and the Homeland at War", in: Nationalism Studies 2011.