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Political Theory: Our Faculty

Petra Samaha

PhD Candidate

petra.samaha@sciencespo.fr

Research Interest(s): Public space, land, State theory

Discipline(s): Geography

Subdiscipline(s): Urban Geography, Political Theory

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Global economy, capitalism, extraction, Environmental risks and planetary limits

Geographical Area(s): Middle East

Country(ies): Lebanon

Thesis topic:

On the Meaning of the “Public” in a Propertied Landscape: Space matters and State representations. The case of Lebanon, supervised by Eric Verdeil

Jacques Sémelin

CNRS Emeritus Research Professor

jacques.semelin@sciencespo.fr

Research Interest(s): Genocide and mass violence, survival and rescue in genocidal situations, civil resistance.

Discipline(s): Political Science, History

Subdiscipline(s): Comparative Politics, Political Theory

Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Violence, war and peace

Geographical Area(s): Global realm

Language(s): English

Astrid von Busekist

Professor

astrid.vonbusekist@sciencespo.fr

Research Interest(s): Politics of language, Law and religion

Discipline(s): Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): Political Theory

Research Group(s): Art, humanities, and international research, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination