Dr. Benjamin Isakhan |
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| Position | Senior Research Fellow | |
| benjamin.isakhan@deakin.edu.au | ||
| Area | Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation | |
| Phone | +61 3 924 43934 | |
| Campus | Burwood | |
| Location | Building D, Room 2.05 | |
| Role and profile | Dr Benjamin Isakhan is Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Citizenship and Globalization and the Convenor of the Australian Middle East Research Forum, Deakin University. Previously, Ben has been Research Fellow with the Centre for Dialogue at La Trobe University and Research Fellow and Lecturer for the Griffith Islamic Research Unit, part of the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies, Australia. Ben has also been Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies and the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago (US) and at the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University (UK). | |
| Research interests |
• Democracy in Iraq • Middle East Studies • Orientalism and the media • The history of democracy • Middle Eastern politics and history • The cultural heritage of the Middle East |
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| Current research projects | In 2011, Dr Isakhan was awarded a highly prestigious Research Fellowship as part of the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) Scheme. This project, starting in 2012, is entitled ‘Measuring the Destruction of Heritage and Spikes of Violence in Iraq’ and seeks to investigate the complex inter-relationship that exists between the destruction of cultural heritage and sharp upsurges in terror and violence. | |
| Service to the University, discipline or community |
Editorial Committee: • Global Change, Peace and Security (international peer-reviewed journal) • Journal of Democratic Theory (international peer-reviewed journal) |
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| Awards |
Awards Include: • Isakhan, B. (2012). Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Research: Early Career Researcher. University wide award competition for best ECR contribution to research. Chief Investigator: Deakin University. $5000 • Isakhan, B. (2011). Measuring the Destruction of Heritage and Spikes of Violence in Iraq. Australian Research Council. Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Chief Investigator: Deakin University. $375,000. • Isakhan, B. (2011). Measuring Heritage Destruction and Spikes of Violence in Iraq. Deakin University Central Research Grant Scheme. Chief Investigator: Deakin University. $22,000. • Isakhan, B. (2009). La Trobe University Postdoctoral Research Proposal Award. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (for Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship submission). Chief Investigator: La Trobe University. $6000. |
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| Qualifications |
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Psychology (1997) First Class Honours in Literature and Cultural Studies (1998) PhD in Middle East Studies (2009) |
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| Memberships |
Middle East Studies Association (US) The American Academic Research Intitute in Iraq (US and Iraq) The International Association of Contemporary Iraqi Studies (UK) The Middle East Institute (US) The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (UK) Australasian Political Science Association (APSA) |
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| Research link | View Deakin associated research data | |
| Publications | Key Publications Include: | |
| Additional URLs | View Dr Benjamin Isakhan's website View the Australian Middle East Research Forum View the website for Democracy in Iraq: History, Politics, Discourse | |
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22nd April 2013