Educational Background
- Ph.D., Politics, New York University, 2000
- M.A., Middle East Studies, New York University, 1992
- B.A., Near Eastern Languages and Literature, New York University, 1988
Jillian Schwedler
Distinguished Professor
- Areas of Specialization
- Comparative Politics; Social Movements & Contentious Politics; Protest & Policing; Political Geography; Middle East; Political Islam; Ethnography and Interpretive Methods
Jillian Schwedler is a distinguished professor in the Department of Political Science.
See Contact DetailsAreas of Specialization
- Comparative Politics
- Social Movements and Contentious Politics
- Protest and Policing
- Political Geography
- Middle East
- Political Islam
- Ethnography and Interpretive Methods
Selected Publications
- 2022. Protesting Jordan: Geographies of Power and Dissent (Stanford University Press).
- 2022. The Political Science of the Middle East (Oxford University Press).
- 2020. Material Obstacle to Protests in the Built Environment. Contention, vol. 8, no. 1: 70-92.
- 2020. Islamist Politics after the Arab Uprisings. Middle East Law and Governance, vol. 12, no. 1: 1-11.
- 2015. Comparative Politics and the Arab Uprisings. Middle East Law and Governance, vol. 7, no. 1: 141-152.
- 2013. Islamists in Power? Inclusion, Moderation, and the Arab Uprisings, Middle East Development Journal 5, no. 1 (April).
- 2012. The Political Geography of Protest in Neoliberal Jordan, Middle East Critique 21, no. 3 (December): 259-270.
- 2011. Can Islamists Become Moderates? Rethinking the Inclusion-Moderation Hypothesis, World Politics 63, no. 2 (April): 347-376.
- 2010. Amman Cosmopolitan: Spaces and Practices of Aspiration and Consumption, Comparative Studies in South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East 30, no. 3 (November), 547-562.
- 2010. Policing and Prisons in the Middle East: Formations of Coercion (with Laleh Khalili) (New York and London: Columbia University Press and Hurst Publishers).
- 2006. Faith in Moderation: Islamist Parties in Jordan and Yemen (New York: Cambridge University Press).
- 2005. Cop Rock: Protest, Identity, and Dancing Riot Police in Jordan, Social Movement Studies 4, no. 2 (September): 155-175.
- 2003. Who Left the Window Open? Women's Activism in Islamist Parties? (with Janine Astrid Clark), Comparative Politics 35, no. 3 (April): 293-312.
Office Hours
| Day | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 12 noon - 12:55 pm | West Building Room 1727 |
| or By Appointment | ||
Contact Details
Jillian Schwedler