Owain Lawson

Owain Lawson

First Name: 
Owain
Last Name: 
Lawson
Title: 
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow (He/Him)
Phone : 
607-319-1273
Biography : 

Owain Lawson is a historian of environment, development, and social movements in the modern Middle East. At the University of Toronto, he is completing his first book manuscript, Power Failures: Development, Sovereignty, and Environmental Justice in Lebanon. He serves as Co-Editor of Arab Studies Journal and Co-Editor of the environment page on Jadaliyya. He previously was Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History at Oberlin College and frequently teaches through Columbia and Cornell's respective Prison Education Programs.

Education: 
PhD, Columbia University
MA, The American University in Cairo
BA, Concordia University
Personal Website: 
https://www.owainlawson.com/

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Modern Middle East; environment; development; social movements; climate

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Meta Description: 
Learn more about Owain Lawson, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto's Department of History.