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Dr Victoria Mason
Victoria Mason worked in Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe) until January 2011.
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
Degree: PhD
Associated research centres and groups: Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe), Greater Middle East and Islamic Studies Network, Human Rights Forum, Richardson Institute for Peace Studies
Current Teaching
Victoria was the convenor of:
POLI 316: Politics of the Middle East
POLI 321: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
PCON335:The Politics of Human Rights: Theory and Practice
PCON 336: Contemporary Issues in Human Rights
POLI 416: Politics and International Relations of the Middle East (Lent term)
She also taught:
POLI 100: Understanding Politics and Governance
Research Interests
Victoria was a lecturer in the Politics and International Relations of the Middle East and the Politics of Human Rights. She is part of the Richardson Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution and is involved with the International State Crime Initiative (http://statecrime.org/) run by Kings College London, Harvard and Hull Universities. Victoria convened Lancaster University's interdisciplinary 'Greater Middle East and Islamic Studies' Network and is a member of the University's 'Human Right Forum', 'Migrancy Research Group', 'Centre for Gender and Women's Studies' and the 'Centre for Mobilities Research' (CeMoRe).
Victoria joined the department in late 2007 after previously teaching in a range of subjects at Victoria University in New Zealand and Melbourne and Curtin Universities in Australia. In 2008 she received her PhD from Curtin University in Australia on the consequences of the 1990-91 Gulf conflict for Palestinians in Kuwait.
Her broad research areas are the Politics and International Relations of the Middle East and the Politics of Human Rights. In terms of the Middle East, she focuses on the Palestinian question, conflict and conflict resolution in the Middle East (particularly Israel-Palestine and Iraq), and issues relating to refugees and minorities. Her wider human rights research includes projects on state violence, the treatment of refugees, and issues of Islamophobia and anti-Arab discrimination in the West.
Victoria is regularly asked to peer review books and articles and has presented her work at major international conferences, including: the International Studies Association, the Middle East Studies Association of North America, the World Congress for Middle East Studies and the British Society for Middle East Studies. She is a Board Member of the Journal Africana: A Journal of Ideas on Africa and the African Diaspora, based at Boston University's African Studies Center: http://www.africanajournal.org/index.html
Her current research projects include:
The Palestinian Question:
*A project on Economic, Social and Cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. In 2009 Victoria received a grant from the British Academy for this project.
*Ongoing projects on Palestinian exile. Victoria is currently completing a book manuscript on the politics of the Palestinian exilic diaspora.
*Ongoing projects on the Palestinian question and resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Iraq:
*A project on the Iraqi refugee crisis created by the 2003 war, with a particular focus on the impact of the conflict on the social capital of Iraqi refugees. In 2009 Victoria was awarded a Research and Enterprise, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Lancaster University) grant towards this research.
*Examining the impact of the 2003 Iraq war on the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. In 2007 Victoria was awarded a Research and Enterprise, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Lancaster University) grant towards this research.
*In collaboration with Kynan Gentry, research on cultural destruction as a mechanism of political domination - focusing on the case-study of Iraq.
Human Rights:
*Investigating state violence and human rights - particularly the use of terror by states.
*A number of ongoing projects relating to Islamophobia, anti-Arab discrimination and hate-crime in the West.
Potential Doctoral Proposals
Victoria is interested in supervising PhDs in Middle East politics and international relations. She is also interested in projects relating to human rights.
Recent Selected Publications
Books:
Mason, Victoria, (Ed.) Loyalties, Perth, Australia: API Network Press, September 2007.
Book Chapters:
Mason, Victoria, "Revenge and Terror: The destruction of the Palestinian community in Kuwait," Contemporary State Terrorism: Theory and Practice, Eds. Richard Jackson, Eamon Murphy and Scott Poynting, London: Routledge, September 2009. ISBN: 978-0-415-49801-2. http://www.routledgestrategicstudies.com/books/Contemporary-State-Terrorism-isbn9780415498012
Poynting, Scott and Victoria Mason,"Tolerance, Freedom, Justice and Peace ? : Britain, Australia and Anti-Muslim Racism since September 11th 2001?". In B. Spalek, (ed.) Ethnicity and Crime: A Reader. Open University Press., 2008. ISBN: 9780335223794
Mason, Victoria, "Ghurbah: Constructions and negotiations of home, identity and loyalty in the Palestinian diaspora," Loyalties, Perth, Australia: API Network Press, September 2007.
Mason, Victoria, "Needed but not accepted: The ambiguous role of Palestinian migrant workers in Kuwait following the discovery of oil," On the Edge: Refereed Proceedings, Ed. Cathy Cupitt and Gemma Edeson, Perth: Black Swan Press, 2001, pp.13-28.
Journal Articles:
Poynting, Scott and Victoria Mason, "The New Integrationism, the State and Islamophobia: Retreat from Multiculturalism in Australia," International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, Vol xx, October 2008, pp.1-17.
Mason, Victoria, "Children of the 'idea of Palestine': identity and belonging in the Palestinian diaspora," Special Edition: 'Negotiating Belonging: Migration and Generations,' Journal of Intercultural Studies, Vol 28, No3, August 2007, pp.271-284.
Poynting, Scott and Victoria Mason "The Resistible Rise of Islamophobia: Anti-Muslim Racism in the UK and Australia before 9/11," Journal of Sociology, Vol 43, No 1, March 2007, pp.61-86.
Poynting, Scott and Victoria Mason "'Tolerance, freedom, justice and peace': Britain, Australia and anti-Muslim racism since 11th September," Journal of Intercultural Studies, Vol 27, No.4, November 2006, pp.365-391.
Mason, Victoria, "Strangers within the lucky country: Arab-Australians post September 11" in 'September 11: Global Impacts,' Journal of Comparative Studies of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Vol 24, No 1, 2004, pp.233-243.
Eprints Publications Repository and Bibliographic Database
Victoria Mason has 10 selected publication records listed on this webpage. Use links to access abstracts and full text where available. View all records to sort by date, type and title. For all ePrints records go to http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk
Mason, Victoria (2009) Revenge and terror : the destruction of the Palestinian community in Kuwait. In: Contemporary state terrorism : theory and practice. Routledge, London, pp. 233-243. ISBN 978-0-415-49801-2
Poynting, Scott and Mason, Victoria (2008) The new integrationism, the state and Islamophobia : retreat from multiculturalism in Australia. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 36 (4). pp. 230-246. ISSN 1756-0616
Poynting, Scott and Mason, Victoria (2008) Tolerance, Freedom, Justice and Peace ? : Britain, Australia and Anti-Muslim Racism since September 11th 2001? In: Enthicity and Crime : a reader. Open University Press, Maidenhead. ISBN 9780335223794
Mason, Victoria (2007) Children of the "Idea of Palestine": Negotiating Identity, Belonging and Home in the Palestinian Diaspora. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 28 (3). pp. 271-285. ISSN 1469-9540
Mason, Victoria (2007) Ghurbah : constructions and negotiations of home, identity and loyalty in the Palestinian diaspora. In: Loyalties. Symposia . API Network Press, Perth, Australia, pp. 131-144.
Mason, Victoria (2007) Loyalties. Symposia . API Network Press, Perth, Australia.
Poynting, Scott and Mason, Victoria (2007) The resistible rise of Islamophobia : anti-Muslim racism in the UK and Australia before 9/11. Journal of Sociology, 43 (1). pp. 61-86. ISSN Online ISSN: 1741-2978 Print ISSN: 1440-7833
Mason, Victoria and Poynting, Scott (2006) "Tolerance, Freedom, Justice and Peace"?: Britain, Australia and Anti-Muslim Racism since 11 September 2001. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 27 (4). pp. 365-391. ISSN 1469-9540
Mason, Victoria (2004) Strangers within the lucky country : Arab-Australians post September 11. Journal of Comparative Studies of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, 24 (1). pp. 233-243. ISSN 1548-226X
Mason, Victoria (2001) Needed but not accepted : the ambiguous role of Palestinian migrant workers in Kuwait following the discovery of oil. In: On the edge : refereed proceedings of the fourth annual Curtin Humanities Postgraduate Research Conference, 2000. Black Swan Press, Perth, Australia, pp. 13-28. ISBN 1740671155
Associated Keywords: Arab world, Conflict, Diaspora, Human rights, Islam, Islamophobia, Middle East, Migration, Migration and diaspora, Mobilities, Peace, Race and racism, Refugee
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