Professor Madawi Al-Rasheed FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2020
- Subjects
- Africa, Asia and Middle East
- Sections
- Africa, Asia and the Middle East
Summary
Professor Madawi Al-Rasheed brings the disciplines of history and social anthropology to the study of contemporary Saudi Arabia. Her research has explored the interplay between politics and social change, religion and gender in Saudi society, and its impact locally, regionally and internationally. Most recently, she has examined the often contradictory themes of reform and repression, as Saudi leadership seeks to promote itself on the world stage while consolidating its power domestically. Madawi Al-Rasheed is Visiting Professor at the Middle East Centre of the London School of Economics, and was previously Professor at Kings College London. A frequent participant in documentaries, debates and discussions on Saudi Arabia in both English and Arabic media, she also acts as an independent advisor to Government, Inter-Governmental and Non-Governmental Organisations.
Current post
Middle East Centre, London School of Economics Visiting Professor
Past appointments
Middle East Institute National University of Singapore Visiting Research Professor
2016 - 2017
Open Society Research Fellow
2014 - 2015
Middle East Centre, London School of Economics Visiting Professor
2013 - 2013
King’s College London Professor of Social Anthropology
1995 - 2013
University of Oxford Lecturer in Social Anthropology
1994 - 1995
Nuffield College, University of Oxford Prize Research Fellow
1991 - 1994
Publications
The Son King: Reform and Repression in Saudi Arabia
Madawi Al-Rasheed - Published in 2020 by Hurst & Co Publishers
Salman’s Legacy: the Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia
editor Madawi Al-Rasheed - Published in 2018 by Hurst & Co Publishers
Muted Modernists: The Struggle Over Divine Politics in Saudi Arabia
Madawi Al-Rasheed - Published in 2015 by Hurst Publishers
A Most Masculine State: gender, politics and religion in Saudi Arabia
Madawi Al-Rasheed - Published in 2013 by Cambridge University Press
A History of Saudi Arabia
Madawi Al-Rasheed - Published in 2010 by Cambridge University Press
Contesting the Saudi State: Islamic Voices from a New Generation
Madawi Al-Rasheed - Published in 2007 by Cambridge University Press
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Professor David Wang FBA
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