Ora Szekely’s research focuses on the foreign and domestic policies of nonstate armed groups in the Middle East, as well as the gendered dimensions of civil war. Her work is based on field research conducted across the region. Her most recent book, Syria Divided: Patterns of Violence in a Complex Civil War (Columbia University Press, 2023) explores the relationship between conflict narratives and performative violence in the Syrian civil war. She teaches courses on the comparative politics of the Middle East along with courses on identity politics and political violence. She is also affiliated with the programs in Peace and Conflict Studies and Women and Gender Studies.
Ora Szekely
Associate Professor, Political Science
- About
- Scholarly and creative works
Degrees
- Ph.D. in Political Science, McGill University, 2011
- M.A. in Social Sciences, University of Chicago, 2004
Scholarly and creative works
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Syria Divided: Patterns of Violence in a Complex Civil War
2023ISBN #9780231205399New York, NY -
Syria Divided: Patterns of Violence in a Complex Civil War
2023New York, NYUSA -
The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Chapter: Female Combatants in the MCUPublished by University Press of Kansas2022 -
COVID-19 and fieldwork: Challenges and solutions
Published in PS: Political Science and PoliticsJanuary2021Vol. 54Issue #2 -
The Stories from the Field Podcast, Co-Host
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Stories from the Field: A Guide to Navigating Fieldwork in Political Science
2020 -
Doing Good While Killing: Why some insurgent groups provide community services
Published in Terrorism and Political ViolenceMay2020 -
Exceptional Inclusion: Understanding the PKK’s Gender Policy
Published in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism2020 -
Insurget Women: Female Combatants in Civil Wars
2019 -
The Politics of Militant Group Survival in the Middle East: Resources, Relationships, and Resistance
2017 -
Doing Well By Doing Good: Understanding Hamas’ Social Services as Political Advertising
Published in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism2016Vol. 38Issue #4 -
A Friend In Need: The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Syria’s Clients (A Principal-Agent Approach)
Published in Foreign Policy Analysis2016Vol. 12Issue #3 -
Proto-state Realignment and the Arab Spring
Published in Middle East Policy2016Vol. 23Issue #1 -
Gender Ideologies and Forms of Contentious Mobilization in the Middle East
Published in Journal of Peace Research2013Vol. 40Issue #3 -
Hezbollah’s Survival: Resources and Relationships
Published in Middle East Policy2012Vol. 19Issue #4 -
Project on Middle East Political Science 10th Anniversary Volume
Chapter: Military Organizations in the Middle East