We are thrilled to be cosponsoring this upcoming lecture with the African Studies Program here at UW Madison!
The lecturer, Jeannie Sowers, is Professor and Chair of the Political Science and International Affairs Department at the University of New Hampshire. Her research explores political and environmental change in the Middle East and North Africa, with a recent focus on protracted conflicts and environmental infrastructures.
Her books include Environmental Politics in Egypt: Experts, Activists, and the State (Routledge, 2013), Modern Egypt: What Everyone Needs to Know with Bruce Rutherford (Oxford University Press, 2019), The Journey to Tahrir: Revolution, Protest, and Social Change in Egypt (Verso, 2012), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics (2023), and a number of articles and book chapters. She is currently a non-resident fellow at the Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution, and in 2021-22 held a Faculty Leave Fellowship at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University.
