Denis Sullivan
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; PhD Graduate Program Director
Dr. Sullivan is the author of dozens of journal articles, book chapters, policy briefs, blogs and encyclopedia entries plus a number of books, with special focus on Egypt, civil society, Islamism, and Egyptian-American security and economic relations. He is the founding Director of the Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies and the founder of Northeastern’s Dialogue of Civilizations Program. His current work focuses on the Syrian and Yemen civil wars and refugee crises, and on citizenship in the Middle East.
- 2020-23, US State Department and US Embassy, Belgrade. University Partnership Program: Northeastern University & University of Belgrade, Faculty of Economics & Business. Faculty and student exchanges; Model EU program; Belgrade Summer School; Joint research projects.
- 2018-22, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Principal Investigator, “The Crisis and Future of Citizenship in the Arab Region” (BCARS research and policy project)
- 2017-18, Scholar Rescue Fund, to mentor and host a refugee-scholar at risk, IIE – Institute of International Education
- 2016-18, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Principal Investigator, “Learning from Syria and the Balkans: Policy Development related to Transnational Crises”
- 2013-15, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Principal Investigator and Founding Director of the “Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies”
- 2012-18, “Project Global Officers (Project GO): Arabic Language training for ROTC Cadets”, IIE – Institute of International Education and U.S. Department of Defense
- 2011-12, Carnegie Corporation of New York & Social Science Research Council, “Islamic Traditions & Muslim Societies”
- 2011, IIE Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education: “Dialogue of Civilizations” program, Northeastern University
- 2020, “Egypt,” The Middle East and North Africa 2020(66th Ed.). London: Routledge. (senior co-author, with Alice Verticelli)
- 2019, “Migrants and Refugees: Crisis Responses from the Middle East, the Balkans, and the EU,” Horizons: Journal of International Relations and Sustainable Development Winter 2019, Issue #13 (Senior author, with Allyson Hawkins)
- 2019, “Egypt,” The Middle East and North Africa 2020 (66th Ed.). London: Routledge. (senior co-author, with Alice Verticelli)
- 2017, “Five Myths About Syrian Refugees: Separating Fact from Fiction,” Foreign Affairs, March 22 (with Max Abrahms and Charles Simpson)
- 2016, “Oasis in the Desert? Coproduced Governance & the future of Za’atari,” MERIP, April 2016 (co-authored with Charles Simpson).
- 2016, “The History of Egypt,” The Middle East and North Africa 2016. London: Routledge. (senior co-author, with Alice Verticelli).
- 2016, “Egypt”, Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, 2nd Edition, Richard C. Martin, ed. Macmillan Press (Gale, Cengage Learning).
- 2015, “Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis: A Call for Regional and International Responses,” Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies.
- 2014 “Security and Resilience among Syrian Refugees in Jordan,” MERIP (online), October 14, 2014. Senior co-author, with Sarah Tobin.
- 2014 “The History of Egypt,” The Middle East and North Africa 2015. London: Routledge. (senior co-author, with Kimberly Jones).
- 2013 Co-editor with Elsa Marston Harik, Democracy, Culture, and the Grip of Arab History: Essays honoring the work of Iliya Harik, a special issue of the Journal of New Media Studies in the Middle East and North Africa (August).
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Education
PhD, 1987, Political Science (Comparative Politics)
University of Michigan -
Contact
617.373.4409 d.sullivan@northeastern.edu -
Address
210P Renaissance Park
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115 -
Office Hours
Fall 2024: Mondays & Wednesdays, 1:30-2:30pm
Or by appointment -
Dialogues
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Senior Capstone in International Affairs
INTL 4700
Offers a senior research and writing seminar that integrates and assesses the knowledge and skills developed by students participating in the international affairs curriculum, including both experiential (co-op, Dialogue of Civilizations, study abroad, internship, or other approved international experience) and classroom-based components. Requires student self-reflection as well as new research, analysis, and writing, which culminate in a final paper and presentation. Topics include contemporary global issues and draw on relevant literature in the disciplines relating to international affairs.
America and the Middle East
INTL 2200
Focuses on U.S. engagement with the Middle East, primarily with Muslim societies, and with the Christian and Jewish communities across the region. Emphasizes Egypt, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Israel/Palestine, and Lebanon. From America’s first proselytizing adventure to the Ottoman Empire in 1820 to the embrace of Saudi Arabia in the 1940s to the overthrow of the democratically elected prime minister in Iran in 1953 to the attacks of September 11, 2001, to the invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 to America’s response to the “Arab Awakening” in 2011 and beyond, the course covers history, politics, oil, war, and peacemaking within the framework of U.S. involvement in the Middle East.
