Rana B. Khoury

Civilizing Contention by Rana B. Khoury | Paperback | Cornell University Press In Civilizing Contention, Rana B. Khoury asserts that to understand civilian and refugee activism in war, we must regard the international actors and organizations that enter the scene to help. When.....

Cornell's got a winter sale, 44% all books! Code: 09WINTER

Great time to give loved ones, and yourself, a title or two from their excellent selection for the holidays. Perhaps even mine! (Their publications in conflict studies are top notch.)

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Excited/nervous to be giving a book talk tomorrow at Illinois. My 2nd grader anticipates it will be about 5% boring.

Come for the 95%!

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Thank you Erin!

Thank you!

Wendy, I'm ever grateful for your guidance along the way—always pushing for rigor while remaining committed to the human story that's at stake. I'm so lucky to have learned from you.

I was happy to co-edit the symposium with Sefa Secen for @apsamena.bsky.social 's fall newsletter, out now.

In this symposium on Syria contributors paint nuanced, grim, but clear-eyed pictures of multiple transitional challenges. Comparisons to other cases and situation in poli sci lit remind us Syria's not terribly unique. Amazingly, they all suggest ways through the obstacles.
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3) A symposium on Syria's transition co-edited by @rbkhoury.bsky.social and Sefa Secen, featuring thought-provoking interventions from Tiina Hyyppä, Sumaya Malas, Salam Said, Emily K. M. Scott, Sefa Secen, and Ammar Shamaileh; and

An image of a crowd celebrating the fall of the Asad regime in Syria, with many waving the new Syrian flag, and a visible sign that says "thuwar bab Allah" (revolutionaries are the gateway to God).

I am delighted to share the fall issue of the APSA MENA section newsletter, co-edited by @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social, @samershehata.bsky.social, and me, available for download here: zenodo.org/records/1745...

Can folks suggest books or writings by Moroccan or Egyptian activists involved in social movements? For an undergraduate thesis student who is eager to learn how the people on the ground understood their own undertakings. English or Arabic. Thanks!

Civilizing Contention by Rana B. Khoury | Paperback | Cornell University Press In Civilizing Contention, Rana B. Khoury asserts that to understand civilian and refugee activism in war, we must regard the international actors and organizations that enter the scene to help. When.....

To celebrate the upcoming release of my book, and to support emerging scholars, I'd like to buy and mail copies to ten graduate students.

If you’re a grad student who’d like a copy, reply or DM me!

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Civilizing Contention by Rana B. Khoury | Paperback | Cornell University Press In Civilizing Contention, Rana B. Khoury asserts that to understand civilian and refugee activism in war, we must regard the international actors and organizations that enter the scene to help. When.....

To celebrate the upcoming release of my book, and to support emerging scholars, I'd like to buy and mail copies to ten graduate students.

If you’re a grad student who’d like a copy, reply or DM me!

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

I often encounter the idea that interviews are qualitative analysis, akin to comparative method or process tracing.

But I understand interviews as a method of data collection, for data to be used in comparative, within-case, or interpretive analyses.

What do you all think?

Thank you Oliver! I hope you’ve been good

Thank you Sumita!

thank you adam!

Thank you Bob!

Rana Khoury holding her book, Civilizing Contention: International Aid in Syria's War

So excited to hold my book! You can do so too in November! Leila Khoury's cover art captures the story of a contentious movement becoming something like a civil society in the depths of Syria's war. @cornellupress.bsky.social designed it beautifully. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Excellent dive into the possible future of the new Syria.

From "The People, Power, Politics" podcast in cooperation with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

A published paper in a journal has cited a real chapter of mine, but in a hallucinatory way: a parenthetical citation is repeatedly used for content that is completely off the mark. Completely.

So.... that's disturbing.

Syria After Assad Podcast Episode · New Books in Political Science · 08/29/2025 · 41m

A conversation that grew out of work w @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social alongside Daniel Neep, hosted by @emilykmscott.bsky.social. Recorded 2 months ago, but holds up and helps think about roles of state and society in Syria's future.

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I would love for someone who has experience in a social movement to zoom into my undergrad class this fall and share.

Minimal prep: orient us 5-10 min, then Q&A. In past, we learned about participation in uprisings in Syria and Hong Kong, and US labor (during a strike!).

Thanks!

I would love for someone who has experience in a social movement to zoom into my undergrad class this fall and share.

Minimal prep: orient us 5-10 min, then Q&A. In past, we learned about participation in uprisings in Syria and Hong Kong, and US labor (during a strike!).

Thanks!

thank you!

Thank you!

Good to know! What’s it called? And do you use it for Arabic?

Good to know! Do you use it for Arabic?

Also, shouldn’t IRBs and journals be thinking about this issue? IRBs definitely but they’re individualized so it’ll be totally ad hoc for a while. But journals can centralize norms and expectations.

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Folks, are you using or have you considered using AI for transcription of interviews? I haven't seen much discussion or info re how one protects the data through the many apps/sites/clouds. Like this is from OpenAI's transcribe to text privacy policy:

Instructors Will Now See AI Throughout a Widely Used Course Software New features integrated into Canvas include a grading assistant, a discussion-post summarizer, and even a way to pair assignments with generative AI tools.

The adoption of AI into Canvas is framed here as reducing faculty workload and making students' lives easier. Not about student learning.

A feature for creating "flashcards for students to review," e.g., ignores that making flashcards *is* the learning.

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Thank you!