
Leila Hudson
- Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
- Associate Professor, Anthropology
- Associate Professor, Roshan Persian and Iranian Studies - GIDP
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-8013
- Louise Foucar Marshall Bldg., Rm. 440
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- lhudson@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. anthropology and history
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- M.A. anthropology
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- B.A. anthropology
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Work Experience
- School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona (2008 - Ongoing)
Awards
- Re-election to Chair of the Faculty Office
- University of Arizona General Faculty, Spring 2024
- University Service Award
- University of Arizona, Fall 2023 (Award Nominee)
- Academic Leadership Fellow, UA
- University of Arizona, Fall 2019
- Inclusive Leadership Certificate Fellow, University of Arizona, 2019-20 (deferred)
- University of Arizona, Summer 2019
- Grad College Outstanding Graduate Mentor Nominee
- UA Grad College, Fall 2018 (Award Nominee)
- CMES Faculty Research Grant
- Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, Summer 2017
- SBSRI Faculty Research Fellowship
- UA SBSRI, Fall 2015
- Faculty Mentoring Fellowship Nomination
- MENAS Head, Fall 2014 (Award Nominee)
- Op-Ed Fellowship
- SBS Dean's Office, Spring 2014
- Promotion to Associate Professor and Tenure
- What type of organization made the award?: University of Arizona, Provost's Office;Description: I received Promotion and Tenure in 2008 and took a research sabbatical in Fall 2008.;, Fall 2008
- Unanimous P&T Committee Recommendations
- What type of organization made the award?: Department, College;Description: Positive and unanimous recommendations for promotion and tenure at the Department and College level.;, Fall 2007
- Provost's Book Publishing Subvention Fund Award, (Fall 2006) $700.
- What type of organization made the award?: University of Arizona, Provost's Office;Description: To assist with publication costs (book jacket) for Transforming Damascus.;, Fall 2006
Interests
Research
Syria, Islam, migration, political economy, culture, gender, refugees, extremism
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Comp Exam Prep
MENA 799A (Spring 2025) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Spring 2025) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Spring 2025) -
Women Mid East Societ
MENA 490 (Spring 2025) -
Women Mid East Society
GWS 590 (Spring 2025) -
Women Mid East Society
MENA 590 (Spring 2025) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Fall 2024) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Dissertation
MENA 920 (Spring 2024) -
History of Migrations
HIST 485C (Spring 2024) -
History of Migrations
HIST 585C (Spring 2024) -
History of Migrations
MENA 485C (Spring 2024) -
History of Migrations
MENA 585C (Spring 2024) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Fall 2023) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Dissertation
MENA 920 (Spring 2023) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Spring 2023) -
Women Mid East Societ
ANTH 490 (Spring 2023) -
Women Mid East Societ
GWS 490 (Spring 2023) -
Women Mid East Societ
MENA 490 (Spring 2023) -
Women Mid East Society
MENA 590 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Fall 2022) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Independent Study
MENA 599 (Summer I 2022) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Spring 2022) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Spring 2022) -
Women Mid East Societ
ANTH 490 (Spring 2022) -
Women Mid East Societ
GWS 490 (Spring 2022) -
Women Mid East Societ
MENA 490 (Spring 2022) -
Women Mid East Society
MENA 590 (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Fall 2021) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Fall 2021) -
Spcl Tops Mid East/N. Afri Std
MENA 496B (Fall 2021) -
Spcl Tops Mid East/N. Afri Std
MENA 596B (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Dissertation
MENA 920 (Spring 2021) -
Independent Study
MENA 799 (Spring 2021) -
Master's Report
MENA 909 (Spring 2021) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Spring 2021) -
Women Mid East Societ
ANTH 490 (Spring 2021) -
Women Mid East Societ
GWS 490 (Spring 2021) -
Women Mid East Societ
MENA 490 (Spring 2021) -
Women Mid East Society
GWS 590 (Spring 2021) -
Women Mid East Society
MENA 590 (Spring 2021) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Fall 2020) -
Independent Study
MENA 799 (Fall 2020) -
Master's Report
MENA 909 (Fall 2020) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Fall 2020) -
Nationalism and Islam
MENA 696Y (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Dissertation
MENA 920 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
MENA 699 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
MENA 799 (Spring 2020) -
Internship
MENA 593 (Spring 2020) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Spring 2020) -
Women Mid East Societ
ANTH 490 (Spring 2020) -
Women Mid East Societ
MENA 490 (Spring 2020) -
Women Mid East Society
ANTH 590 (Spring 2020) -
Women Mid East Society
MENA 590 (Spring 2020) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Fall 2019) -
Independent Study
MENA 499 (Fall 2019) -
Independent Study
MENA 799 (Fall 2019) -
Master's Report
MENA 909 (Fall 2019) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Fall 2019) -
Spcl Tops Mid East/N. Afri Std
MENA 496B (Fall 2019) -
Spcl Tops Mid East/N. Afri Std
MENA 596B (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Dissertation
MENA 920 (Summer I 2019) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Spring 2019) -
Honors Thesis
PPEL 498H (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
MENA 599 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
MENA 699 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
MENA 799 (Spring 2019) -
Master's Report
MENA 909 (Spring 2019) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Spring 2019) -
Thesis
MENA 910 (Spring 2019) -
Women Mid East Societ
ANTH 490 (Spring 2019) -
Women Mid East Societ
GWS 490 (Spring 2019) -
Women Mid East Societ
MENA 490 (Spring 2019) -
Women Mid East Society
MENA 590 (Spring 2019) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Fall 2018) -
Genealogies of ISIS
MENA 344 (Fall 2018) -
Genealogies of ISIS
POL 344 (Fall 2018) -
Independent Study
MENA 599 (Fall 2018) -
Independent Study
MENA 699 (Fall 2018) -
Independent Study
MENA 799 (Fall 2018) -
Master's Report
MENA 909 (Fall 2018) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Fall 2018) -
Thesis
MENA 910 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Thesis
MENA 910 (Summer I 2018) -
Directed Research
ANTH 492 (Spring 2018) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Spring 2018) -
Genealogies of ISIS
MENA 344 (Spring 2018) -
Honors Thesis
PPEL 498H (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
MENA 799 (Spring 2018) -
Master's Report
MENA 909 (Spring 2018) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Spring 2018) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Fall 2017) -
Honors Thesis
PPEL 498H (Fall 2017) -
Independent Study
MENA 599 (Fall 2017) -
Independent Study
MENA 799 (Fall 2017) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Fall 2017) -
Women Mid East Societ
ANTH 490 (Fall 2017) -
Women Mid East Societ
GWS 490 (Fall 2017) -
Women Mid East Societ
MENA 490 (Fall 2017) -
Women Mid East Society
ANTH 590 (Fall 2017) -
Women Mid East Society
GWS 590 (Fall 2017) -
Women Mid East Society
MENA 590 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Dissertation
MENA 920 (Spring 2017) -
Independent Study
MENA 699 (Spring 2017) -
Independent Study
MENA 799 (Spring 2017) -
Master's Report
MENA 909 (Spring 2017) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Spring 2017) -
Thesis
MENA 910 (Spring 2017) -
Women Mid East Societ
ANTH 490 (Spring 2017) -
Women Mid East Societ
GWS 490 (Spring 2017) -
Women Mid East Societ
MENA 490 (Spring 2017) -
Women Mid East Society
ANTH 590 (Spring 2017) -
Women Mid East Society
GWS 590 (Spring 2017) -
Women Mid East Society
MENA 590 (Spring 2017) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Fall 2016) -
Independent Study
MENA 599 (Fall 2016) -
Independent Study
MENA 799 (Fall 2016) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Fall 2016) -
Spcl Tops Mid East/N. Afri Std
MENA 496B (Fall 2016) -
Spcl Tops Mid East/N. Afri Std
MENA 596B (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Master's Report
MENA 909 (Summer I 2016) -
Dissertation
MENA 920 (Spring 2016) -
Honors Thesis
MENA 498H (Spring 2016) -
Independent Study
MENA 699 (Spring 2016) -
Independent Study
MENA 799 (Spring 2016) -
Internship
MENA 493 (Spring 2016) -
Master's Report
MENA 909 (Spring 2016) -
Middle Eastern Humanities
MENA 160A2 (Spring 2016) -
Spcl Tops Mid East/N. Afri Std
MENA 496B (Spring 2016) -
Spcl Tops Mid East/N. Afri Std
MENA 596B (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Books
- Hudson, L. (2014). Media Evolution on the Eve of the Arab Spring. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
- Hudson, L. -. (2010). Middle Eastern Humanities: An Introduction to Cultures of the Middle EAst. Kendall Hunt.More info;Your Role: sole author;Full Citation: 2010;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2009). Middle East Humanities Textbook. Kendall Hunt.More info;Your Role: sole author and editor;
- Hudson, L. -. (2007). Transforming Damascus: Space and Modernity in an Islamic City. IB Tauris.More info;Your Role: sole author;
- Hudson, L. -. (2008). Transforming Damascus: Space and Modernity in an Islamic City. IB Tauris.More infobook to be submitted to committee 4/13/09;Your Role: Author;Full Citation: Transforming Damascus: Space and Modernity in an Islamic City. (2008) London: IB Tauris.;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2006). Transforming Damascus.More infoaccepted for publication in 2006;Your Role: sole author;
- Hudson, L. -. (2007). Transforming Damascus: Space and Modernity in an Islamic City.More info;Your Role: sole monograph author;Full Citation: Transforming Damascus: Space and Modernity in an Islamic City. London and New York: IB Tauris, 2008;
Chapters
- Hudson, L. (2017). “The Refugee’s Passage: Liminality, Gendered Habits, and the Emergence of Difference in Flight”. In Border, Conflict and Gender, edited by Seema Sekhawat. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Hudson, L. (2016). Dynamics of the Syrian Refugee Migration. In EURO-MEDITERRANEAN MIGRATIONS: FROM CURRENT STALEMATE TO SHARED DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES. Rome: Aracne.
- Hudson, L. (2017). The Refugee's Passage: Liminality, Gendered Habits, and the Emergence of Difference in Flight. In Women and Borders: Refugees, Migrants and Communities. IB Tauris.
- Hudson, L. (2017). “Dynamics of the Syrian Migration”. In Pursuing Stability and a Shared Development in Euro-Mediterranean Migrations edited by Emanuela del Re and Ricardo Laremont.. Rome: Arane.
- Hudson, L. -. (2007). Le voile et le portable: l'adolescence sous Bachar al-Assad.More info;Your Role: sole author;Full Citation: Le voile et le portable: l'adolescence sous Bachar al-Assad" in La Syrie au present: reflets d'une societe. edited by Baudoin Dupret et al. Paris: Sindbad, Actes Sud, 2007.;
Journals/Publications
- Hudson, L. (2019). Foodways of War and Flight. Mashriq&Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Diaspora Studies.
- Hudson, L. (2019). “They Gave Us Cheese Sandwiches: Foodways of War and Flight”. Mashriq and Mahjar: Journal of Middle Eastern and North African Migration Studies,, 5(1) 2019.(5(1) 2019.), unknown. doi:“More info“They Gave Us Cheese Sandwiches: Foodways of War and Flight” for Mashriq and Mahjar: Journal of Middle Eastern and North African Migration Studies, 5(1) 2019.
- Hudson, L. (2018). “Syrian Refugees in Europe: Migration Dynamics and Political Challenges”. New England Journal of Public Policy.
- Hudson, L. (2015). ‘Liquidating Syria, Fracking Europe’. Middle East Policy, 22(4), 22–39.
- Hudson, L. (2014). “Kiss the Jackboot,”. Al-Jazeera America,.
- Hudson, L. (2013). “Order, Freedom, and Chaos: Sovereignties in Syria,”. Middle East Policy, 20(no. 2).More infoas George Abu Ahmed.
- Hudson, L. -., Owens, C., & Callen, D. (2012). Drone Warfare in Yemen: Fostering Emirates Through Counterterrorism. Middle East Policy.More info;Your Role: lead author;Full Citation: Middle East Policy, Vol. XIX, No. 3, Fall 2012;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;
- Hudson, L. -., Owens, C., & Flannes, M. (2011). Drone Warfare: Blowback from The US Way of war. Middle East Policy (Blackwell).More infoattaching PDF seems to crash the program;Your Role: First Author;Full Citation: Leila Hudson, Colin S. Owens, and Matt Flannes. "Drone warfare: blowback from the new American way of war." Middle East Policy 18.3 (2011): 122+.;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2006). Late Ottoman Damascus: Investments in Public Space and the Emergence of. Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies.More info;Your Role: sole author;Full Citation: (2006) “Late Ottoman Damascus: Investments in Public Space and the Emergence of Popular Sovereignty” in Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies, 15 (2). ;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2006). “Investing by Women or Investing in Women?: Money, Merchandise and. Comparative Studies in Africa, South Asia and.More info;Your Role: sole author;Full Citation: (2006) “Investing by Women or Investing in Women?: Money, Merchandise and Marriage in Late Ottoman Damascus” in Comparative Studies in Africa, South Asia and the Middle East, 26 (1). ;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2005). (2005) “The New Ivory Towers: Strategic Studies, Think Tanks and Counterrealism” in.More info;Your Role: sole author;Full Citation: (2005) “The New Ivory Towers: Strategic Studies, Think Tanks and Counterrealism” in Middle East Policy 12(4): 118-132. ;
Proceedings Publications
- Hudson, L. -., & Glogoff, S. (2005). (2005) “Extending Instructional Uses of Blogs to the Campus: A Case Study” in Syllabus.More info;Your Role: Data collection and analysis, writing;Full Citation: (2005) “Extending Instructional Uses of Blogs to the Campus: A Case Study” in Syllabus Conference Proceedings 2005. with S. Glogoff. ;Electronic: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member at UA: Yes;
Presentations
- Hudson, L. (2021, November 19, 2021). Connectivities and Entanglements: Affective Ecologies of Syrian Refugee Women. National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference: Thinking With Affect in the Field. Online Conference: National Women's Studies Association.
- Hudson, L. (2020, April). "The Invisibility Bargain and Patriarchal Bargaining". Discussant for Distinguished lecture on Comparative Borders and Migration. University of Arizona (Zoom): Center for Latin American Studies.More info“The Invisibility Bargain and Patriarchal Bargaining” Discussant for J. Pugh’s Distinguished Lecture on Comparative Borders and Migration, Centers for Latin American Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, April 20, 2020 (Via Zoom)
- Hudson, L. (2020, October). "Hospitalities in Flight and Engaged Ethnography". Middle East Studies Associate Conference (virtual). virtual: MESA.More info“Hospitalities in Flight and Engaged Ethnography” Middle East Studies Association Conference, (virtual), October 17, 2020
- Hudson, L. (2019, April). From Damascus to Euroland: Transmediterranean Assemblages. Ohio State Global Mediterranean Program. Columbus Ohio: The Ohio State University.
- Hudson, L. (2019, April). “Putin’s Sochi Message: The Weaponization of Migration in the Age of Authoritarianism,”. Global Studies Lecture Series. The Ohio State University: Political Science Department,.
- Hudson, L. (2019, February). "Documentary Filmmaking and the Politics of Commemorating Mass Violence". Documentary Film Series Presentations. University of Arizona: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona.More info“Documentary Filmmaking and the Politics of Commemorating Mass Violence” for Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, February 27, 2019
- Hudson, L. (2019, February). Documentary Film and Memorialization of Violence: 82 Names, Syria Don't Forget Us. Film Screening. Tucson: Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Hudson, L. (2019, September). "The US and the Strait of Hormuz". Smart Talk with Al Bergeson Radio Show and Podcast. Tucson, AZ.More info“The US and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz,” for Smart Talk with Al Bergeson Radio Show and Podcast, September 28, 2019
- Hudson, L. (2019, fall). “The Gulfi War Machine in Yemen,” Public Forum on Yemen, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, October 1, 2019. CMES Public Forum on Yemen. Tucson: CMES.
- Hudson, L. (2019, spring). “The Syrian Refugee Migration: From Assad’s Syria to Trump’s America,” United Nations Association of Southern Arizona, May 14, 2019. UN Association Series. Tucson: UNASA.
- Hudson, L. (2019, summer). “Youth in the Middle East Since the “Arab Spring,” National Endowment for the Humanities Institute on Middle Eastern Millenials, Tucson, AZ, August 6, 2019. NEH Workshop UA. Tucson.
- Hudson, L. (2018, April 7). “They Gave Us Cheese Sandwiches: Foodways of War and Flight” , ,. Food and Middle Eastern Diasporas. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC: Khayrallah Center for Diaspora Studies.
- Hudson, L. (2017, Fall). Gutter Politics: Implications of the Gulf Crisis. CMES Symposium on the Gulf Crisis. University of Arizona: Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Hudson, L. (2017, February 27). “Facts on the Ground: Iran in Syria”. Tikkun Lecture Series. Tucson: Tikkun.
- Hudson, L. (2017, September). "Gutter Politics: Implications of the Qatar Crisis". Perspectives on Current Events in the Arabian Peninsula Symposium. University of Arizona: Center for Middle Eastern Studies.More info“Gutter Politics: Implications of the Qatar Crisis” at Perspectives on Current Events in the Arabian Peninsula Symposium, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, September 29, 2017
- Hudson, L. (2016, April 25). “Human Trafficking, Fences, Camps and the Challenge to Humanitarianism” April 25, 2016. Invited Lecture. Tucson, AZ: Tucson Tikkun Community,.
- Hudson, L. (2016, July 30). "Syrian Women Refugees: The Perils and Resilience of Women Fleeing War”. Women at the Top Conference Keynote Presentation. Tucson, AZ: WATT.
- Hudson, L. (2016, October 13). “ISIS and the Weaponization of Sex”. LGBTQ Colloquium. Tucson: LGBTQ Institute.
- Hudson, L. (2016, September 2). “Syrian Refugees and a Gauntlet of Frontiers”. SGD Colloquium. Tucson, AZ: SGD.
- Hudson, L. (2016, Winter). “Embodied Terror, Embodied Security: Neopatriarchy in the Age of Assad and Daesh” University of California Santa Barbara, February 27, 2016. Critical Global Security Conference. University of California, Santa Barbara: Global Studies, University of California.
- Hudson, L. (2016, spring). Arab Spring Five Years Later: The Syrian Refugee Crisis. Invited Lecture. Spartanburg, SC: Wofford College, Program in Middle Eastern and North African Studies.
- Hudson, L. (2016, spring). “Trapped on the Greek-Macedonian Border: Refugees, Fences, Camps and the Challenge to Humanitarianism” , University of Arizona, April 1, 2016. MENA-U Undergraduate Student Organization Annual Lecture. University of Arizona, April 1, 2016: Undergraduate MENA-U Organization, Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
- Hudson, L. (2017, Jan 27). “Children Fleeing Syria: How the Quest for Education Has Shaped the Syrian Refugee Crisis” Keynote Address. “Borders, Migrations, Refugees” Educators’ Workshop, Center for Latin American Studies and Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona,. University of Arizona Tucson: CMES and Center for Latina American Studies.
- Hudson, L. (2015, Fall). “Liquidating Syria, Fracking Europe” Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany October 7, 2015. Invited Scholarly Lecture. Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany: Geography Department.
- Hudson, L. (2015, March). New Media into Global Studies. Global Studies Seminar. Benedictine University, Lisle, IL.
- Hudson, L. (2015, March). The Syrian Civil War and the Rise of ISIS. Global Studies, Benedictine University. Benedictine University, Lisle, IL.
- Hudson, L. (2015, October 9). “Humanizing Migration Management”. “Horizon 2020: Managing European Migration” Conference. Université Roma Tre, Rome, Italy: University of Roma Tre and European Union.
- Hudson, L. (2015, Summer). “Fleeing Damascus: One Family’s Story” Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany, June 10, 2015. Invited Faculty Lecture. Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany: Department of Geography.
- Hudson, L. (2014, May 2). “Iran and the War in Syria”. “Iran: Charting New Horizons,” Conference. University of Arizona: SISMEC.
- Hudson, L. (2014, October 14). “The Emergence of ISIS/Daesh in Syria” in “ISIS and the US: Narratives and Meanings,”. Global Studies Program Conference. University of Arizona: University of Arizona.
- Hudson, L. (2014, October 20). “Between the Two Rivers: Water Politics of ISIS”. “Arid Lands Agriculture, Food Security and Health”. University of Arizona: Colleges of SBS, CALS and Public Health.
- Hudson, L. (2013, June 2013.). “America’s New Way of War: Drones Warfare” ,. Middle East Institute, National Univeristy of Singapore.
- Hudson, L. (2013, October 25). “The Logistics of the Syrian War and Air Power”. “In the Crucible of Geopolitics: Cutting Through the Fog of War in Syria,”. University of Arizona: SISMEC.
- Hudson, L. (2012, March 11). “The Evolution of Drones: Swarms, Traffic Jams and Belated Regulations” in. “Drones: The Past, Present and Future of the New American Way of War,”. University of Arizona: SISMEC and Rogers College of Law.
- Hudson, L. -. (2012, 2012-10-01). Logistics of the Syrian Conflict. Syria: In the Crucible of Geopolitics. UA.More info;Invited: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
- Hudson, L. -. (2012, 2013-03-01). Evolution of Drone Warfare. SISMEC-Law School Drone Panel. UA Rogers College of Law.More info;Invited: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
- Hudson, L. (2011, March). “Rebels, Europe and Libya’s Oil” in the , 2011. Libyan Revolution Panel,. University of Arizona: SISMEC.
- Hudson, L. (2011, March). “The Syrian Revolution and the Social Media”. “Teach Syria!” Fulbright K-12 Symposium. University of Arizona,: Center for Middle Eastern Studies,.
- Hudson, L. -. (2011, 2011-03-01). Syria's Uprising and the Social Media. Teach Syria Workshop. Tucson, AZ.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference/Workshop;
- Hudson, L. -. (2011, 2011-04-01). The Arab Spring's Second Wave. Voices of Opposition Lecture Series. Tucson, AZ.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Community Outreach;
- Hudson, L. -. (2011, 2011-11-01). The Arab Spring: Teaching History and Politics in Real Time. The Context of Culture: In Search of Democracy. Phoenix, AZ.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
- Hudson, L. -. (2010, 2010-03-01). “Broadcast Capitalism and Turkish Soap Operas in the Arab Imagination” Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Symposium on “Information Evolution,” Georgetown University, March 21, 2010. Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Hudson, L. -. (2009, 2009-06-01). Hadatha fi Dimashq. IFAPO, Damascus.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
- Hudson, L. -. (2009, 2009-10-01). Sex, Lies and Noise.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
- Hudson, L. -. (2008, 2008-02-01). Arabic Transnational Satellite Television and the Problem of Borders. Social Science Research Council Inter-Asian Connections Conference. Dubai UAE.More infoPaper presented at Social Science Research Council and Dubai School of Government Inter-Asian Connections Conference 2/20/08;Submitted: Yes;Refereed: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Hudson, L. -. (2007, 2007-05-01). Clash of Imaginaries: al-Jazeera vs. Reality TV. 9th Annual Conference on Middle East Studies. University of California, Santa Barbara.More info;Your Role: sole author;Submitted: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2006, 2006-03-01). “On Open Source Intelligence on Islamic Extremism: Some Thoughts and Caveats from. Artificial Intelligence Group Colloquium Series. Eller School of Management, University of Arizona, Tucson.More info;Your Role: sole author;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference/Workshop;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2006, 2006-03-01). “Ottoman Governmentality and the Shaping of Modern Damascus” Great Lakes Ottoman. Great Lakes Ottomanists' Workshop. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.More info;Your Role: sole author;Submitted: Yes;Refereed: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference/Workshop;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2006, 2006-04-01). “Comedy and Counterhegemony: Yasser al-Azmeh and Bashar's Syria”. Workshop on. Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Workshop on Arab Entertainment Media and Politics. Georgetown University, Washington, DC.More info;Your Role: sole author;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference/Workshop;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2006, 2006-10-01). Occidental Corporativism vs. Islamicate Contractualism: Preliminary Discussions” Near. NES Colloquium Series. NES Department University of Arizona, Tucson.More info;Your Role: sole author;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2006, 2006-10-01). “Rethinking Culture (Again): Circulation, Topography and Middle East History”. Anthropology Department Colloquium Series. Anthropology Department, University of ARizona, Tucson.More info;Your Role: sole author;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2006, 2006-11-01). “A Brief History of the Blog” MESA, Boston, Fall 2006. Middle East Studies Association. Boston, MA.More infoI organized and chaired the special session on Middle East Blogging. Blogging the Middle East: The New Information Economy, organized and chaired Special Session for the Middle East Studies Association Conference, Boston, MA, Fall 2006 ;Your Role: sole auhtor;Invited: Yes;Refereed: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2006, 2006-11-01). “Governmentality and Reform in Syria: Mary Ajami's Arous and the New Syrian. Middle East Studies Association. Boston, MA.More infoI organized the panel on which this paper was presented. Ottoman Governmentality, organized panel for Middle East Studies Association Conference, Boston, MA, Fall 2006 ;Your Role: sole author;Submitted: Yes;Refereed: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2006, 2006-11-01). “Violence and the Imagination”, AAA, San Jose, CA Fall 2006. American Anthropological Association. San Jose, CA.More infoI was invited by the Middle East Section to organize the panel on which this presentation appeared. Middle Eastern Public Spheres, organized sponsored session for the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association Conference, San Jose, CA, Fall 2006;Your Role: sole author, invited panel organizer;Invited: Yes;Refereed: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Hudson, L. -. (2005, 2005-11-01). “Cities, Capital Flows and Modernity: The Case of Damascus” for the Middle East. Middle EAst Studies Association. Washington, DC.More info;Your Role: sole author;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2005, 2005-04-01). “Syrian US Relations: The New Front in the War on Terror” CMES /APJME Colloquium. Center for Middle East Studies, University of ARizona, Tucson.More info;Your Role: sole author;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2005, 2005-04-01). “Syrian US Relations: The New Front in the War on Terror” CMES /APJME Colloquium. Cultural Studies Association Conference. Tucson, AZ.More info;Your Role: sole author;Submitted: Yes;Refereed: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2005, 2005-04-01). “The New Ivory Towers: Strategic Studies, Think Tanks and the Rise of Counterrealism”. Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Symposium: Arab Studies a Critical Review. Washington, DC.More info;Your Role: sole author;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference/Workshop;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2005, 2008-04-01). “Syrian US Relations in the Wake of the Hariri Assassination” 7 Annual Conference on. Middle East Studies Conference UCSB. Santa Barbara, CA (UCSB).More info;Your Role: sole author;Submitted: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
Reviews
- Hudson, L. (2018. Review of Abu-Lughod Do Muslim Women Need Saving. American Ethnologist.
- Hudson, L. (2015. Review of Beyond Dogma Rumi’s Teachings on Friendship with God and Early Sufi Theories by Jawid Mojaddedi.
- Hudson, L. (2015. “Current Flow: The Electrification of Palestine by Ronen Shamir”..
- Hudson, L. (2014. Transexuality as a Window and a Metaphor for Contemporary Iran, A Review of Professing Selves by Afsaneh Najmabadi.
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2005. (2005) Review of Fruma Zachs's The Making of a Syrian Identity for MIT Electronic.More info;Your Role: sole author;Full Citation: (2005) Review of Fruma Zachs's The Making of a Syrian Identity for MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies, Fall 2005. ;Electronic: Yes;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2005. (2005) Review of Nelly Hanna's In Praise of Books in MIT Electronic Journal of Middle.More info;Your Role: sole author;Full Citation: (2005) Review of Nelly Hanna's In Praise of Books in MIT Electronic Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, July 2005. ;Electronic: Yes;
Others
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- Hudson, L. -. (2012). A Tale of Two Consulates.More infohttp://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/201211217115298840.html;Full Citation: “A Tale of Two Consulates,” Al-Jazeera English, November 24, 2012.http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/201211217115298840.html;Electronic: Yes;
- Hudson, L. -. (2011). Car wars: Roadmaps to Libya's ground conflict.More infoThe third of a series of lengthy analytical op-ed pieces for a much wider audience.;Your Role: Sole author;Full Citation: Car wars: Roadmaps to Libya's ground conflictDespite having his airforce destroyed, Gaddafi learned to maintain ground power from past conflicts in the desert.Last Modified: 25 Apr 2011 09:31 GMT Opinion;
- Hudson, L. -., & Baun, D. (2011). The Arab Spring's Second Wave.More infoThe fourth of a series of lengthy analytical op-ed pieces for a much wider audience.;Your Role: First Author;Full Citation: The Arab Spring's Second WaveLast Modified: around 13 May 2011 12:57 GMT Opinion;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;
- Hudson, L. -., & Chacko, J. (2011). After Osama: Stop feeding the beast.More infolengthy analytical op-ed;Your Role: Co-author;Full Citation: After Osama: Stop feeding the beastBin Laden's discovery in a wealthy suburb of Abbottabad raises questions over US military funding to Pakistan.Last Modified: 02 May 2011 12:57 GMT Opinion;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;
- Hudson, L. -., & Chacko, J. (2011). Coalition of eager vs not so eager.More info;Your Role: First Author;Full Citation: Coalition of eager vs not so eagerAssessing the degree of military action and inaction of foreign states in Libya war.Last Modified: 25 Mar 2011 17:50 GMT Opinion;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;
- Hudson, L. -., & Chacko, J. (2011). Persistant Fear Base of Authoritarianism.More infoThe first of a series of lengthy analytical op-ed pieces;Your Role: First Author;Full Citation: The persistent fear base of authoritarianismSocial media sites have become conduits for real political change where censorship is prevalent.Last Modified: 19 Mar 2011 14:58 GMT Opinion;Electronic: Yes;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;
- Hudson, L. -., & Flannes, M. (2011). The Arab Spring: Anatomy of a tipping point.More infoThe fifth of a series of lengthy analytical op-ed pieces for a much wider audience.;Your Role: First Author;Full Citation: The Arab Spring: Anatomy of a tipping pointForeign intervention is a significant factor in shaping the next phase of the Arab Spring, scholars argue.www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/08/201183081433165611.html;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;
- Hudson, L. -. (2007). Damascus.More info;Your Role: sole author;Full Citation: Damascus" in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. editor John Esposito. New York, Oxford University Press, 2007;Type of Publication: Encyclopedia;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2006). Religious Education of Women in the Ottoman Empire”.More info;Your Role: sole author;Full Citation: (2006) “Religious Education of Women in the Ottoman Empire” in Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Culture Volume III. Leiden, Brill ;Type of Publication: Encyclopedia Article;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2005). (2005) “Healthcare and Poverty in the Ottoman Empire.” In Encyclopedia of Women in.More info;Your Role: sole author;Full Citation: (2005) “Healthcare and Poverty in the Ottoman Empire.” In Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Culture Volume III. Leiden, Brill. ;Type of Publication: Encyclopedia Article;
- Hudson, L. -., & none, . (2005). (2005) “Reproduction in the Ottoman Empire” in Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic.More info;Your Role: sole author;Full Citation: (2005) “Reproduction in the Ottoman Empire” in Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Culture Volume III. Leiden, Brill. ;Type of Publication: Encyclopedia Article;