Staff Profile
Dr Carly Beckerman, PhD
Assistant Professor in the International Relations of the Middle East in the School of Government and International Affairs
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 45666
Room number: IM215, Al-Qasimi Building
Member in the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Co-Director in the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience
(email at carly.beckerman@durham.ac.uk)
Biography
Dr Beckerman joined Durham University in 2014 to focus on the political psychology of British and American foreign policy in the Middle East.
She received her PhD in International Studies from the University of Birmingham in 2013 and spent one year as a Visiting Fellow at the Middle East Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science while lecturing in Foreign Policy Analysis at City University, London.
Dr Beckerman’s research is situated between the fields of Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) and Conflict Resolution, with a particular focus on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Research Interests
- Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA)
- Conflict Resolution/Third Party Mediation
- Political Psychology and IR
- Israel-Palestine
- British Empire in the Middle East
- American foreign policy in the Middle East
Teaching Areas
SGIA 2311 Middle East in the International System
(20 hours/year.)- SGIA3511 Political Psychology and International Relations (85 hours/year.)
Publications
Authored book
- Beckerman, Carly (2020). Unexpected State: British Politics and the Creation of Israel. Indiana University Press.
Chapter in book
- Beckerman, Carly (2019). A Divisive Promise: The Legacy of the Balfour Declaration. In Israel in a Turbulent Region: Security and Foreign Policy. Petersen, Tore Routledge.
- Beckerman-Boys, Carly (2013). Assessing the Historiography of the October War. In The Yom Kippur War: Politics, Legacy, Diplomacy. Siniver, Asaf Oxford University Press. 11-28.
Journal Article
- Beckerman-Boys, Carly (2016). The Reversal of the Passfield White Paper, 1930-31: A Reassessment. Journal of Contemporary History 51(2): 213-233.
- Beckerman-Boys, Carly (2014). Third Parties and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Poliheuristic Decision Theory and British Mandate Palestine Policy. Foreign Policy Analysis 10(3): 225-242.