Charles R. H. Tripp
Charles Rees Howard Tripp, FBA (born 8 March 1952) is an academic and author specializing in the politics and history of the Near and Middle East.
Early life and education
Tripp was born on 8 March 1952 in
Academic career
Tripp's main areas of research include the study of state and society in the Middle East, especially Iraq, and Islamic political thought.
He lectures on
Tripp is a world class specialist on Iraq and has contributed as regional expert to media broadcasters including the BBC and NPR, as well as to print media such as Foreign Affairs, The Guardian and the New Statesman. In the run up to the war against Iraq, Professor Tripp was part of a small team that visited 10 Downing Street in order to advise the prime minister, Tony Blair, on the consequences of going to war.[2]
In 2007, SOAS appointed him Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East and North Africa.
In 2012, Tripp was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[4] From 2018 to 2022, he was Vice-President (British International Research Institutes) of the British Academy.[1]
Selected publications
- 1996: Iran-Saudi Arabia Relations and Regional Order (with S. Chubin)
- 2000: A History of Iraq (2nd Ed. published 2002; 3rd Ed. published 2007)
- 2006: Islam and the Moral Economy: the challenge of capitalism (2006)
- 2013: The Power and the People: paths of resistance in the Middle East"" (Cambridge University Press)
Editorial work
- 1995-2008: Editor of the multidisciplinary Cambridge Middle East Studiesseries
References
- ^ Who's Who 2023. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Jonathan Steele (22 January 2008). "The first of three extracts from Jonathan Steele's new book on how Britain went to war in Iraq utterly unprepared". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ^ "Professor Charles R H Tripp". SOAS. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Professor Charles Tripp FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
External links
- SOAS Staff Profile
- Interview in The Guardian newspaper, September 2007
- Charles Tripp talks to the BBC about Iraq, May 2003
- Interview on National Public Radio (NPR), February 2003 (Radio stream and full transcript)
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