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\n Nahla Abdo Archives – Curriculum Vitae\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Nahla Abdo<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Nahla Abdo is a retired Chancellor\u2019s Professor of Sociology at Carleton University, a tenured full professor, and a leading scholar in the fields of anti-colonial feminism, settler colonialism, and Indigenous resistance. With over four decades of academic and activist engagement, Dr. Abdo\u2019s work spans global contexts, from Palestine and Turtle Island to the broader Middle East, and highlights the intersection of race, gender, class, and nationalism. She is the author of numerous acclaimed books, including Captive Revolution and Women in Israel, and her research has been published in over nine languages.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • 1989<\/strong> – PhD, Sociology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1982<\/strong> – MA, Sociology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1979<\/strong> – MA, Philosophy, Haifa University, Haifa, Palestine<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1975 <\/strong>– BA, Philosophy and Hebrew Literature, Haifa University, Haifa, Palestine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Academic Employment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • 2022 – 2025 <\/strong>– Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2016 – Present <\/strong>– Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2010 – Present <\/strong>– Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2003 – 2022<\/strong> – Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2012 – 2018 <\/strong>– Status Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1995 – 2003<\/strong> – Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1991 – 1995<\/strong> – Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1990 – 1991<\/strong> – Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Queen\u2019s University, Kingston, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1989 – 1990<\/strong> – Research Fellow, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1977 – 1979<\/strong> – Lecturer, Department of Philosophy of Education, Haifa University, Haifa, Palestine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Professional Honours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • 2025 <\/strong>– National Medal for Excellence in Feminist Scholarship in Canada, Centre for Feminist Research, York University, Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 2023 <\/strong>– Member, Advisory Board, Canadian Museum of Human Rights, Winnipeg, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 2017 – 2021<\/strong> \u2013 John Porter Committee Members, Canadian Sociological Association, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 2014 – 2015<\/strong> – Marston LaFrance Research Award, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 2013 – 2014<\/strong> – Research Achievement Award, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Editorial Responsibilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        • 2019 <\/strong>–\u00a0\u00a0Member, Editorial Board,\u00a0Journal of Middle East Women\u2019s Studies<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2018<\/strong> – Member, Editorial Board, The Journal of Humanities and Social Science.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2015 <\/strong>– Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2011<\/strong> – Member, Advisory Board, Post-Colonial Directions in Education\/Malta.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2011<\/strong> – Member, Review Board, Journal of Women, Politics and Policy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2010 <\/strong>– Member, Editorial Board, International Feminist Journal of Politics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2010 <\/strong>– Member, Editorial Board, Studies in Social Justice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2009<\/strong> – Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Alternative Routes (AR), Carleton University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2002 <\/strong>– Associate Editor, Journal of Comparative Family Studies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2002 <\/strong>– Member, Editorial Board, Canadian Ethnic Studies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2001 <\/strong>– Member, International Advisory Board, Women\u2019s Studies International Forum.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 1996 <\/strong>– Member, International Advisory Board, News from Within.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Academic Responsibilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          Graduate Courses<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • Race, Ethnicity and Class in Contemporary Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Doing Fieldwork in an International Context<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The Political Economy of the Middle East<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Gender, State and Citizenship in the Middle East<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Race, Ethnicity and Class in the Middle East<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Social Movements<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Feminist Analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Undergraduate<\/strong> Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            • Women and the State in the Middle East<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Women and Everyday Life<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Nation, Race, Gender and Citizenship<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • The Development of Sociological Thought<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Selected Topics in Race and Ethnic Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Classical Sociological and Anthropological Theory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Research Grants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
              Year<\/th>Source<\/th>Title<\/th>Amount<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
              2009<\/td>Heinrich B\u00f6ll Foundation<\/td>Contextualizing Women’s Struggle Against Violence<\/td>$3,000<\/td><\/tr>
              2008<\/td>Social Sciences Research Council<\/td>The NGOs in the Middle East<\/td>$3,000<\/td><\/tr>
              2004 – 2008<\/td>Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council<\/td>Media Images and Palestinian and Israeli Women Fighters<\/a> (with Dorit Naaman)<\/td>$176,000<\/td><\/tr>
              2001<\/td>Social Sciences Research Council<\/td>Social Science Research and the Public Sphere<\/td>$6,000<\/td><\/tr>
              2000<\/td>International Development Research Centre<\/td>A Gendered Approach to Compensation of
              Refugees<\/td>              		$20,000<\/td><\/tr>
              1999 – 2001<\/td>International Development Research Centre<\/td>Establishing a Gender Research Unit at Gaza Community Mental Health Program (GCMHP)<\/td>$180,000<\/td><\/tr>
              1997<\/td>International Development Research Centre<\/td>\u201cInvestigating Palestinian Women\u2019s Socio-Economic Conditions\u201d<\/td>$20,000<\/td><\/tr>
              1993<\/td>International Development Research Centre<\/td>Needs Assessment of Palestinian Women<\/td>$28,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

              Professional Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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              • 2023 <\/strong>– Member, Tenure and Promotions Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • 2023 – <\/strong>Member, Colloquium Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • 2023 <\/strong>– Member, Alumni Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • 2019 – 2021 <\/strong>– Member, Tenure and Promotions Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • 2017 <\/strong>– Chair, Colloquium Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • 2015 – 2016 <\/strong>– Member, Colloquium Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • 2015 – 2016 <\/strong>– Member, Sociology Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • 2015 – 2018 <\/strong>– Member, Prizes and Awards Committee, Carleton University Academic Senate, Carleton University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • 2013 – 2014 <\/strong>– Chair, Colloquium Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • 2013 <\/strong>– Member, Promotions Appeals Committee, Carleton University Academic Senate, Carleton University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • 2012 <\/strong>– Member, Colloquium Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Conference Organizing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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                • 2010 <\/strong>– Conference Organizer (with Ruba Saleh, Exeter University) three panels, July 19-22, World Congress of Middle East Studies<\/strong> (WOCMES), Barcelona, Spain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • 2009 <\/strong>– Conference Organizer, \u201cInternational Workshop: Indigenous Issues and the State: Canada and Israel Compared\u201d, 21 May, Women Against Violence Organization<\/strong> (WAVO), Nazareth, Palestine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • 2008 <\/strong>– Conference Organizer (with May Tlemsany), International Conference: Counterpoints: Edward Said Legacy<\/strong>, October 31 – November 2, Carleton University and University of Ottawa, Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  Consultancies and Contract Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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                  • 2014<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cWomen, Patriarchy and Violence in Israel\u201d<\/em>, expert report, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2009<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cWomen, the State and Citizenship: Lecture Series\u201d<\/em>, Violence Against Women (VAW) Centre, Nazareth, Palestine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2009<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cPalestinian Women and the Israeli Political Economy\u201d<\/em>, research sponsored by IDRC and executed by MADA Research Centre, Haifa, Palestine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2008<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cParticipatory Research Methods Training\u201d<\/em>, research contract, Palestinian Women\u2019s Research and Documentation Centre.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2007<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cHuman Rights Violations within the PNA\u201d<\/em>, contract research, Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2007<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cGender and Sexuality in Morocco\u201d<\/em>, expert report, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2006<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cWomen and Poverty in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: A Critical Literature Review\u201d<\/em>, United Nations Economic and Social Council.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2005<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cExpulsion and Displacement: Palestinian Women\u2019s Ordeals in East Jerusalem\u201d<\/em>, contract research, Women\u2019s Studies Centre, Ramallah, Palestine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2004<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cViolence Against Women: The Moroccan Case\u201d<\/em>, expert report, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2004<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cThe Palestinian Ministry of Women\u2019s Affairs: Action Plan for 2005\u201307\u201d<\/em>, consultant, UNDP\/Palestinian Ministry of Women\u2019s Affairs, Palestine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2004<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cGender Assessment of Education in ERfKE\u2019s Program for Jordan\u201d<\/em>, consultant, Canadian International Development Agency, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2003 <\/strong>\u2013 \u201cMixed Marriages among Palestinians\u201d, expert paper, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2003<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cMoroccan Women and Divorce\u201d<\/em>, expert paper, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 2000<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cHow to Write the Gender in Research on Refugees\u201d<\/em>, paper solicited by International Development Research Centre.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 1999<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cGender and the State in Muslim Countries\u201d<\/em>, expert paper, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 1998<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cDivorced Women and Social Services in Syria\u201d<\/em>, expert paper, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 1997<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cMarrying Without Parental Consensus: A Jordanian Case\u201d<\/em>, expert paper, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 1996<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cWomen and Family Honour in Lebanon\u201d<\/em>, expert paper, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 1995<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cIncome Generating Projects in Palestine: Problems and Prospects\u201d<\/em>, study submitted to International Development and Refugee Foundation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cThe Status of Women in Muslim Countries: The Case of Egypt\u201d<\/em>, expert paper, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cThe Status of Women in Muslim Countries: The Case of Lebanon\u201d<\/em>, expert paper, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 1993<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cThe Status of Women in Muslim Countries: The Case of Yemen\u201d<\/em>, expert paper, Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • 1993<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cRefugees: Towards National and Gender Self-determination\u201d<\/em>, policy paper for the Director-General of Corporate Affairs and Initiatives Division, Department of External Affairs, Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                    Nahla Abdo Dr. Nahla Abdo is a retired Chancellor\u2019s Professor of Sociology at Carleton University, a tenured full professor, and a leading scholar in the fields of anti-colonial feminism, settler colonialism, and Indigenous resistance. With over four decades of academic and activist engagement, Dr. Abdo\u2019s work spans global contexts, from Palestine and Turtle Island to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-32029","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32029"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33302,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32029\/revisions\/33302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=32029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}