Daniel L. Douek, April 2019

DANIEL L. DOUEK

Curriculum Vitae

Department of Political Science Leacock Building room 414 McGill University 845 Sherbrooke St. West Montreal, QC H3A 2T7

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Department of Political Science, McGill University, 2012 Dissertation: Counterinsurgency’s Impact on Transitions from Authoritarianism: The Case of South Africa

M.A. Department of Political Science, McGill University, 2005 B.A. Department of Political Science, Vassar College, 2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019-Present Faculty Lecturer, Department of Political Science, McGill University 2014-Present Part-Time Professor, Department of Political Science, Concordia University 2015-2018 Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University 2012-2014 Full-Time Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, Concordia University

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Books Forthcoming Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in South Africa’s Transition. London: Hurst Publishers.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles 2017 “New Light on the Samora Machel Assassination: I Realized That It Was No Accident,” Third World Quarterly Vol. 38, No. 9, pp. 2045-2065

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2013 “’They Became Afraid When They Saw US’: MK Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the Bantustan of Transkei, 1989-94,” Journal of Southern African Studies Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 207-225

2013 “Counterinsurgency’s Impact on Transitions from Authoritarianism: The Case of South Africa,” Politikon Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 255-275

Book Reviews

2014 Timothy Gibbs, Mandela’s Kinsmen: Nationalist Elites and Apartheid’s First Bantustan (Oxford: James Currey) in Journal of Modern African Studies Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 688-689

Manuscripts Under Preparation/Contract

Political Assassinations in Colonial Africa London: Hurst Publishers (edited volume under contract)

(with Elena Razlogova) “State Crimes and Truth Claims: Theorizing State Surveillance and Counterinsurgency” (journal article in progress for Theory and Society)

Other Publications

2018 “What Will be the Endgame Between Israel and Iran?” The Globe and Mail (11 May) Toronto, Canada

2017 “Israeli-Palestinian Peace Deal: It’s Much Harder than Trump Thinks,” The Globe and Mail (24 May), Toronto, Canada

2017 Aisha Ahmad, Daniel Douek, “Invisible Red Lines: How Trump’s Mixed Signals Risk Global War,” The Globe and Mail (10 April), Toronto, Canada

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2019 Professor of the Year Award, Political Science Students’ Association, McGill University 2019 Best 300-Level Class Award, Political Science Students’ Association, McGill University 2018 Dedication to Community Building and Student Growth Award, Political Science Students’ Association, McGill University 2018 Teaching Excellence Award Finalist, Arts Undergraduate Society, McGill University 2017 Best Lecturer Award, Political Science Students’ Association, McGill University 2016 President’s Excellence in Teaching Award, Concordia University

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2010 Political Science Department Dissertation Award, McGill University 2009 SSHRC Field Research Award, McGill University 2008 Centre for Developing Area Studies Fellowship, McGill University 2007-09 FQRSC Doctoral Fellowship 2005-08 McGill University Doctoral Funding Package 2006 Faculty of Arts Graduate Student Teaching Award, Excellence in Teaching 2004 Alma Mater Travel Grant, McGill University

INVITED TALKS

2017 “Dimensions of Global Security in Africa,” Canadian Forces College, Toronto, ON October 2

2014 “Intelligence Recruitment, Informers, and Apartheid Counterinsurgency,” African Studies Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 19 November

CONFERENCE ACTIVITY

Papers

2014 “Chris Hani: Assassinating the Subaltern,” African Studies Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 22 November

2014 “Lebanon, 1982 As A Key Turning Point in the Arab-Israeli Conflict,” International Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, May (canceled)

2013 “Umkhonto We Sizwe’s Marginalization in South Africa’s Security Sector Reform Process,” African Studies Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, 21 November 2013

2006 “Here Comes the Judge: Peter Tosh as Pan-African Revolutionary,” African Studies Association Conference, San Francisco, 16 November

2004 “From Bandits to Partners: Accounting for RENAMO’s Political Legitimacy in Post- Conflict Mozambique,” African Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, 10 November

CAMPUS TALKS

2015 “The Boko Haram Insurgency: Understanding the Origins of Nigeria’s Security Crisis,” Social Science Week, Dawson College, 11 February

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2014 “Why Does Violence Persist in New Democracies?” North-South Program, Dawson College, Montreal, 9 November

2014 “Boko Haram and the Crisis in Nigeria: Islamist Radicalism and State Weakness,” Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, 29 May 2014

2013 “Enjoying Your Life in Grad School: Tips for Health, Sanity, and Success,” Concordia University, 15 October

2011 “Genocide and Colonial Violence in Africa,” Confronting Genocide conference, Concordia University, 16 March

2010 “Umkhonto we Sizwe as Armed Defenders in the Transkei Bantustan, 1989-94,” Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University, Montreal, 10 April

Talks Organized

2013 Will Reno (Northwestern University), “An Age of “New Wars” and Urban Guerrillas? The Changing Character of Insurgencies,” Concordia University, 17 October

2013 William F. Pepper, “The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” Concordia University, 4 April

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (selected)

McGill University International Relations of the Middle East (Winter 2019) Arab-Israeli Conflict, Crisis, Peace (Fall 2018) Latin American Politics (Winter 2016/2017/2018, Fall 2018) Security: War and Peace (Winter 2018) Introduction to Politics of Developing Areas (Winter 2018, Winter 2019) International Relations of Africa (Summer 2009, Winter 2010, Fall 2017, Winter 2019) International Relations Theory (Fall 2016) Introduction to State Behavior (Fall 2015)

Concordia University Social Movements and Protest Politics (Winter 2018) Latin American Politics (Fall 2011/2013, Winter 2016, Fall 2017) Introduction to Comparative Politics (9 sections; Fall 2012 - Fall 2018) US Foreign Policy (Winter 2017) Politics of the US (Winter 2017, Fall 2015/2014) Middle East Politics (Fall 2016) 4

Theories of International Relations (Winter 2016) Democratization, Development, and Political Violence (Winter 2013, Fall 2013) Comparative Democratization (Fall 2012, Summer 2013)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

African Studies Association, 2004 – Present Canadian Political Science Association, 2004-2012

LANGUAGES

French: advanced reading, writing, speaking Hebrew: intermediate reading, writing, speaking Arabic: beginner speaking

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