Section: Research Student Profiles

Elisabeth Hope Murray

Name
Elisabeth Hope Murray
Organisation
Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
Address
Rm 4.14 Chrystal Macmillan Building Edinburgh UK EH8 9LL
Telephone
+44 (0)131 651 3862
E-Mail
Research Interests
Genocide,nationalism,Ideology
URL
http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/research_student_profiles/politics_and_ir/hope_murray
Elisabeth Hope Murray

PhD Title

Pathways to genocide: the process of ideological radicalisation

Research Interview

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons) International Relations, Samford University USA (2003)
  • MSc Nationalism Studies, University of Edinburgh (2005)

Working Title

Pathways to genocide: the process of ideological radicalisation

Research Interests

My primary interests are genocide and ethnic conflict, comparative historical sociology, historical institutionalism and processes of radicalisation.  My PhD looks at how and why radicalising ideologies evolve in genocidal states.  I use an episodic method of research allowing me to test the theory of path dependency and it's applicability to the process of cumulative radicalisation in the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust and the conflict in the Balkans.

Supervisors

Prof. Charlie Jeffery (Politics and International Relations), Dr. James Kennedy (Sociology)

Awards

Andrew Memorial Fund 2006 recipient

Sample Conference Papers

Angels and Demons: religious influences in genocidal nationalism, at Justice, morality and nations: theological international perspectives, Department of Politics and IR, Law School and School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, 2009

The (Un)necessary Dictator: State and Leadership in Genocidal Ideology, at the International Association of Genocide Scholars Annual Conference, University of Sheffield, 2009  

A Bloody Path to Power, at Beyond the Nation: Nations and Nationalism in Uncertain Times at Queens University, Belfast, 2007

Teaching Experience

At the University of Edinburgh, I have taught on Sociology 1a (2007), ICEB (2007, 2008, 2009), Nations and Nationalism (2008), Social and Political Enquiry (2011) and co-convened the departmental post-graduate required course, Theory and Practice of Political Research (2010, 2011). 

Research Group Membership

  • International Politics
  • The Just World Institute 
 

This page was published on 20 June 2011


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