Sunmi Oh

Biography

"I am an assistant professor in the Departments of Global Studies and Modern Languages and Sociology. My research interests are in political economy, social movements and gender studies; I primarily investigate questions of structural inequality and social change in the Middle East. I am currently working on a manuscript entitled ""The Road to Tahrir: Origins and Sustainment of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011"". I examine the background conditions and the social forces that brought about the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. By studying changes in Egyptian capitalism and state policies since the 1980s, I highlight the structural changes that facilitated the generation of a revolutionary process in Egypt in the 2000s. I then look closely at how the Egyptian youth and democracy movements took advantage of the political opportunity and mobilized against the regime."

Research Interest

Science, technology and medicine