Mehiyar Kathem
Biographic Data
| ID | 3065756 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mehiyar Kathem |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mehiyar |
| FAMILY NAME | Kathem |
| SIGNATURE | KATHEM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nahrein Network, History Department, University College London, London, UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2070-4772 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Decolonising Babylon
The popular imagination and the intellectual study of Babylon generally exclude any notion or understanding of the people who live most closely to it. Inscribed in 2019 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, little is known about the ways in which Babylon, located in Iraq’s Babil province, is viewed by the Iraqi people, most notably by the residents of al Hillah, the provincial capital. Institutional legacies and political structures brought about by t…
Cultural (dis)continuity, political trajectories and the state in post - 2003 Iraq
Cultural continuity and the political trajectories of states are intimately intertwined. What happens to state institutions, how they are transformed through the interventions of external and domestic actors, affects heritage and its continuity in myriad ways. This paper looks at heritage in relation to the state and sites of power through the prism of cultural continuity, which can offer a more nuanced and historical perspective of the field of …
New imperialism in Iraq
From 2003 to 2011, the US-based non-profit contractor, Research Triangle Institute, was awarded $500 million to establish local government institutions. The effort to construct 1,000 councils was one of the largest funded projects in USAID history. In this paper, I show that contrary to the official statements made by USAID and occupation authorities, the Local Governance Project, a conventional international peacebuilding project, was integral t…
Decolonising Babylon
The popular imagination and the intellectual study of Babylon generally exclude any notion or understanding of the people who live most closely to it. Inscribed in 2019 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, little is known about the ways in which Babylon, located in Iraq’s Babil province, is viewed by the Iraqi people, most notably by the residents of al Hillah, the provincial capital. Institutional legacies and political structures brought about by t…
Cultural (dis)continuity, political trajectories and the state in post - 2003 Iraq
Cultural continuity and the political trajectories of states are intimately intertwined. What happens to state institutions, how they are transformed through the interventions of external and domestic actors, affects heritage and its continuity in myriad ways. This paper looks at heritage in relation to the state and sites of power through the prism of cultural continuity, which can offer a more nuanced and historical perspective of the field of …
New imperialism in Iraq
From 2003 to 2011, the US-based non-profit contractor, Research Triangle Institute, was awarded $500 million to establish local government institutions. The effort to construct 1,000 councils was one of the largest funded projects in USAID history. In this paper, I show that contrary to the official statements made by USAID and occupation authorities, the Local Governance Project, a conventional international peacebuilding project, was integral t…
New imperialism in Iraq
From 2003 to 2011, the US-based non-profit contractor, Research Triangle Institute, was awarded $500 million to establish local government institutions. The effort to construct 1,000 councils was one of the largest funded projects in USAID history. In this paper, I show that contrary to the official statements made by USAID and occupation authorities, the Local Governance Project, a conventional international peacebuilding project, was integral t…
Cultural (dis)continuity, political trajectories and the state in post - 2003 Iraq
Cultural continuity and the political trajectories of states are intimately intertwined. What happens to state institutions, how they are transformed through the interventions of external and domestic actors, affects heritage and its continuity in myriad ways. This paper looks at heritage in relation to the state and sites of power through the prism of cultural continuity, which can offer a more nuanced and historical perspective of the field of …
Decolonising Babylon
The popular imagination and the intellectual study of Babylon generally exclude any notion or understanding of the people who live most closely to it. Inscribed in 2019 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, little is known about the ways in which Babylon, located in Iraq’s Babil province, is viewed by the Iraqi people, most notably by the residents of al Hillah, the provincial capital. Institutional legacies and political structures brought about by t…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (1 work)