Dr. Alia Mossallam

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsOther Areas of History,Political Science
KeywordsEgyptian Politics, Political History, Subaltern History, Anthropology of History, Cultural History
Honours and awards

2017: Georg Forster Research Fellowship

2014: Civil Society Scholar Award from the Open Society Institute

2014: Research Grant from the Arab Council for Social Sciences for the implementation of Public History Workshops

2006: Achieved MSC degree with Honors from the School of Oriental and African Studies

2002: BA Graduation with Honors from the American University in Cairo

2002: Merit Scholarship for the pursuit of a Diploma at the European College for Liberal Arts, Berlin

1998: Academic Achievement Scholarship at the American University in Cairo

Current contact address

CountryEgypt
CityCairo
InstitutionThe American University in Cairo (AUC)
InstituteDepartment of History

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Cilja HardersFachbereich Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften, Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Arbeitsstelle Politik des Vorderen Orients, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
M.A. Georges KhalilForum Transregionale Studien e.V., Berlin
Priv. Doz. Dr. Britta LangeHermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang SchäffnerHermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2017

Programme(s)

2016Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2017Mossallam, Alia: History Workshops in Egypt: An Experiment in History Telling. In: The History Workshops Journal, 2017, 241-251
2017El-Sherif,Nermine and Mossallam, Alia: Mapping the Counter-Histories of Port Said: A crticial reading into a communal mapping project. In: Jadaliyya, 2017,
2016Mossallam, Alia: 'Beyond the Din of the Battle Stories from the Struggle for Port Said. In: Mada Masr, 2016,
2014Mossallam, Alia: “We are the ones who made this dam ‘high’. A Builders’ history of the Aswan High Dam.“. In: Water History, 2014, 297-314
2013Mossallam, Alia: “‘Hadhihi al-?aradi muharrarah’. Dismantling state power, experimenting with alternatives and the growing movement from 2000-2010.”. In: Larbi Sadiqi, Heiko Wimmen and Layla Al Zubaidi, Democratic Transition in the Middle East: Unmaking Power.. Routledge, 2013. 109-137
2007Mossallam, Alia: “Accounting for Historical Gaps. Documenting Youth Movements for socio-political change in Egypt”. . In: The Economic and Business History Research Centre Chronicles (AUC), 2007,
2007Mossallam, Alia: “These are Liberated Territories: Ruminations on Every-day forms of Resistance in Contemporary Egypt.”. In: The Economic & Business History Research Centre Chronicles. (AUC), 2007,