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Erik Skare
Phone: 004793457696 - eriskar@uio.noI am a postdoctoral researcher and historian based at the University of Oslo, and an associate researcher at the Center for International Studies (CERI), Sciences Po, in Paris. My disciplinary background is Arabic and Middle East Studies. I specialize on Palestinian history with a particular focus on religion and secular politics and its role in Palestinian armed and non-violent resistance. My PhD thesis studied the history of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). The thesis was published as a monograph by Cambridge University Press titled A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Faith, Awareness, and Revolution in the Middle East and was awarded the Palestine Book Award (2021). My work has been cited in The Washington Post, Le Monde diplomatique, and other international news outlets.
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Road to October 7: A Brief History of Palestinian Islamism (New York: Verso Books, forthcoming).
A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Faith, Awareness, and Revolution in the Middle East (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021).
Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Islamist Writings on Religion and Resistance (London: I.B.Tauris, 2021).
"Staying Safe by Being Good? The EU's Normative Decline as a Security Actor in the Middle East." European Journal of International Security 8, no. 3 (2023): 337-353.
"Affluent and Well-Educated? Analyzing the Socio-Economic Backgrounds of Fallen Palestinian Islamist Militants." The Middle East Journal 76, no. 1 (2022): 72-92.
"Controlling the State in the Political Theory of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad." Religions 12, no. 1010 (2021): 1-12.
