Charles Tripp

Charles Tripp is professor of middle east politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Among his books are A History of Iraq ↑(Cambridge University Press, new edition, 2007), Islam and the Moral Economy: The Challenge of Capitalism ↑(Cambridge University Press, 2006), and the forthcoming, 'The Power and the People: paths of resistance in the Middle East' (Cambridge University Press, 2012)

Event: Culture, Creativity and Non-Violence (London, May 1st)

In the third and final event in our ‘Tahrir Square Meme’ series, Charles Tripp, professor of middle east politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, will be exploring whether a new form of counter hegemony is emerging in the Middle East and its relationship to non-violence and politica

By Charles Tripp

/ 30 Apr 2012

The seductions of violence in Iraq

Violence in Iraq is not a throw-back to some more ‘primitive’ past, driven by dark passions dredged up from history. On the contrary, it has a logic and a constitutive power of its own fully in line with the contemporary experiences that Iraqis have undergone both before and after 2003. Moreover,

By Charles Tripp

/ 23 Mar 2012

The middle east: reporters under fire

Charles Tripp is a professor of politics with reference to the middle east at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. He is a member of the board

By Charles Tripp

/ 12 Mar 2009

Iraq: the politics of the local

Now that the first phase of the Iraqi civil war seems to have ended, it is time to consider the political processes it may have left in its bloody wake.

By Charles Tripp

/ 25 Jan 2008