[ac·a·dem·ic re·search] 
adj. 1: relating to studies that are liberal or classical rather than technical or vocational
syn: theoretical

v. tr. 1.: to study (something) thoroughly so as to present in a detailed manner
syn: exploration


 

[selected papers: articles, book chapters, etc.]

[note: listing from 2005 onwards. citations appear as Tawil Souri, H. Tawil-Souri, H. Souri, H.T., or Tawil, H.]

The Global Modernity of Arab Television
journal article, forthcoming

Checkpoints: The New Centers of Palestinian Social and Economic Life
journal article, forthcoming

Arab Television in Academic Scholarship

Sociology COMPASS, forthcoming

Arab Media and Political Renewal (book review)
Particip@tions: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies, 2008

Americanizing Palestine Through Internet Development
in Internationalizing Internet Studies, Eds. Gerard Goggin and Mark McLelland. 2008

The Political Battlefield of pro-Arab Videogames on Palestinian Streets [link to journal - pdf available]
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 27(3):536-551, November 2007. Special Issue of Mediated Politics in the Middle East

Global and National Forces for a Nation-State Yet to be Born: The Paradoxes of Palestinian Television Policies [link to journal - pdf available]
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture 4(3):4-25, September 2007

Move over Bangalore, here comes... Palestine? Western Funding and 'Internet Development' in the Shrinking Palestinian State [link to book info]
in Global Communications: Towards a Transcultural Political Economy, Eds. Paula Chakravartty and Yuezhi Zhao, 2007: 263-284.

Marginalizing Palestinian Development: Lessons against peace. [link to journal]
Development 49(2): 75-80, Spring 2006

Coming Into Being and Flowing Into Exile: History and Trends in Palestinian Film-Making. [link to journal - doc available]
Nebula 2(2): 113-140, June 2005

 

[selected presentations: conferences and invited]

[note: listing from 2005 onwards. citations appear as Tawil Souri, H. Tawil-Souri, H. Souri, H.T., or Tawil, H.]

The In/Visible Politics of Arab Film
Middle East Studies Assocation, November 2008

New Media Technologies in the Arab World: Prospects and Perils for Economic and Political Transformations
Transnational Popular Culture Industries Symposium, Center for Global Studies, Center for International Business Education and Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 2007

Building Arab Information States: A Critique of the World Economic Forum's Education Initiatives in Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Territories
International Association for Media and Communications Research, July 2007

Arab TV Screens' Challenges to Modernity and Modernization
International Association for Media and Communications Research, July 2007

The Networked 'Terrorists': History and Analysis of Pro-Arab Video Games
International Communication Association, May 2007

Internet in the Absence of a State: On-Line Realities in the Palestinian Territories
Beyond Media Censorship: Speech and the State in the Middle East, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, April 2007

Crossroads of Competing Narratives: Trends in Palestinian Film-Making
Society for Cinema and Media Studies, March 2007

Palestinians in the Media: Negotiating Representations, Articulating National Identity
Middle East Studies Association, November 2006

IT Development and the Rise of Hamas: Both Facets of The Failure of Western Aid?
Middle East Studies Association, November 2006

The Internet in Palestine: The Contradictions of Western Economic Development and the Rise of Islamic Movements.
AoIR, September 2006

Checkpoints: On the Margins, New Centers of Palestinian Life
The Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, September 26, 2006

The Rise of a Different Clash? New Arab Media and Islamic Traditions.
Internationalising Media Studies, September 2006.

The Internet in Palestine: The Contradictions of Western Economic Development and the Marginalization of Islamic Movements
International Association for Media and Communications Research, July 2006

The Center Disconnected: Palestinian media’s isolated existence
International Communications Association, June 2006

Palestinianness through Media: Refugee, Diaspora and Territorial Negotiations of Palestinian Identity
International Communications Association, June 2006

Checkpoints: The New Urbanized Centers of Palestinian Social and Economic Life
Mid East Cities and War Panel, NYU Metropolitan Studies, April 18, 2006

45 Stations All Tuned to Al Jazeera: Fragmented Palestinian Television.
Princeton University, The Institute for Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, December 2005

Increasing Economic Dependency through 'Internet Development.' A Case Study of the Palestinian Territories.
AoIR, November 2005

From Real to Virtual Conflict: Palestinian Kids and On-line Games.
AoIR, November 2005

Under Pressure: Where to Get Intifada News in the Palestinian Territories.
IAMCR, July 2005

Palestinian Contradictions: Gaining Communicative Rights without Political and Economic Justice.
A Rights Revolution, Boulder, April 2005