Spyros Sofos is an Assistant Professor in Global Humanities, an affiliated researcher at the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies and a member of the steering committee for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University. Previously he was a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Centre of the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Lecturer at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University.
His research interests include the study of social identities, collective action, conflict and conflict transformation and insecurity - His books include 'Turkish Politics and ‘The People’: Mass Mobilisation and Populism' (Edinburgh University Press 2022), 'Islam in Europe: Public Spaces and Civic Networks' (Palgrave 2013, co-authored with R. Tsagarousianou), 'Tormented by History: Nationalism in Greece and Turkey' (Hurst and Oxford University Press 2008, co-authored with U. Özkirimli), which appeared in Turkish as'Tarihin Cenderesinde: Türk ve Yunan Milliyetçiliği (Istanbul Bilgi University Press 2013), and in Greek as 'Το βασανο της Ιστοριας' (Καστανιωτης 2008). He has co-edited 'Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe' (Routledge 1996 with B. Jenkins).
He is the founding and lead editor of #RethinkingPopulism.
He has written extensively on Turkish, Middle Eastern and South Eastern European politics, on populism, nationalism and ethnic conflict, as well as on the cultures and politics of Muslim communities in Europe.
He frequently writes about social and political issues for venues such as The Conversation, the LSE Blog, OpenDemocracy, Dialoguemos and Truthout.
Experience
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2023–presentAssistant Professor, Simon Fraser University
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2021–2023Senior Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science
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2012–2021Lecturer, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University
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2000–2011Senior research fellow, Kingston University
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1996–2000Senior lecturer, University of Portsmouth
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1993–1996Research associate, University of Portsmouth
Education
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2020University of Copenhagen, PhD Regional and Crosscultural Studies
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1985Panteion University , BSc Politics and International Studies
Publications
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2022Turkish Politics and ‘The People’: Mass Mobilisation and Populism, Edinburgh University Press
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2013Islam in Europe: Public Spaces and Civic Networks, Palgrave Macmillan
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2013Tarihin Cenderesinde: Türk ve Yunan Milliyetçiliği, Istanbul Bilgi University Press
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2008Tormented by History: Nationalism in Greece and Turkey, Oxford University Press
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2008Το βάσανο της Ιστορίας: Ο Εθνικισμός στην Ελλάδα και την Τουρκία , Καστανιώτης
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1996Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe, Routledge
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