Mr Amir Fadhil  Mehdi Bahr al-Ulum

Mr Amir Fadhil Mehdi Bahr al-Ulum

PhD Student

Department of International History

Room No
SAR.G.05
Office Hours
Thursday, 4pm - 5pm
Languages
Arabic, English
Key Expertise
Iraq, Middle East, Colonialism, Anti-Colonial Movements

About me

Amir is currently working under the supervision of Dr Kirsten Schulze. His research title is ‘Political Organisation in the Anti-Colonial Movement of Central and Southern Iraq: 1914-1921’. His research examines the history and development of political organisation in the anti-colonial movement against the British in central and southern Iraq between the British entry of Basra during the First World War in 1914 and the crowning of King Feisal I bin al-Hussain in August 1921. This anti-colonial movement spurned by the removal of Ottoman authority by British military power gave birth to the modern Iraqi state and nationalism.Amir holds an MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation from the LSE and a BA in Economics and Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

Expertise Details

Iraq; Middle East; Colonialism; Anti-Colonial Movements; Nationalism; International History

Honours and Awards:

LSE PhD Studentship (2022-2026)British Library Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) Grant Award (2023-2024) - Project titled: 'Surveying the Conservation Needs of the Manuscripts from the Sayyid Bahr al-Ulum Library in Najaf, Iraq (EAP1502)'.

Publications

  • Bahr al-Ulum, Amir Fadhil Mehdi. "Obituary: Al-'Allamah Dr Sayyid Muhammed Bahr al-'Ulum (1347-1436 AH /1927-2015 CE)". In Al-'Allamah Sayyid Muhammed Bahr al-'Ulum, Amamet al-Fikr Wa Al-Jihad, edited by Dr Ibrahim Bahr al-'Ulum, pg. 579-584. Beirut and Najaf: Makraz al-Najaf Li al-Thaqafa Wa Al-Buhuth, Al-Aref Li Al-Matbu'aat, 2016.

Teaching

Amir Mehdi teaches the following courses at undergraduate level:

HY113 - From Empire to Independence: The Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century