Amarnath Amarasingam is a Canadian extremism researcher.
Amarnath Amarasingam | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| Known for | Diaspora, media studies, radicalization and deradicalization, religion, social movements, societal response, Sri Lanka, Tamils |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Extremism |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Pain, Pride, and Politics: Social Movement Activism and the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in Canada (2013) |
| Doctoral advisor | Lorne L. Dawson |
| Website | https://cchs.gwu.edu/amarnath-amarasingam |
Career
editAmarasingam studied religion and culture at Wilfrid Laurier University from 2007 to 2011. Since September 2011 he teaches as a lecturer at Wilfrid Laurier University, since January 2012 additionally at the University of Waterloo. 2013 he was awarded a PhD with a thesis on social movement activism, his doctoral advisor was Lorne L. Dawson. From May 2014 to May 2016, he conducted research with a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council as a postdoctoral fellow at Dalhousie University. He is a senior research fellow at the London Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a fellow in the George Washington University Center for Cyber and Homeland Security extremism program and since January 2017 directs a study on Western Foreign Fighters at the University of Waterloo.
Amarasingam has written for The New York Times,[1] Politico,[2] The Atlantic,[3] Vice News,[4] The Daily Beast,[5] Foreign Affairs,[6] The Huffington Post,[7] Al Jazeera[8] and War on the Rocks.[9] 2016 he participated in the TV-documentation ISIS: Rise of Terror.[citation needed]
Books
edit- Pain, Pride, and Politics: Social Movement Activism and the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in Canada. (Thesis) University of Georgia Press 2015 ISBN 978-0-820-34812-4
- Sri Lanka: The Struggle for Peace in the Aftermath of War. C. Hurst & Co. 2017 ISBN 978-1-849-04573-5
- The Stewart/Colbert Effect: Essays on the Real Impacts of Fake News. McFarland & Company 2011 ISBN 978-0-786-45886-8
- Religion and the New Atheism: A Critical Appraisal. Brill Publishers 2010 ISBN 978-90-04-18557-9; Haymarket Books 2012 ISBN 978-1-608-46203-2
References
edit- ^ Amarnath Amarasingam, Jacob Davey (June 21, 2017). "What About the Terrorism of the Far Right?". The New York Times
- ^ Amarnath Amarasingam (March 1, 2017). "What ISIS Fighters Think of Trump". Politico.
- ^ Profile of Amarnath Amarasingam at The Atlantic
- ^ Profile of Amarnath Amarasingam at Vice News
- ^ Profile of Amarnath Amarasingam at The Daily Beast
- ^ Profile of Amarnath Amarasingam at Foreign Affairs
- ^ Profile of Amarnath Amarasingam at The Huffington Post
- ^ Profile of Amarnath Amarasingam at Al Jazeera
- ^ Profile of Amarnath Amarasingam at War on the Rocks
External links
edit- Profile of Amarnath Amarasingam at Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS)
- Amarnath Amarasingam at IMDb