Lori Interviewed on Minwar Podcast
On January 23, 2021, Noora Lori, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, appeared on the Minwar Podcast to discuss nations, borders, and a new world.
During the episode, Lori explored and critiqued the realities of nation states. She discussed how nation states emerged and the meanings of sovereignty, citizenship, nationalism. Other questions explored include: how do empires exercise their hard and soft powers in developing identities around this system, and how does this political technology fit into the current world?
The full podcast episode can be listened to below.
Noora Lori’s research broadly focuses on the political economy of migration, the development of security institutions and international migration control, and the establishment and growth of national identity systems. She is particularly interested in the study of temporary worker programs and racial hierarchies in comparative perspective. Regionally, her work examines the shifting population movements accompanying state formation in the Persian Gulf, expanding the study of Middle East politics to include historic and new connections with East Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Lori is the Founding Director of the Pardee School Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking. Read more about Professor Lori on her faculty profile.