Biography
Glen is an Associate Professor in the Department of POLIS. He is also a Fellow and a Director of Studies for Politics at Trinity College, where he serves as the Director of Admissions and the Fellow for Ethnic Diversity.
He is a winner of the University of Cambridge Pilkington Prize for teaching, and he runs the RA Butler Essay Prize for Year 12 students interested in thinking, writing and arguing about politics.
His research interests are in the politics of the Middle East. Thematically, his work is on political argument and on the political economy of conflict. He chairs the Fieldwork & Research programme of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq, of which he is a Trustee.
Research
- The politics of the modern Middle East, especially the Levant (including Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine) and the northern Gulf region (including Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait). My particular interests are (i) on the forms of political debate in these regions; and (ii) the character of the state and state-building processes.
- Theories of contemporary conflict, particularly the political economy of modern war.
- International organisation and some aspects of the role of international law in politics, especially in political argumentation.
Teaching and Supervisions
Undergraduate
Part IIB: POL12: The Politics of the Middle East (course organiser)
Part IIB: Conflict & Peacebuilding module: Conflict in Yemen (not running at the moment)
Part IIB: Conceptual issues and texts in Politics and International Relations
Part IIA: Comparative Politics module: Egypt and Iran
Graduate
MPhil course: The Middle East in Global Politics
Applications from prospective PhD students are welcome. I review all PhD applications that come in to the department that focus on the Middle East, but please note that I am not able to give feedback on proposed research topics or indicate a willingness to supervise prior to application.
