Research & Publishing

Current Projects

Articles and Manuscripts

Sunday, James H. (in prep) Subjects of Power: Revisiting Political Participation in Neoliberal Cairo’s Popular Quarters. Book-length manuscript.
Sunday, James H. (in prep) Proximities of Power: Subject-Formation and Biopolitics in Contemporary Egypt. Book-length manuscript.
Sunday, James H. (under review) “Neoliberal Encounters: Youth Subject Formation and the State in Egypt,” submitted.
Sunday, James H. (under review) “Taking Part, Making Space: Everyday Politics and Participation in Greater Cairo,” submitted.
Sunday, James H. (under review) “Governing Structure and Agency under Neoliberalism in Contemporary Egypt: A View from Popular Quarters,” submitted.
Bertini, Louise C. and James H. Sunday. (In Prep.) “From Time to Time? An Exploration of Ethnoarchaeology for Understanding Continuity and Change in the Husbandry Practices of (Ancient) Egypt.”

Conference Participation

Selected

Sunday, James H. (2020) “Masculine Productions in Greater Cairo: Reflections on the Performative, Protective, and Normative Subject,” to be presented at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting on panel Performing and Embodying Gender Around the Arab World: Washington.
Sunday, James H. (2020) “Symposium on Egyptian Popular Culture: Produce, Consume, Conserve,” (Chair/Discussant), American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE): Cairo.
Sunday, James H. (2019) “Dressed to Conceal/Dressed to Impress,” (Chair), the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting: New Orleans.
Sunday, James H. (2019) “Colonial Politics, Practices, and Perspectives,” (Chair), the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting: New Orleans.
Sunday, James H. (2018) “Gendered Encounters: Youth and the Security State in Contemporary Egypt,” presented at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting on panel Men and Masculinities: Negotiating Gender, Body Politics, and Racialized Violence: San Antonio.
Sunday, James H. (2018) “Cross-National Research on Contemporary Middle East Politics,” (Chair), the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting: San Antonio.
Sunday, James H. (2018) “Democratization and Revolution: Bridging the Divide in the Literatures,” (Moderator), the Political Science Department Annual Workshop A New Political Science for A Changing World: The American University in Cairo.
Sunday, James H. (2017) “Governing Structure and Agency under Neoliberalism in the Post-2011 Middle East and North Africa: A View from Popular Quarters,” presented at the APSA MENA
Workshop Structure and Agency Revisited: New Modes of Political Mobilization in the Changing Middle East and North Africa: Cairo.
Sunday, James H. (2017) “Making Space: Taking Part in the Everyday Politics of Cairo’s Popular Quarters,” presented at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting on panel Activism, Contestation and Political Participation in the Middle East and North Africa: Washington, DC.
Sunday, James H. (2014) “Bonded by Choice: Shebabi Sociality and Neoliberal Governmentality in Contemporary Egypt,” presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention on the panel “Global Politics of Resistance in the Middle East: Contestations of Power as Everyday Practices and Beyond" (Conference): Toronto.
Sunday, James H. (2012) “Defying Homo Economicus: Youth Subjectivity, Competition and Informal Networks in Neoliberal Cairo,” presented at Negotiating State-Society Relations in the Developing World: From Micro-Politics to Political Settlements (Workshop). 16 August 2012. London School of Economics and Political Science (International Development) and University of Oxford (Development Studies): London/Cairo (Video Conference).
Sunday, James H. (2012) “Generation Tahrir: Europe in the Youth Imaginary in Times of Change,” presented at The EU and Arab Spring (Workshop). 20 January 2012. London School of Economics and Political Science: London.
Sunday, James H. (2011) “Shirking the Basha: Youth Encounters with the Everyday Security State in Cairo,” presented at Democracy, Governance and Development: Between the Institutional and the Political (Conference). 26-28 June 2011. Department of International Development, University of Oxford: Oxford.

Presentations, Lectures, and Interviews

Selected

Gabr, M. Shafik, Thomas Goldberger and James H. Sunday. (2018) “Egypt-U.S. Relations in the Trump Era.” 30 October 2018. Invited Lecture: Egypt’s International Economic Forum: Cairo.
Sunday, James H. (2018) “Words We Live By: Constituting the Social.” 17 September 2018. Invited Lecture: American University in Cairo: Cairo.
Sunday, James H. (2016) “Making Sense of the Outcome.” 11 November 2016. Invited Lecture: Faculty of Economics and Political Science. Giza: Cairo University.
Shahin, Magda, Aly Arfan, and James H. Sunday. (2016) “US Elections... What Now?” 10 November 2016. Invited Lecture: CASAR, MESC, POLS, American University in Cairo: Cairo.
Sunday, James H. (2015) “Life of the Party: Politics, Power, and Ideology in Presidential Selection.” 5 November 2015. Invited Lecture: Faculty of Economics and Political Science. Giza: Cairo University.
Elnur, Ibrahim and James H. Sunday. (2015) "How to Reflect on Politics in a Rapidly Changing MENA" panel presentation as part of the Alumni Lectures Series. DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst: Cairo.
Sunday, James H. (2015) "Collaborative Social Sciences in a Global Age" panel discussion prepared for the workshop Study Programs Tailored for the Labor Market hosted by DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst: Cairo.
Sunday, James H. (2014) “Shifting Balance by Design: Power, Parties, and Election Politics.” 19 November 2014. Invited Lecture: Faculty of Economics and Political Science. Giza: Cairo University.
Sunday, James H. (2013) “Protest: The Politics of Participation.” 20 March 2013. English Language Institute (Live Lecture Series): The American University in Cairo.
Sunday, James H. (2011) “The U.S. and the MENA: Implications for the Arab Spring.” 8 March 2011. School of Oriental and African Studies & Iraqi News Agencies: London.
Sunday, James H. (2009) “State Terrorism and Neoliberalism: The North in the South” (Chair). 4 February 2009. Department of Politics, School of Oriental & African Studies: London.