Christina Hellmich
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Associate Professor
Module Convenor for:
- Politics and International Relations of the Middle East
- Terrorism in a Globalising World
- Conflict in the Middle East
- International Terrorism.
Areas of interest
Dr Hellmich is a specialist in Middle East politics (especially Yemen and the Arab Gulf) with a particular research interest in political Islam, international security and global health.
During fieldwork in Iraq and the Yemen she has conducted extensive research into the role of Islamic preaching in the process of radicalisation as well as gender relations and women's health.
Her recent work examined the contested nature of Al-Qaeda and changing notions of the Pan-Islamic ideal.
Academic qualifications
- M.A. (Hons) St. Andrews
- M.St. Oxford
- D.Phil Oxford
Publications
- Hellmich, C. (2020) The ideology of al-Qaeda. In: Akbarzadeh, S. , (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Political Islam. 2nd Edition. Routledge ISBN: 9781138353893
- Hellmich, C. (2019) The heart pumps. Or does it? The politics of biomedicine, the objectivity of science and the way we know the world. In: Singh, J. , Carr, M. , Marlin-Bennett, R. , (eds.) Worldviews in Science, Technology and Art in International Relations. Routledge ISBN: 9781138668973
- Hellmich, C. (2017) Afterword: reflections on knowing war. In: Hellmich, C. and Purse, L. , (eds.) Disappearing War: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Cinema and Erasure in the Post-9/11 World. Edinburgh University Press , Edinburgh. UK. ISBN: 9781474416566
- Hellmich, C. and Purse, L. (2017) Introduction: film and the epistemology of war. In: Hellmich, C. and Purse, L. , (eds.) Disappearing War: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Cinema and Erasure in the Post-9/11 World. Edinburgh University Press , Edinburgh, UK. ISBN: 9781474416566
- Hellmich, C. and Purse, L. , eds. (2017) Disappearing war: interdisciplinary perspectives on cinema and erasure in the post-9/11 world. Edinburgh University Press , Edinburgh. pp 216. ISBN: 9781474416566
- Hellmich, C. and Purse, L. (2016) Knowing war: moving images and the politics of erasure in the post 9/11 world. E-international relations
- Hellmich, C. (2014) Al-Qai'da. In: Shahin, E. , (eds.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics. Vol 2. Oxford University Press , Oxford, UK. pp. 289-295. ISBN: 9780199739356
- Hellmich, C. (2014) Reply to Christine Sylvester, “Terro rWars: Boston Iraq”: An examination of differences between counter-terrorism and war as seen through the Iraqi experience of occupation. Critical Studies on Terrorism , 7 (3). pp. 472-478. ISSN: 1753-9161 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2014.953307
- Hellmich, C. (2014) Sovereignty over their bodies: re-thinking the determinants of women's reproductive health in Yemen. In: Lackner, H. , (eds.) Why Yemen matters: a society in transition. Soas Middle East issues Saqi Books , London. pp. 251-266. ISBN: 9780863567773
- Hellmich, C. (2014) How Islamic is al-Qaeda? The politics of Pan-Islam and the challenge of modernisation. Critical Studies on Terrorism , 7 (2). pp. 241-256. ISSN: 1753-9161 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2014.912913
- Hellmich, C. (2013) Bin Ladin, Osama. In: Coetzee, D. and Eysturlid, L. , (eds.) Philosophers of War. , 2. Praeger ISBN: 9780275989774
- Behnke, A. and Hellmich, C. (2012) Introduction: al-Qaeda and terrorism as a challenge to knowledge. In: Hellmich, C. and Behnke, A. , (eds.) Knowing al-Qaeda: the epistemology of terrorism. Ashgate , Farnham. pp. 1-9. ISBN: 9781409423669
- Hellmich, C. (2012) Al-Qaida: vom globalen Netzwerk zum Franchise-Terrorismus . Primus , Frankfurt, Germany. ISBN: 9783863123475
- Hellmich, C. (2012) Fighting Al-Qaeda in Yemen? Rethinking the nature of the Islamist threat and the effectiveness of US counterterrorism strategy. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism , 35 (9). pp. 618-633. ISSN: 1521-0731 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2012.702669
- Hellmich, C. (2012) Here come the Salafis: the framing of Al-Qaeda's ideology within terrorism research. In: Hellmich, C. and Behnke, A. , (eds.) Knowing Al-Qaeda: The Epistemology of Terrorism. Ashgate pp. 11-28. ISBN: 9781409423669
- Behnke, A. and Hellmich, C. , eds. (2012) Knowing Al-Qaeda: the epistemology of terrorism. Ashgate pp 220. ISBN: 9781409423669
- Hellmich, C. (2011) The death of Osama bin Laden - the end of Al-Qaeda's Pan-Islamic ambition?. Orient , 52 (4). pp. 8-14. ISSN: 0030-5227
- Hellmich, C. (2011) Al-Qaeda: from global network to local franchise. Rebels Zed , London. pp 224. ISBN: 9781848139091
- Hellmich, C. (2009) A case of ‘unmet need’? Barriers to women’s use of modern contraceptives in the Republic of Yemen. The Maghreb Review , 34 (1). pp. 18-41. ISSN: 0309-457X
- Hellmich, C. (2009) The physiology of Al-Qaeda: From ideology to participation. In: Ranstorp, . , (eds.) Understanding Violent Radicalisation: Terrorist and Jihadist Movements in Europe. Routledge , London. pp. 68-87. ISBN: 9780415556309
- Rivard, A. , Hellmich, C. , Swingen, C. , Kamdar, F. , Cordova, E. , Holstad, J. , Bianco, R. , John, R. (2008) Intermittent antegrade cardioplegia: isolated heart preservation with the Asporto heart preservation device. Progress in Transplantation , 18 (2). pp. 127-133. ISSN: 2164-6708
- Hellmich, C. (2008) Creating the ideology of Al Qaeda: from hypocrites to Salafi-Jihadists. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism , 31 (2). pp. 111-124. ISSN: 1521-0731 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10576100701812852
- Hellmich, C. (2008) Review: Marc Sageman, Leaderless Jihad: terror networks in the Twenty-First century. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008 . Democracy and Security , 4 (3). pp. 318-320. ISSN: 1555-5860 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17419160802463779
- Hellmich, C. and Redig, A. (2007) The question is when: the ideology of Al Qaeda and the reality of bioterrorism. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism , 30 (5). pp. 375-396. ISSN: 1521-0731 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10576100701258593
- Rivard, A. , Hellmich, C. , Sampson, B. , Bianco, R. , Crow, S. , Miller, L. (2005) Preoperative predictors for postoperative problems in heart transplantation: psychiatric and psychosocial considerations. Progress in Transplantation , 15 (3). pp. 276-282. ISSN: 2164-6708
- Hellmich, C. (2005) Al-Qaeda - terrorists, hypocrites, fundamentalists? The view from within. Third World Quarterly , 26 (1). pp. 39-54. ISSN: 1360-2241 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0143659042000322892