Sara Fregonese

PhD Geography (Newcastle)
MA Mediterranean Cooperation(Ca' Foscari University, Venice)
BA Oriental Languages and Cultures (Ca' Foscari University, Venice)

 I am a political geographer with a background in Middle Eastern studies and a research focus on cities and conflict, particularly Lebanon.

My research is structured along three themes:

1.   Urban geopolitics and hybrid sovereignty

2.   More-than-human approaches to urban conflict

3.   Historical geographies of sectarianism (Ottoman Levant)

My past research has been supported by: 

2011-2012: British Academy Small Research Grant
Views from the Holiday Inn. War, urban landscape, and memory in Beirut

2009-2012: British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Geographical Perspectives on War and Cities: the case of Beirut.

2004-2007: PhD Studentship, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University.