About me
Catherine Charrett is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations, (she/they). Catherine joined the University of Westminster in 2019, before that Catherine was a lecturer and researcher at Queen Mary University of London. Catherine's research interests include anti-colonial and anti-imperial perspectives on sovereignty and diplomacy. Catherine's doctoral research, completed at Aberystwyth University (2010-2014) was on EU-Hamas diplomacy following the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections. Catherine has published this work with Routledge, Interventions Book Series and several leading journals. Catherine uses transdisciplinary and queer methods in her approach to research dissemination, which includes political drag performances. Catherine was an Early Career Research Fellow (2018-2019) with the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF) for her public engagement approach to research. Catherine current research is on spatial modes of anti-imperial resistance from the prisoners' movements to urban design. Catherine has an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a BA in International Relations and Political Science from the University of British Columbia. Catherine is a co-convener for the BISA Colonial Postcolonial and Decolonial working group and chair of the ISA LGBTQA Caucus.
Teaching
4PIRS008W Critical Perspectives on Global Politics
6PIRS003W Contested Sovereignty: Territory, Borders and Resistance
In this module we will explore the history of sovereignty and state making. We will look at histories of settler colonialism and how it has shaped key concepts in global politics such as: property, race, progress and community. We will look at a range of indigenous, abolitionist and anti-racist experiences and literatures, to see how these communities offer a crucial perspective on global politics.
*I have experience teaching qualitative and transdisciplinary research methods across the Social Sciences and the Humanities at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and experience teaching on the politics and history of the Middle East and North Africa.
Research
My research explores sovereignty in International Relations and Political Theory through indigenous and anti-colonial struggles, and especially the Palestinian liberation movement. My research explores how transnational policing and security infrastructures and technologies emerge to maintain colonial and racist power. I use transdisciplinary methods inspired by queer, feminist and abolitionist roots to rethink questions of sovereignty and justice in contemporary politics.
Areas of research:
Palestinian politics
Imperialism
Queer Theory
Performativity
Techno-Politics
Former Early Career Research Fellow for the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF). Project title: "Performing Technologies in European, Israeli and Palestinian Security Cooperation".
Publications
For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.