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Mai Taha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics (LSE), specializing in Human Rights. Prior to joining LSE, Mai was a lecturer in Law at Goldsmiths, University of London, and an Assistant Professor in International Human Rights Law at the American University in Cairo. Additionally, she served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at York University in Canada and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University. Mai holds a doctoral degree from the University of Toronto and has developed key expertise in Human Rights, International Law, Marxism, Labour, Feminism, and Colonialism. Her research investigates the historical tensions within workers’ movements, feminist movements, and anticolonial liberation movements, with a particular focus on the role of sociology and interdisciplinary approaches in these fields. Mai has an ongoing book project titled 'Sonic Lives: Radio Anticolonial Solidarity' that examines the significance of radio in anticolonial liberation struggles across Africa and the Middle East from the 1950s to the 1990s. She is also co-directing 'Archive Stories', a web-based project that engages with creative non-traditional archives through collaboration with various stakeholders.
London School of Economics • London, England
Teaching and researching in Human Rights.
Goldsmiths, University of London • London, England
Lectured on law-related subjects.
American University in Cairo • Cairo, Egypt
Focused on human rights law.
York University • Toronto, Canada
Contributed to human rights and law curriculum.
Harvard University • Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Engaged in post-doctoral research.
Department of Economics