Current research activities:
- From October 4 to 14, I am in Israel for research on counterterrorism and policing since October 7. I will meet fellow scholars and experts, conduct fieldwork, and attend the Shabtai Shavit World Summit on Counter-Terrorism, organized by the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University. Besides Herzlyia, I also visit Bnei Brak, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Sderot, and Re'im, the site of the Nova music festival.
- On September 18, I participate in a panel following a screening of the movie documentary #NOVA, organized by Gamecocks for Israel, The Consulate General of Israel Atlanta, and the Jewish Federation of Columbia, Nickelodeon Theatre, Columbia, SC.
Recent publications:
- The Declining Significance of Interpol: Policing International Terrorism after 9/11. International Criminal Justice Review, 2024.
- The Cancer of the Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Reflections on the Iranian Anti-Israel Law of 2020. Pp. 319-329 in Combining the Legal and the Social in Sociology of Law. Hart Publishing, 2023.
- The Criminal Justice Activism of Naomi Osaka: A Case Study in the Criminology of Celebrity Culture. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 2023.
- Celebrity Culture and Activism during and since COVID-19: A Sociological Model of Analysis for (Post-)Pandemic Times (with Megan Routh, Logan Hickey, and Brandii Brunson). International Review of Modern Sociology, 2023.
Mathieu Deflem, Ph.D.
Department of SociologyUniversity of South Carolina
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Columbia, SC 29208 (USA) | www.mathieudeflem.net
