Positions

Research Areas research areas

Overview

  • Fredrik Meiton is a historian of the modern Middle East. He studies the intersection of politics, science and the environment, especially in the context of colonial development. He teaches courses in global and Middle Eastern history, often with a focus on science, technology, energy and the environment. Professor Meiton has a B.A. in history from Lund University, an M.Phil. in Middle East studies from St Antony’s College, Oxford, and a Ph.D. from New York University. Before taking up his position at UNH, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Science in Human Culture Program and Department of History at Northwestern University. Professor Meiton has published widely for scholarly and general audiences on a range of topics, from electrification in Mandate Palestine to energy politics, capitalism and political theory, in publications that include Past & Present, Comparative Studies in Society & History, Respons and Dissent.
  • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2016 Electrifying Jaffa: Boundary-Work and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli ConflictPast and Present.  231:201-236. 2016
    2015 The Radiance of the Jewish National Home: Technocapitalism, Electrification, and the Making of Modern PalestineComparative Studies in Society and History: an international quarterly.  57:975-1006. 2015

    Book

    Year Title
    2018 Electrical Palestine: Capital and Technology from Empire to Nation 2018

    Chapter

    Year Title
    2015 “Throwing Transjordan into Palestine: Electrification and State Formation, 1921-1954” 2015

    Teaching Activities

  • Foreign Cultures Taught course 2024
  • Explorations Taught course 2023
  • Independent Study Taught course 2023
  • Space, Place, & Environment Taught course 2023
  • Foreign Culture/Energy&Society Taught course 2022 - 2023
  • Coll/US&Arab-Israeli Conflict Taught course 2022
  • World History in Modern Era Taught course 2022
  • Foreign Cultures/Energy & Soc Taught course 2022
  • Exploring Intl Challenges Taught course 2022
  • World History in Modern Era Taught course 2022
  • Foreign Cult/Energy & Society Taught course 2021 - 2022
  • Explorat/Arab-Israeli Conflict Taught course 2021
  • Historical Methods Taught course 2021
  • Foreign Cultures Taught course 2020
  • Intro to Historical Thinking Taught course 2020
  • World History in Modern Era Taught course 2020
  • Foreign Cultures Taught course 2020
  • Expl/Arab-Israeli Conflict Taught course 2020
  • FgnCultures/Energy & Society Taught course 2020
  • Expl/Intro Modern Middle East Taught course 2019
  • Historical Methods Taught course 2019
  • Coll/Arab-Israeli Taught course 2019
  • FgnCultures/Energy & Society Taught course 2019
  • Independent Study Taught course 2019
  • Independent Study Taught course 2018
  • Oil & Water Taught course 2018
  • World History in Modern Era Taught course 2018
  • AdvExp/Oil & Water Middle East Taught course 2018
  • Intro to Historical Thinking Taught course 2018
  • Intro to Historical Thinking Taught course 2017
  • World History in Modern Era Taught course 2017
  • Education And Training

  • B.A., Lund University
  • M.Phil., Oxford Univ-Eng
  • Ph.D. History, New York University
  • Full Name

  • Fredrik Meiton