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Alison Parry
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Education
Nov 2013 PhD in Politics, School of Politics and International Studies, The Global
Implications of Tourism: Contact Zones in Morocco, University of
Edinburgh, UK.
Feb 2007 Political Science Master of Arts Degree with distinction, McGill University,
Montreal, Canada.
June 2005 English Language and Literature/Political Studies B.A. (Honours) with
distinction, University of Toronto, Canada, maintained an A (1st Class)
average in each year.

Publications
2014 Forthcoming, Ruling through Rubbish, City Tourism: International Journal
of Postcolonial Studies, Special Issue: Re-evaluating the Postcolonial
City.
July 2012 Published, ‘Why would you go to Morocco?’ Tourism and Terrorism,
Review of North African Studies, 56-58, pp. 745-90.
Nov 2007 Book Chapter, Re-activating Reactions: a community in transition, Harriet
Anstruther et al. (eds). Technologies of Empire. Published by The Centre
for North African Studies, San Francisco. pp. 119-128.

Teaching and Research Experience

Oct 2013-present Teaching Assistant, Introduction to International Relations, University of
Edinburgh.
Oct 2013-present Teaching Assistant, Study Skills Drop-In Sessions, University of
Edinburgh.
November 2013 Session Facilitator, ’The International Politics of Tourism’, Access to
Edinburgh scheme, University of Edinburgh.
March 2013 Session Facilitator, ’The Politics of Representation: Gender, Islam and
the War on Terror’, Access to Edinburgh Scheme, University of
Edinburgh.
Oct 2011-Jan 2013 Teaching Assistant, First Year Course Introduction to World Politics,
University of Edinburgh.
Sept 2010-July 2011 Research fellow, The American University in Morocco, Institute for
Gender and Women’s Studies, Egypt.
Oct 2009- Jan 2010 Teaching Assistant, Interpreting Political Texts, First Year Course Politics
Department.

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Funding and Awards

April 2011 Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral
Research Grant, valued at $20,000 per year for two years.
May 2010 Roberts Skills Funding to study Media Arabic, valued at £250.
March 2010 Edinburgh Alumni Foundation Travel Grant, valued at £400, to attend the
International Studies Association Convention in Montreal, Canada.
Oct 2008 Overseas Research Students Award Scheme Award and Edinburgh
University Scholarship, covered three years of tuition and £9000 per year
of living expenses for my PhD at the University of Edinburgh.
Feb 2007 Scholarship to study Arabic at Zarruq Language Centre, Morocco, valued
at $400.
Sept 2005 Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Master’s
Canada Graduate Scholarship, valued at $17,500.
Sept 2005 McGill University Political Science Department Master’s Scholarship,
valued at $4000.
June 2005 Miriam A. Harrison Prize in Women’s Studies, valued at $355, awarded
each year to the student in any program who submits the best essay in
one of the courses in the Women’s Studies concentration.
Sept 2003 University of Toronto’s Michelle Rees International Exchange Bursary,
valued at $500.
Dec 2001 Queen’s University Chancellor’s Scholarship, valued at $6500 a year for
four years.
Activities and Achievements
2012-present Co-organizing the Staff/Postgraduate Student Seminar Series with a staff
member and fellow PhD student, University of Edinburgh.
2010-2012 International Students Adviser, University of Edinburgh.
2011-2012 Representative for PhDs on the Staff/Student Liaison Committee and at
School Meetings, University of Edinburgh.
Sept 2010 Chaired two panels at the ‘Beauty Will Save the World’ interdisciplinary
postgraduate conference on art and social change, University of
Edinburgh.
2009-2010 Co-Convener of the University of Edinburgh’s Gender and Governance
Reading Group.
2009-2010 Co-organized monthly film screenings for the Popular Culture Reading
group, Politics Department, University of Edinburgh.
2009-2010 Representative for PhDs on the Politics Department Staff/Student Liaison
Committee, University of Edinburgh.

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June 2009 Co-organizer, first annual Postgraduate Discourse Analysis Workshop,

funded by the University of Edinburgh Politics Department.
2008-2009 Convened the Race and Racialization Reading Group, Politics Department,
University of Edinburgh.
2007-2008 Intern, Morocco Tourism Promotion Office.
2005-2006 Co-Chair of the Graduate Political Science Students Association
Women’s Caucus, McGill University.
2005-2006 Departmental Steward for Canadian Union of Public Employees 3903
representing graduate assistants, McGill University.
2005-2006 Student Representative to the McGill Political Science Departmental
Council.

Career and Skills Development

July 2013,June 2012 Postgraduate Research Students Training Day, including workshops on
‘Presenting Papers at Academic Conferences’, ‘Public Engagement and
Impact’, ‘Getting Published’, and ‘Networking/The Job Market’.
May-Nov 2010 Intensive training in Arabic language, specifically media Arabic.
Sept 2009 Diploma in Research Methods, University of Edinburgh, including courses
in qualitative social research, quantitative social research, philosophy of
social science, discourse analysis, political research methods, and IT
Training Units (Excel, Word for Dissertations, PowerPoint).
Feb 2007- July 2008 Studied Modern Standard Arabic.
Feb 2010 ‘Public Engagement/Media Workshop’, University of Edinburgh.
June 2009 Completed two-day ‘University of Edinburgh Teaching and Learning in
Higher Education’ teacher-training course, Graduate School of Education,
University of Edinburgh.
June 2009 Postgraduate workshop, ‘How to get published/how journals operate’,
organized by the Politics Department, University of Edinburgh.
June 2005 International Studies Certificate, University of Toronto, (the equivalent of
a Minor in this subject) -Requires fluency in French (2 credits), beginners
level in German (1 credit), the courses ‘Culture, Identity and Self’ and
‘Intercultural Relations’ (1 credit), a year’s study abroad at the University
of Edinburgh, and a course taken that reflects the culture of Scotland (1
credit).

Conference Papers
June 2012 Tourism in Marrakesh: How Tourism Constitutes the ‘International’, British
International Studies Association and the International Studies
Association Joint International Conference, Edinburgh.

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Feb 2012 Travelling to Rubbish City: How Tourism Constitutes the ‘International’,
Postgraduate Seminar Series, University of Edinburgh and
‘Re-evaluating the Postcolonial City: Production, Reconstruction,
Representation’ conference, Leeds University.
Nov, Dec 2011 Consuming Culture, Countering ‘Risk’: How Tourism Constitutes the
’International’, Empire and Tourism Symposium, University of Edinburgh
and International Studies Association Convention, Montreal.
Sept, Feb 2010 ‘Who would go to Morocco?’ Tourism and Terrorism.
& Dec 2009 ‘Tourism and the Seductions of Difference’ conference, Lisbon.
Conference proceedings published on CD ROM by TOCOCU (ISBN 637-
0-6835023-0-5), International Studies Association Convention, New
Orleans and Postgraduate Seminar Series, University of Edinburgh.
Nov 2009 ‘Who would go to Morocco?’ The Tourist’ in Global Politics, ‘World Politics
and Popular Culture’ conference, Newcastle University.
June 2009 ‘The Birth of ‘The Tourist’, first annual Postgraduate Discourse Analysis
Workshop, University of Edinburgh.
Feb 2009 The International Politics of Tourism, ‘After Colonialism: intersections and
interdisciplinary implications’ seminar, Durham University.
Oct 2006 Militarization at West Point, ‘Feminism and War’ Conference, Baltimore
University.
May 2006 ‘Whose Responsibility to Intervene in Eritrea?’, Graduate Women’s
Studies Student Association Symposium, McGill University.

Presentations and Media Engagement

Feb 2013, 2012 Presented and discussed ethics in fieldwork, and using case studies for
the MA/PhD Political Research Methods course, University of Edinburgh.
Oct 2011 Presented and discussed my research on the politics of tourism in
Morocco at the Edinburgh Grammar School Lunchtime Politics Club.
June 2011 Interviewed by a French newspaper ‘Les Échos’ about tourism in
Morocco
Feb 2011 Interviewed for the BBC’s Radio Edinburgh politics programme on
tourism in Morocco.

Referees

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