Eirik Kvindesland

Thesis title: On Islands of Oil: Jews and Zionism in the Persian Gulf, 1890-1948

Supervisor: Professor Eugene Rogan and Yaacov Yadgar

Eirik Kvindesland is a historian of the modern Middle East focusing on Palestine/Israel and the Persian Gulf. He works on transnational connections between these two regions, with a particular focus on Jewish history and the British Empire. He has conducted archival research in numerous countries and his work includes sources in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, French and English. Eirik's DPhil is funded by Oxford's Middle East Centre through the 3-year Pachachi Studentship.

Before coming to the History Faculty and St. Antony's College, he completed an MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at Balliol College, funded by Aker Scholarship. His undergraduate years were spent at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where he completed a BA in Arabic and History.

Selected publications:

"Jewish networks between Palestine and the Persian Gulf, 1820-1914", Past & Present. (Forthcoming 2024)

"Les émeutes de Manama en 1947, du local au global: Les Juifs du Bahreïn entre panarabisme et tensions sociales", in Joseph Hirsch et Claire Marynower (ed.), Juifs du monde arabe, pourquoi sont-ils partis ?, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France. (Forthcoming 2024)

"The Manama Riots 1947: Bahraini Jews between Palestine and Gulf labour politics", British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2022.

For a full overview of Eirik's academic and non-academic writing, visit his personal website at www.kvindesland.net