Dr Anne Irfan
Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies
UCL Arts and Sciences
Dr Irfan's work examines colonial legacies in displacement and bordering practices, focusing on Palestinian refugee history and the modern Middle East.
Media appearances and articles
- Financial Times review of Dr Irfan's book, A Short History of the Gaza Strip (£): Peace, for now: the long history of conflict between Israel and Palestine - 15 October 2025
- Interview with FRANCE24: ‘No suggestion of democracy’ in US plan for future governance of the Gaza Strip - 14 October 2025
- Article for the London Review of Books: Balfour to Blair - 6 October 2025
- Article for History Workshop Journal: Rescuing the UNRWA Archive: Saving Palestinian History amidst the Gaza Genocide - 29 September 2025
- Article for The Conversation: How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since - 10 September 2025
- Article for the Journal of Genocide Research: Settler Colonialism and the Displacement/Immobility Nexus: Israeli Policy in Gaza Since 1948 - 24 August 2025
- Article for The Conversation: Trump plans to ‘permanently resettle’ Palestinians outside Gaza – the very reason Unrwa was originally created - 6 February 2025