- Fleischmann, L. (2021). The Role of Internal Third-Party Interveners in Civil Resistance Campaigns: The Case of Israeli-Jewish Anti-Occupation Activists. Government and Opposition, 56(1), pp. 184–200. doi:10.1017/gov.2019.27.
- Aran, A. and Fleischmann, L. (2018). Framing and Foreign Policy—Israel’s Response to the Arab Uprisings. International Studies Review, 0, pp. 1–26. doi:10.1093/isr/viy055.
- Fleischmann, L. (2017). Smadar Lavie. Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers and Bureaucratic Torture. New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2014. Peace & Change, 42(1), pp. 162–164. doi:10.1111/pech.12223.
- Fleischmann, L. (2016). Beyond Paralysis: The Reframing of Israeli Peace Activism Since the Second Intifada. Peace & Change, 41(3), pp. 354–385. doi:10.1111/pech.12162.
- Khan-Harris, K. (2014). Reflections on the Gaza conflict. Jewish Quarterly, 61(3-4), pp. 66–75. doi:10.1080/0449010x.2014.978574.
Dr Leonie Fleischmann
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About
Overview
Dr Fleischmann joined the Department as a lecturer in September 2016, having completed her PhD in the Department in December 2015.
She was a Research Fellow at the International Centre for Non-Violent Conflict in 2017-2018.
Dr Fleischmann's research explores social movements, civil resistance campaigns and human rights activism. She is the author of The Israeli Peace Movement: Anti-Occupation Activism and Human Rights since the Al Aqsa Intifada, published by I.B.Tauris in 2019. The book explores how Israeli activists have responded to changing realities on the ground. It argues that despite stagnation in the political peace process, civil society groups that act in solidarity with the Palestinians and human rights organisations whose aim is to reveal the realities of the occupation continue to mobilize and challenge the situation.
Her current research contributes to the discussion on 'decolonial solidarity'. It interrogates the role of 'internal allies' in cases of settler-colonialism: members of the settler group who act in solidarity with members of the oppressed population. This research provides both a theoretical discussion of decolonial solidarity and seeks to identify tangible ways in which these actors can assist resistance movements , as well as understanding where they may hinder a movement. It involves interviews with activists, archival research and analysis of activist materials in the cases of Israel/Palestine, South African and Canada. Parts of this project have been funded by the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and City University Pump-Priming.
A further area of interest is the limitations of the framework of human rights in cases of settler-colonialism. A forthcoming paper in a Special Issue on the 30th Anniversary of the Oslo Accords, critiques the use of legal avenues for human rights protection in prolonged military occupations
Prior to joining City, Dr Fleischmann taught in the fields of International Politics and International Development at SOAS, King's College London and the University of Roehampton.
She has experience in written and television media commentary
Qualifications
- PhD, City University London, London, United Kingdom
- MA International Relations, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Postgraduate training
- Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, City, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Teaching
Educational Leadership
Programme Director, MA International Politics and Human Rigthts
Undergraduate Teaching
IP3025 Global Ethics
IP3017 Final Year Research Project
Postgraduate Teaching
IPM117 Global Ethics
IMP118 Human Rights and the Transformation of World Politics
SAM005 Qualitative Research Methods
Research
Research Interests
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- The role of civil society in conflict and peace building
- Nonviolent resistance
- Social Movement Theory
- Human Rights activism
Current Projects
- Transformation of Israeli Peace/Anti-occupation Activism
- Civil resistance and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- The role of Human Rights in conflict and peace building
Publications
Publications by category
Book
- Fleischmann, L. (2019). The Israeli Peace Movement Anti-Occupation Activism and Human Rights since the Al-Aqsa Intifada. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-83860-097-6.
Chapter
- Fleischmann, L. (2021). Protest Movements and Democracy. In Kumaraswamy, P. (Ed.), Palgrave Handbook on Israeli Democracy Palgrave.
Internet publications (3)
- Fleischmann, L. and Broad, G. (2020). Black Lives Matter: four lessons in white allyship from the South African anti-apartheid movement. The Conversation.
- Fleischmann, L. (2018). How to Help a Civil Resistance Campaign: Israeli-Jewish Activists in Palestine. International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.
- Fleischmann, L. (2018). For Gaza’s Peaceful Protestors, Power is all about Perception. The Conversation.
Journal articles (5)
Professional activities
Events/conferences (2)
- European Association for Israeli Studies. (Conference) SOAS, Sept 2014
- Association of Israel Studies. (Conference) Israel, June 2014
Keynote lecture/speech
- The Transformation of Israeli Peace Activism. SOAS, Centre for Jewish Studies, Oct 2014