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Dr Ronald Ranta

Senior lecturer in politics and international relations

Ronald Ranta

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About

I am a senior lecturer in politics and international relations as well as the politics department's postgraduate programme coordinator and course leader for the MSc in international relations. I joined the department in 2014, having previously taught at the University of Bath, SOAS, London Metropolitan University and UCL.  

Areas of specialism

  • Nationalism
  • Food studies
  • Arab-Israeli conflict
  • Middle Eastern studies
  • Foreign policy analysis

Qualifications

  • 2009 PhD Middle Eastern Studies, UCL
  • 2005 MSc International Conflict, Kingston University
  • 2004 UG Diploma Geology, Birkbeck University
  • 2000 NVQ3 Chef Studies, Butlers Wharf Chef School
  • 1997 BA (Hons) Film and Video, University of Arts London

Research

My research focuses on nationalism and the politics of identity through three broad areas of interest. The first area grew out of my PhD research on the Arab-Israeli conflict and examines the way in which Israeli national identity and culture were and continue to be constructed in relation to Palestinian identity and culture. The second area of interest, concerns the relationship between food, nationalism and globalisation. As a former chef, I am particularly interested in how, in relation to globalisation, food is conceptualised and promoted as national. Finally, I am involved in a British academy/Leverhulme funded research project looking at the perceptions of identity and challenges of belonging among EU citizens in the UK.

Research student supervision

Publications

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Number of items: 13.

Article

Ranta, Ronald and Nancheva, Nevena (2019) Eating banitsa in London : re-inventing Bulgarian foodways in the context of inter-EU migration. Appetite, 139, pp. 67-74. ISSN (print) 0195-6663

Ranta, Ronald and Nancheva, Nevena (2018) Unsettled : Brexit and European Union nationals' sense of belonging. Population, Space and Place, ISSN (print) 1544-8444 (Epub Ahead of Print)

Ranta, Ronald and Mendel, Yonatan (2014) Consuming Palestine: Palestine and Palestinians in Israeli food culture. Ethnicities, 14(3), pp. 412-435. ISSN (print) 1468-7968

Book

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. 196p. ISBN 9781137483126

Ranta, R. (2015) Political decision making and non-decisions: the case of Israel and the Occupied Territories. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. 229p. ISBN 9781137447982

Book Section

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) Consuming nations: the construction of national identities in the food industry. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, national identity and nationalism: from everyday to global politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 61-81. ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) Everyday Creation of the Nation. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 21-42. ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) Food and Diet in ‘Official’ Nationalism. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 85-106. (no. II) ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) International Organisations, Food and Nationalism. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 146-163. ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) National Food in the International Context. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 107-124. ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) Norms, Food and Nationalism. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 127-145. ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) When Groups Participate in Defining the Nation. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 43-60. ISBN 9781137483126

Ranta, Ronald (2015) The Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In: Hough, P. , Malik, S. , Moran, A. and Pilbeam, B., (eds.) International security studies: theory and practice. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 401-409. ISBN 9780415734356

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