Timothy Mitchell is Professor, Department of Middle East and Asian Studies, Columbia University.
"""""Colonising Egypt focuses on the intellectual and political impact of Europe on 19th century Egypt and argues for a critical repositioning of the study of colonial history. Drawing on the methodologies of contemporary European intellectuals such as Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida, Mitchell relocates the significance of these theories within a global context.""--Barbara Harlow, ""Middle East Report"