Michael Barkun
Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department
Courses
Counter-Terrorism & the Law
Highest degree earned
Specialties
Research Interests
Research Grant Awards and Projects
“Conspiracy Networks” – Beliefs about conspiracies that cross national boundaries.
“The FBI and Religion after September 11th” – the interactions of the Bureau with the Muslim community after 9/11 and their implications for relations between state and religion.
Publications
Chasing Phantoms: Reality, Imagination, and Homeland Security Since 9/11. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011
Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America, University of California Press, expanded edition 2013
Religion and the Racist Right, University of North Carolina Press, 1997
Crucible of the Millennium, Syracuse University Press, 1986
Disaster and the Millennium, Yale University Press, 1974
Law Without Sanctions, Yale University Press, 1968