Faculty News

  • Nevine El Nossery

    Nevine El Nossery, professor in the Department of French & Italian, had the following articles published: L’Anarchive en contrepoint dans Nos richesses de Kaouther Adimi, in Écrivaines migrantes de l’extrême contemporain en Europe, Revue Neohelicon, 2025. …

  • Adam Stern

    Adam Stern, associate professor in the Department of German and Jewish Studies, will be on sabbatical this academic year (2025/26). He’ll be working on his current book project, tentatively entitled The Jewish Settler. The book …

  • K.D. Thompson

    Professor Thompson received an ASMEA (Association for the Study of Middle East and Africa) Research Grant of  $2500 for “How to Be a Good Muslim in a Swahili Marriage: Gendering Marriage Advice through Writing and …

  • Aili Mari Tripp

    Professor Tripp had an article accepted for publication by the International Journal of Feminist Politics on the “Instrumentalizing Women’s Rights in the United Arab Emirates.” Another piece, “Women Confronting Algerian Politics: Plus ça change,” was …

  • Lisa Bhungalia

    Congratulations to Lisa Bhungalia who was awarded the Glenda Laws Award from the Association of American Geographers!  This award recognizes outstanding contributions to geographic research on social issues. It is named in memory of Glenda Laws, …

  • Marwa Shalaby

    Professor Marwa Shalaby has an article in Cambridge University Press, entitled "Female Representation and Legitimacy: Evidence from a Harmonized Experiment in Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia"

  • Daniel Williford

    Professor Daniel Williford had an article published in the International Journal of Middle East Studies and Cambridge University Press, entitled "Experimental Visions of Modern Morocco: Expertise, Popularization, and Everyday Technologies in the Work of 'Abd al-Salam al-Diyuri".

  • Nevine El Nossery’s latest book

    Professor El Nossery is thrilled to announce that her new book, "Arab Women's Revolutionary Art", is published and available for order from Palgrave Macmillan. Faculty Director Steven Brooke interviewed her about this exciting book.

  • Aili Tripp

    was awarded the National Science Foundation grant for the book project "War, Revolution, and the Expansion of Women’s Political Citizenship".

  • Aaron Rock-Singer

    An interview about his latest book:  "In the Shade of the Sunna: Salafi Piety in the 20th-Century Middle East"

  • Sam England

    appeared for an episode of a WPR program on Arabic poetry, music, the building foundations of musical performances, Suez, Sufism, and other topics.

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