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Tara Stephan
Hampden-Sydney College
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Brown Student Center
Suite 142 172 Via Sacra
Farmville VA 23901
United States
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Middle East/Near East Studies
Medieval
Mamluk Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
Islamic World
Syria
Specialties
Women And Gender
Intellectual History
Social History
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
Persian (intermediate)
German (intermediate)
French (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2018 | History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies | New York University
MA | 2014 | Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies | New York University
BA | 2011 | History | Ohio State University
Abstracts
“Captivity is Harder Than All”: Captives and Ransom in the Jewish Communities, 1000-1300 Myth and Wonder: Medieval Islamic Writings about Ancient Egypt The Public Presence of Mamluk Princesses Gender and Class in the Space of the Medieval Cairene Cemetery