Contact
Middle Eastern Studies
Bartlett Hall
Dartmouth College
Hanover
NH
03755
United States
ABOUT
Andrew Simon is a historian of media, popular culture, and the modern Middle East. He holds a B.A. in Arabic, Middle East, and Islamic Studies from Duke University and was a fellow at the Center for Arabic Study Abroad in Cairo during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University and is currently serving as a Senior Lecturer at Dartmouth. Andrew is the modern history book review editor for the International Journal of Middle East Studies and his interdisciplinary research has received generous support from the Social Science Research Council and the American Research Center in Egypt. His work has been published in the International Journal of Middle East Studies and cited in the Washington Post. Andrew's new book, Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt (Stanford University Press 2022), shares the extraordinary story of an ordinary object.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Cultural Studies
Ethnomusicology
Historiography
Media
Middle East/Near East Studies
Pop Culture
Technology
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Egypt
Islamic World
Specialties
Sound Studies
Popular Culture
Mass Media
Education
PhD
| 2017
| Near Eastern Studies
| Cornell University
MA
| 2014
| Near Eastern Studies
| Cornell University
BA
| 2010
| Arabic, Middle East, and Islamic Studies
| Duke University
Abstracts
"The Salafis": Unpacking a Chameleon-Like Concept in Contemporary Egypt
Vulgarizing Sounds: Tapes, Taste, and the End of High Culture in Modern Egypt
A Comedic Crisis: Overpopulation, Family Planning, and the Popular Press in Egypt
Shaykh Imam, Richard Nixon, and Egypt's Historical Record
Egypt as a Mixtape: Shaykh Imam, Official Stories, and Recomposing the Recent Past
