Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
6 chemin de la Pépinière
1213 Petit-Lancy
Switzerland
ABOUT
Aline Schlaepfer holds a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Geneva. She was a visiting research student at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, and a lecturer at the University of Geneva. She was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship by the Swiss National Science Foundation and is now a research affiliate at the American University of Beirut (CAMES), where she currently lives. Her research interest focuses on modern Arab intellectual history, history of Arab nationalism and the history of Jews in Arab lands. She is the author of Les intellectuels juifs de Bagdad. Discours et allégeances (1908-1951), Leiden, Brill, 2016.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Arab Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Nationalism
Ottoman Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Specialties
Arab Intellectuals
Jews In Arab Countries
Iraq
Languages
French (native)
English (fluent)
Arabic (fluent)
Hebrew (intermediate)
German (intermediate)
Abstracts
Through the eyes of Iraqi Jewish literati: Perceptions of Baghdad
Old and new allegiances: Baghdadi Jews in leftist circles
The Ottoman Legacy of Modernity in 20th Century Iraq
The Historian’s Craft in Iraq: Memory and History-Writing about the Ottomans after the Ottomans
