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George Washington University
Institute for Middle East Studies
Washington
DC
20052
United States
ABOUT
Jeffrey Drew Reger is the executive director of the Middle East Studies Association of North America. Previously he served as the Assistant Director of the National History Center of the American Historical Association. Dr. Reger was also Chair of the Middle East and North Africa (NEA) Area Studies program at the Foreign Service Institute of the Department of State. He has previously taught at Georgetown University and Catholic University of America. His research focuses predominantly on the socio-economic history of Israel, Palestine, and Jordan, where he conducted extensive archival research. Dr. Reger speaks Levantine colloquial Arabic (West Bank Palestinian dialect) as well as Modern Standard Arabic. He has limited proficiency in Hebrew, and is fully proficient in French. In addition to his own historical research, Dr. Reger has translated three books and a series of policy papers from Arabic to English in partnership with a network of Arab activists and academics focusing largely on contemporary politics and obstacles to broader democratic participation across the Arab world. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in the history of the modern Middle East and North Africa from Georgetown University.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Arabic
Colonialism
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
Modernization
Arab Studies
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Mediterranean Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Palestine
Mashreq
Arab States
Specialties
Palestinian History
History Of The Modern Mashriq
Transnational/regional History; Diaspora Studies
Languages
Arabic (fluent)
English (native)
French (advanced)
Hebrew (intermediate)
Education
PhD
| 2018
| History
| Georgetown University
MA
| 2012
| History
| Georgetown University
BSc
| 2010
| School of Foreign Service
| Georgetown University
Abstracts
Historiography of the Arabic press in Palestine c. 1908-1948
Uprooting Palestine: olive groves, mass dispossession, and peasant resistance, 1945-1955
The Palestinian Olive Sector of the West Bank: between Israel and Jordan, 1949-1987
