Occupation
Visiting Assistant/Associate Professor
Contact
ABOUT
Nicholas Mangialardi is a scholar of Arabic literature and music whose research focuses on modern Egypt. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic Arabic Studies at Williams College, where he teaches courses in Arabic language and culture. His work explores conceptions of modernity, heritage, and national identity through the lens of twentieth-century Arab music. He has published articles in the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Review, ArabLit Quarterly, and Smithsonian’s Folklife magazine. He has previously taught at Georgetown University and Macalester College.
Discipline
Literature
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Arab Studies
Music
Nationalism
Pop Culture
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Egypt
Specialties
Popular Culture In The Arab World
Modern Egypt
Arabic Literature
Languages
English (native)
Arabic (advanced)
French (elementary)
Education
PhD
| 2020
| Arabic and Islamic Studies
| Georgetown University
MA
| 2013
| Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
| Ohio State University
BA
| 2011
| Linguistics
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Abstracts
Vessels of Verses: Songbooks and the Invention of Egyptian Musical Heritage
“A Journey from East to East”: Arabic Travel Writing from Japan
Egyptian Music Fandom and the Afterlife of Abd al-Halim Hafiz
“Calling from a Distant Land”: Ragai Wanis, Japan, and Egypt’s Global 1960s
