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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
Mamluk Studies
Medieval
Middle East/Near East 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