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Ellen Amster
McMaster University
Occupation
Associate Professor
Contact
Secondary Phone: (289) 439-7808
McMaster University
Chester New Hall 616 1280 Main Street West
Hamilton ON L8S 4K1
Canada
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Colonialism
Cultural Studies
Gender/Women's Studies
History Of Science
Maghreb Studies
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
History Of Medicine
Geographic Areas of Interest
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
Europe
Specialties
Hist Of Colonial Sci
Women's Hist/Gender
Morocco
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
French (advanced)
German (advanced)
Education
PhD | 2003 | Hist | U of Pennsylvania
Abstracts
Healing the Body, Healing the Umma--Sufi Saints as Public Healers in Morocco Corporeality and Politics: Theoretical Reflections on the Arab Spring The Politics of Birth in Morocco: A History Between Muslim Midwifery, French Colonial Obstetrics, the WHO, and the Arab Revolutions The Other is Me: A Brief Exploration of Drag, Transvestism, and Hybridity in Colonial North Africa Between History and Global Health: Mixing Methodologies to Understand Midwives, Birth, and Maternal Health in Morocco Kabbalists, Sufis, and Solomon’s Magic Ring: Magic Healing Amulets as Historical Artifacts of Judeo-Islamic Exchange in Morocco The Muslim Midwife: A Politics of Birth, Obstetrics, and Women’s Agency in Colonial and Postcolonial Morocco