Occupation
Independent Scholar
Contact
Primary Phone: (610) 745-2657
312 Maplewood Road
Merion Station
PA
19066-1031
United States
ABOUT
I have been involved in Middle East studies my entire adult life, having traveled to the region immediately after college as a Thomas J. Watson Foundation Fellow studying Sufi music. After obtaining my A.M. in Regional Studies-Middle East at Harvard, I worked in the non-profit sector in Washington, D.C. for nearly a decade before going to Penn for my Ph.D. in history. My major interest is in the social history of Syria during the French Mandate and the first decade or so of independence. I have been active in the Syrian Studies Association and am a cofounder and past editor of H-Levant.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Comparative
Ottoman Studies
Political Economy
Trade/Investment
Geographic Areas of Interest
Arab States
Ottoman Empire
Syria
Specialties
Class Formation
Mandatory Stds
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
French (advanced)
Education
PhD
| 2001
| Hist
| U of Pennsylvania
MA
| 1986
| Center for Middle East Studies
| Harvard University
BA
| 1983
| History
| Hamilton College
Abstracts
Ambivalence and Accommodation: Alepppo's Industrial Bourgeoisie and the Corporatist Bargain
