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Kristen Alff
North Carolina State University
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact

NC
United States
ABOUT
Kristen Alff is an Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University in the Department of History and the Program of International Studies
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Middle East/Near East Studies
Arabic
Minorities
19th-21st Centuries
Globalization
Ottoman Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Egypt
Iraq
Lebanon
Palestine
Specialties
Iraq, Minorities, Labor
Capitalism, Business History, Networks, Diaspora,
Property Rights, Law, Environment, Gender
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
German (advanced)
Japanese (intermediate)
Hebrew (intermediate)
Turkish (intermediate)
Ottoman (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2019 | History | Stanford University
MA | 2014 | History | Stanford University
MA | 2009 | Middle East Studies | The American University in Cairo, Egypt
BA | 2001 | English Literature | Boston University
Abstracts
The Business of Land: Levantine Joint-Stock Companies, Land, Law, and Greek-Orthodox Networks, 1838-1925 “Now All That We Own Are Our Houses!” Diversity in Labor Relations in Palestine: 1850-1914 The Disappearance of Female Shareholders: Abstracting the Corporation in the Levant, 1880-1918 The Agrarian Question in Palestine: Rethinking Labor, Capital, and Conflict Correcting Bodies: Incarceration, Debt, and Capitalism in Early 20th Century Palestine Unveiling Myths of the Limited Liability Corporation: Gender, Marriage, and the Early-20th Century Levantine Company Global Futures: The Political Economy of Greek Orthodox Business Families