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Thomas Kuehn
Simon Fraser University
Occupation
Associate Professor
Contact
Email: thomas_kuehn@sfu.ca
Primary Phone: (778) 789-
Secondary Phone: (778) 782-3310
Fax: (778) 782-5837
Department of History
Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive
Burnaby BC V5A 1S6
Canada
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Colonialism
Comparative
Middle East/Near East Studies
Ottoman Studies
Transnationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Arabian Peninsula
Indian Ocean Region
Ottoman Empire
Specialties
Comp Colonialism In Ottoman Emp/W Indian Oce
State Formation In 19th - 20th C. ME
Pol, Soc &Cult In Late Ott Emp
Languages
German (native)
Ottoman (fluent)
French (fluent)
Turkish (fluent)
Arabic (advanced)
English (fluent)
Education
PhD | 2005 | ME & Islamic Stds, Hist | New York U
MA | 1998 | ME Stds | U of Oxford
MA | 1996 | Islamic Stds, Hist | Albert-Ludwigs-U Freiburg
Abstracts
Creating a Colonial Millet? Politics of Difference in Ottoman Yemen and the Zaydi Imams, 1891-1919 " 'What do we know about Yemen?' Ottoman politics of knowledge production and imperial governance in southwest Arabia, 1872-1914" Reconsidering Autonomy in Late Ottoman Governance: The Case of Yemen, 1872-1919 "Of Spoken Words and Knowledgeable Men: Ottoman Knowledge Production and Transmission on Yemen Re-Visited, 1872-1919" "Managing nature's hazards, furthering state control: Nature and imperial governance in Ottoman Yemen re-visited, 1872-1914" Zaydi elites claim an Ottoman Yemeni fatherland: Negotiating imperial citizenship in Ottoman Yemen, 1908-1914 Slave Traders in the Service of Empire: Ottoman Imperial Governance in Yemen and the Red Sea Slave Trade, 1880-1914