Middle East and North Africa
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Osama W. Abi-Mershed
Research Interests:
Middle East
North Africa and Western Mediterranean (medieval and modern)
Muslim Spain
Colonial Algeria
Colonial education
Modern France
Franco-Maghribi relations
Selected Publications:
Osama Abi-Mershed. "Degrees of Interpretive Autonomy: Ijtihad and the Constraints of Competence and Context in Late Medieval Tilimsan." Journal of Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations 13.2 (2002): 151-161.
Osama Abi-Mershed. "The Second Algerian Crisis, 1992-1994: Algeria in the Memory of France." Arab Studies Journal 7.1 (1999): 8-33.
Gabor Ágoston
Research Interests:
Ottoman Empire
Turkey
Early Modern Military History
Selected Publications:
Gábor Ágoston and Bruce Masters, eds. Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire (New York: Facts On File, 2009).
Gábor Ágoston. Waffen für den Sultan. Kriegswesen und Waffenindustrie im Osmanischen Reich . Leipzig: Eudora Verlag, 2007.
Gábor Ágoston. Barut, Top ve Tüfek: Osmanli Imparatorlugu’nun Askeri Gücü ve Silah Sanayisi Çev: Tanju Akad. Istanbul: Kitap Yayinevi, 2006.
Gábor Ágoston. Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Yvonne Y. Haddad
Research Interests:
Islam in the Twentieth Century
Muslims in North America
Qur'an and Qur'anic Exegesis
Christian-Muslim Relations
Women in Islam
Intellectual, Social, and Political History in the Arab World
Christians in the Arab World
Selected Publications:
Yvonne Haddad et al., eds., Educating the Muslims of America (Oxford University Press, 2009).
Yvonne Haddad. Not Quite American? The Shaping of Arab and Muslim Identity in the United States, An Edmonson Historical Lecture. Baylor University Press, 2004.
Yvonne Haddad. Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History. Albany, NY: State University of New York, 1982.
Judith Tucker
Research Interests:
Middle East and Egypt
Women & Gender
Ottoman
Selected Publications:
Judith Tucker, Women, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law (Cambridge University Press, 2008).
Judith E. Tucker. In the House of the Law: Gender and Islamic Law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.
Judith E. Tucker. Women in Nineteenth Century Egypt. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
John O. Voll
Research Interests:
Islamic Movements
World History
Selected Publications:
John Voll and John L. Esposito. Makers of Contemporary Islam. New York City: Oxford University Press, 2001.
John Voll and John L. Esposito. Islam and Democracy. New York City: Oxford University Press, 1996.
John Voll. Islam: Continuity & Change in the Modern World. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1994.
Osama W. Abi-Mershed
Research Interests:
Middle East
North Africa and Western Mediterranean (medieval and modern)
Muslim Spain
Colonial Algeria
Colonial education
Modern France
Franco-Maghribi relations
Selected Publications:
Osama Abi-Mershed. "Degrees of Interpretive Autonomy: Ijtihad and the Constraints of Competence and Context in Late Medieval Tilimsan." Journal of Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations 13.2 (2002): 151-161.
Osama Abi-Mershed. "The Second Algerian Crisis, 1992-1994: Algeria in the Memory of France." Arab Studies Journal 7.1 (1999): 8-33.
Gabor Ágoston
Research Interests:
Ottoman Empire
Turkey
Early Modern Military History
Selected Publications:
Gábor Ágoston and Bruce Masters, eds. Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire (New York: Facts On File, 2009).
Gábor Ágoston. Waffen für den Sultan. Kriegswesen und Waffenindustrie im Osmanischen Reich . Leipzig: Eudora Verlag, 2007.
Gábor Ágoston. Barut, Top ve Tüfek: Osmanli Imparatorlugu’nun Askeri Gücü ve Silah Sanayisi Çev: Tanju Akad. Istanbul: Kitap Yayinevi, 2006.
Gábor Ágoston. Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Yvonne Y. Haddad
Research Interests:
Islam in the Twentieth Century
Muslims in North America
Qur'an and Qur'anic Exegesis
Christian-Muslim Relations
Women in Islam
Intellectual, Social, and Political History in the Arab World
Christians in the Arab World
Selected Publications:
Yvonne Haddad et al., eds., Educating the Muslims of America (Oxford University Press, 2009).
Yvonne Haddad. Not Quite American? The Shaping of Arab and Muslim Identity in the United States, An Edmonson Historical Lecture. Baylor University Press, 2004.
Yvonne Haddad. Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History. Albany, NY: State University of New York, 1982.
Judith Tucker
Research Interests:
Middle East and Egypt
Women & Gender
Ottoman
Selected Publications:
Judith Tucker, Women, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law (Cambridge University Press, 2008).
Judith E. Tucker. In the House of the Law: Gender and Islamic Law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.
Judith E. Tucker. Women in Nineteenth Century Egypt. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
John O. Voll
Research Interests:
Islamic Movements
World History
Selected Publications:
John Voll and John L. Esposito. Makers of Contemporary Islam. New York City: Oxford University Press, 2001.
John Voll and John L. Esposito. Islam and Democracy. New York City: Oxford University Press, 1996.
John Voll. Islam: Continuity & Change in the Modern World. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1994.
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