Professor Emeritus of History
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Ph.D., History and Middle Eastern Studies
1996
M.A., Middle East Studies
1984
M.A., Philosophy
1979
B.A., Philosophy
1977
The Turkish Studies Association biennial award for best published article in the fields of Turkish and Ottoman studies, 2001
The Middle East Studies Association award for best dissertation in the field of the humanities, 1996
The Social Science Research Council award for best graduate student paper in the field of Middle East Studies, 1994
Loyola Marymount University
2002
National Endowment for the Humanities
2001
Loyola Marymount University
1998
Turkish Studies Association
1991-1992
Social Science Research Council
1988-1989
Lower Division
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Honors
Upper Division
Upper Division (co-taught with Professor Tritle)
Upper Division
Uppder Division
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Syria in World War I: Politics, Economy, and Society
“Fragments of Wartime Memories from Syria and Lebanon.” In Syria in World War I: Politics, Economy, and Society, ed. M. Talha Çiçek, 130-149. London and New York: Rutledge,
Taylor and Francis Group, 2016.
The First World War and Its Aftermath: The Shaping of the Modern Middle East
“Historicising Hunger: The Famine in Wartime Lebanon and Syria.” In The First World War and Its Aftermath: The Shaping of the Modern Middle East, ed. TG Fraser, 111-126. London: Gingko Library, 2015.
International Journal of Middle East Studies
“When Mothers Ate Their Children: Wartime Memory and the Language of Food in Syria and Lebanon.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 46 (November 2014): 719-736.
Turkish Historical Review
“Tut Tut ‘A-Beirut, 1840s: Qadis, Qists and Mulberry Courts.” Turkish Historical Review 4 (2013): 174-191.
The Early Modern Ottomans: Remapping the Empire
“Inside the Ottoman Courthouse: Territorial Law at the Intersection of State and Religion.” In The Early Modern Ottomans: Remapping the Empire, ed. Virginia H. Aksan and Daniel Goffman, 201-212. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. [Turkish language edition: 2010].