Najwa al-Qattan
Professor Emeritus of History
Biography
Education
Harvard University
Ph.D.
History and Middle Eastern Studies
1996
Harvard University
M.A.
Middle East Studies
1984
Georgetown University
M.A.
Philosophy
1979
American University of Beirut
B.A.
Philosophy
1977
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Umer Lutfi Barkan Article Prize
The Turkish Studies Association biennial award for best published article in the fields of Turkish and Ottoman studies, 2001
Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award
The Middle East Studies Association award for best dissertation in the field of the humanities, 1996
Ibn Khaldoun Award
The Social Science Research Council award for best graduate student paper in the field of Middle East Studies, 1994
Affiliations
- PARC: Palestine American Research Center
Research Grants
Faculty College Fellowship
Loyola Marymount University
2002
Summer Stipend
National Endowment for the Humanities
2001
Summer Research Grant
Loyola Marymount University
1998
Dissertation Grant
Turkish Studies Association
1991-1992
Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship
Social Science Research Council
1988-1989
Courses
FFYY The Politics of the Veil
Lower Division
The Middle East since 1453: Through the Social Lives of Commodities
Lower Division
The Middle East since 1453: Women and Minorities
Lower Division
The Middle East since 1453: Empires, Nation-States, Communities, Subjects/Citizens
Lower Division
The Modern Middle East
Lower Division
The Age of Leviathan
Honors
Revolutions in the Middle East
Upper Division
The First World War
Upper Division (co-taught with Professor Tritle)
Islam and the West
Upper Division
Star, Cross and Crescent /Jews and Christians under Islam
Uppder Division
The Palestine/Israel Conflict
Upper Division
The Ottoman Empire
Upper Division
History and Historians
Upper Division
Modern Iraq
Upper Division
The Contemporary Middle East
Upper Division
Articles
Fragments of Wartime Memories from Syria and Lebanon
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.
Historicising Hunger: The Famine in Wartime Lebanon and Syria
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.
When Mothers Ate Their Children: Wartime Memory and the Language of Food in Syria and Lebanon
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.
Tut Tut ‘A-Beirut, 1840s: Qadis, Qists and Mulberry Courts
Turkish Historical Review“Tut Tut ‘A-Beirut, 1840s: Qadis, Qists and Mulberry Courts.” Turkish Historical Review 4 (2013): 174-191.
Inside the Ottoman Courthouse: Territorial Law at the Intersection of State and Religion
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].