Najwa al-Qattan

Professor Emeritus of History

  • Los Angeles CA UNITED STATES

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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Biography

Najwa al-Qattan is Associate Professor of Ottoman and modern Middle Eastern History. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the American University of Beirut, a M.A. in Philosophy from Georgetown University, and a Ph.D. in History from Harvard University. She is the recipient of awards from the SSRC, the Middle East Studies Association, and the Turkish Studies Association, and grants from the SSRC and the NEH. She has published on the Ottoman Muslim court in Damascus and Beirut, the Jews and Christians of the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Great War in journals and books, including the International Journal of Middle East Studies and Comparative Studies in Society and History. She has also served on award committees for the Middle East Studies Association and the Turkish Studies Association.

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

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Areas of Expertise

The Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Muslim Court
Jews and Christians under Islam
The First World War

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

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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

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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.

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