Category: CCAS Newsmagazine
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How Our Alums “Do” History
From food to film, biographies to trans-national stories, MAAS alums are bringing diverse approaches to the study of.…
February 6, 2023
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A Giant in the Field of Middle East History
Scholars from around the world discuss the lasting impact of CCAS Prof. Emerita Judith Tucker's scholarship on Middle East…
January 26, 2023
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Documenting a Feminist Revolution
Author Interview with Yasmin El-Rifae By Coco Tait Yasmin El-Rifae is a London-based writer and editor (previously with independent newspaper Mada Masr in Cairo), and also co…
January 24, 2023
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The Evolving World of History Education
How CCAS helps educators navigate evolving trends in the teaching of…
January 19, 2023
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Researching the History of a Family Dynasty
Q&A with CCAS Director Joseph Sassoon on his research process for his latest…
January 16, 2023
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The Rise and Fall of a Global Empire
CCAS Director Joseph Sassoon discusses how a Jewish Baghdadi family built a global trade empire and why it declined—the subject of his latest.…
January 16, 2023
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The Historical Significance of Epidemics in the Middle East
MAAS alum Benan Grams writes about how diseases—from cholera, to plague, to COVID-19—have shaped human history in profound.…
January 11, 2023
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Our Living Archives, Our Elders
MAAS student Laila Jadallah and alum Samar Saeed on the generation of Palestinian women whose stories informed their understanding of history and helped shape their own cultural…
January 10, 2023
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New Approaches to Oral Histories in the Arab World
Revolutionary projects across the region demonstrate the power of oral history to give voice to once-silenced communities and to capture history as remembered by those who lived…
January 5, 2023
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Why We Teach History
Two professors of history at CCAS discuss why studying the contemporary Arab world requires thoughtful examination of the.…
January 3, 2023