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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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Student Publication | US empire’s legacy: Fallujah and football played in a graveyard

January 6, 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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Prof. Killian Clarke’s latest article published in American Political Science Review

"Revolutionary Violence and"…

January 2, 2023

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CCAS faculty, alums, students and staff explore the ever-evolving field of history

Check out the Fall/Winter 2022…

December 20, 2022

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Trauma-Informed and Restorative Justice-Informed Approach to the Global Rise of Far-Right Extremism

MAAS Student Lindsey Parnas writes for Towson University Journal of International…

December 20, 2022

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MAAS Student Lindsay Parnes in Towson Journal of International Affairs

Addressing Disabled Vulnerabilities and Agency in Adaptation to Climate…

December 19, 2022

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New Arab Barometer Report Sheds Light on Food Insecurity in the MENA

An interview with the report’s author, CCAS Visiting Researcher Salma Al …

December 13, 2022