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Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies
Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies is an interdisciplinary program whose purpose is to explore the historical experience, literary, religious and cultural expression, and political and material life of the Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern civilizations.
The program incorporates diverse disciplinary perspectives, including history, religious studies, literary criticism, anthropology, political science, and film studies.
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The vitality of Iranian life
"Jasmine and Stars: Reading More than Lolita in Tehran"
Feb. 1,
2008 --
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In her most recent book, "Jasmine and Stars," Keshavarz blends personal memoir with literary analysis and social commentary to break pervasive Western stereotypes of Iranians.
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'She represented the hope of a fresh break'
Anthropologist who lived in Pakistan comments on Benazir Bhutto's death
Dec. 27,
2007 -- The assassination of Benazir Bhutto is not only a great loss to Pakistan, but also a great loss to the world says a sociocultural anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis who lived in Pakistan for six months and whose research focuses on Islamic movements in that country and in Afghanistan.
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Schusterman Lecture
Middle East expert Widlanski discusses 'Big Mouth' theory of global communication, Oct. 8
Sept. 20,
2007 -- Michael Widlanski, a former New York Times and Cox News reporter with 20 years experience in the Middle East, will discuss "The Big Mouth Theory: Communication Power in the Global Arena" as he delivers the second annual Schusterman Lecture at 7:15 p.m., Oct. 8, in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall, Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
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Hillel J. Kieval
Chair of history and the Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Jewish History and Thought in Arts & Sciences
Professor Kieval's work focuses on transformations in Jewish culture and society in East Central Europe (Austria-Hungary, Germany and Poland) from the Enlightenment to the Second World War; more specifically, on the effects of modernization projects, ethnic and national struggles, social conflict, ...
Expertise: Jewish culture in East Central Europe, antisemitism on Jewish life, Jewish-Gentile relations, linguistic, cultural and communal affiliations among Jews, Jewish society in Bohemia, Jewish experience in Czech lands, …
Direct contact: 314-935-5426
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hkieval@wustl.edu
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Lois Beck
Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology in Arts and Sciences
Expertise: Qashqa'i nomadic pastoralists, Iran, Islam, political anthropology, history, tribe-state relations, gender, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-5290
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Ahmet Karamustafa
Associate Professor of Religious Studies Program
Karamustafa is a medievalist/premodernist and works on the intellectual and social history of Islamic societies from the 13th to the 16th centuries. He is an expert on Islam and the theory and methods of all religions. Karamustafa specializes in premodern Islamic thought. His most recent book, God's ...
Expertise: Understanding Islam, premodern Islamic thought, world religions, religious studies
Direct contact: (314) 935-4446
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akaramus@artsci.wustl.edu
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Robert L. Canfield
Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology in Arts & Sciences
Canfield, a sociocultural anthropologist, spent nine years in Afghanistan. His research focuses on Islamic movements in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He supports the U.S. war in Afghanistan, but has been highly critical of the Bush administration regardin the war in Iraq. Canfield, who has studied Islamic ...
Expertise: Islamic politics, U.S. anti-terrorism policy, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Central Asia, Eastern Islamic World, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-5282
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canfrobt@artsci.wustl.edu
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