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Emily Benichou Gottreich UC Berkeley My research and teaching interests revolve around the history of the Jewish communities of the Islamic Middle East and Muslim-Jewish relations, with a geographic specialization in Morocco and North Africa. |
| List Affiliations: | List Editor for H-Maghrib |
| Interests: | African History / Studies Area Studies Colonial and Post-Colonial History / Studies Cultural History / Studies French History / Studies Islamic History / Studies Jewish History / Studies Medieval and Byzantine History / Studies Middle East History / Studies Social History / Studies |
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Bio: Current Position: Associate Adjunct Professor, History and Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley; Vice Chair, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley; Co-chair, undergraduate major in Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley; Member, Jewish Studies Faculty Committee, UC Berkeley; Undergraduate Advisor, Jewish Studies, UC Berkeley. President, American Institute for Maghrib Studies. Education: Ph.D., History and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University (1999) M.A., Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University (1992) B.A., Middle Eastern Studies, U.C. Berkeley (1989) Publications: The Mellah of Marrakesh: Jewish and Muslim Space in Morocco's Red City (Bloomington, 2007) (co-editor), Jewish Culture and Society in North Africa (Bloomington, 2011) Teaching: Jews and Muslims; Scope and Methods of Research in Middle Eastern Studies; North Africa; Intro to Jewish Civilization (modern period); World History |
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