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Nancy Gallagher

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Winter 2010 (tentative)

History 146PW
Proseminar on Women and Gender in Middle Eastern History

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Middle East History

Professor
Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 1977

Office: HSSB 3257 Fall 2009 Hours: On sabbatical
Fax: (805) 893-8795
Email: gallagher@history.ucsb.edu

Teaching the history of the Modern Middle East and North Africa is great fun. Students come to class with widely varying backgrounds. Many are heritage students and want to know more about their family backgrounds. Some have longstanding religious or cultural ties to the Middle East. Others are deeply concerned with U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Still others need to know more about women and gender in Muslim societies. Our media are full of negative and completely mistaken stereotypes about the Middle East. I hope to challenge the dominant stereotypes with readings, lectures, and films that encourage students to think in new ways and to travel to the region to see for themselves. I am always glad to hear from students who have decided to participate in our EAP programs or who go on to graduate study in the Middle East. In recent years, a number of students have expressed interest in foreign service or in NGO work, as interns, volunteers, or professionals, and I am currently designing course materials for a new reading course that will serve these interests. (more...)

Selected Publications

Quakers in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (New York and Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2007).
Early efforts by peacemakers in the world's longest refugee crisis.
Femmes, Cultures, et Sociétés au Maghreb, 2 vols., coedited with Rahma Bourqia and Mounira Charrad (Casablanca: Afrique Orient, 1996).
Approaches to the History of the Middle East: Interviews with Leading Historians (Reading: Ithaca Press, 1994; paperback edition, 1996).
Egypt's Other Wars: Epidemics and the Politics of Public Health, (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1990, pp. xiii + 234; paperback edition, Americ
Medicine and Power in Tunisia, 1780-1900 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983), pp. xii + 145. Paperback edition, 2002.
Severe epidemics of plague, cholera, and typhus swept across Tunisia between the years 1780 and 1900. The society was galvanized into action: medical practitioners, religious authorities, and political leaders all tried to deal with the deadly crises. Mus

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses

Proseminar on Women and Gender in the Modern Middle East and North Africa (Winter 2008)
Students will read and discuss a wide variety of articles in a course reader and prepare term papers on assigned topics.
Readings in Modern Middle Eastern and North African History (Spring 2008)
This seminar prepares graduate students for qualifying exams and dissertation research

Honors and Professional Activities

Coeditor, Journal of Middle East Women's Studies
JMEWS (Journal of Middle East Women's Studies) is the official publication of the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies, a multidisciplinary, international organization affiliated with the Middle East Studies Association. Its purpose is to advance
Past-president, Association for Middle East Women's Studies