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Steve Tamari

Steve Tamari

Assistant Professor

Middle East


Office Phone: 618-650-3967
Peck Hall Room 1212
E-mail:stamari@siue.edu

Areas of Research

Modern Middle East
Ottoman Syria
Arab History
Ethnic and National Identity in Pre-Modern Times
Early Modern History.

Classes Regularly Taught

World History to 1500 (HIST 112A)
World History since 1500 (HIST 112B)
Historical Methods (HIST 301)
History of Islamic Middle East, 600-1800 (HIST 354A)
Modern Middle East since 1800 (HIST 354B)
Women and Gender in Islamic History (HIST 400)
Arab-Israeli Conflict (HIST 454)

Study Aids

Guidelines for Writing Essays

Publications

Ottoman Madrasas: The Multiple Lives of Educational Institutions in 18th-Century Syria,” Journal of Early Modern History 5, no. 2 (2001), 99-127. [Requires login]

“Biography, Autobiography, and Identity in Early Modern Damascus” in Mary Anne Fay, ed., Auto/Biography and the Creation of Identity in the Middle East from the Early Modern to the Modern Period (New York, 2001), 37-49.

"Who are the Arabs?:  A Teaching Module", Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

"Historical Research and Resources in Damascus", Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 30 (1996), 10-17.

Dissertation

"Teaching and Learning in 18th-century Damascus: Localism and Ottomanism in an Early Modern Arab Society" (Georgetown University, 1998)

Useful Links

Maps for Middle East and Islamic History

Images for Middle East and Islamic History

Other Useful Links

Dar al-Islam Teachers' Institute

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