Middle East Historiographies: Narrating the Twentieth Century

Edited by Israel Gershoni (NHC Fellow, 2004–05), Amy Singer, and Y. Hakan Erdem

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006

From the publisher’s description:

This collection of ten essays focuses on the way major schools and individuals have narrated histories of the Middle East. The distinguished contributors explore the historiography of economic and intellectual history, nationalism, fundamentalism, colonialism, the media, slavery, and gender. In doing so, they engage with some of the most controversial issues of the twentieth century.

Middle Eastern studies today cover a rich and varied terrain, yet the study of the profession itself has been relatively neglected. There is, however, an ever-present need to examine what the research has chosen to include and exclude and to become more consciously aware of shifts in research approaches and methods. This collection illuminates the evolving state of the art and suggests new directions for further research.

Subjects

History / Historiography / Middle Eastern History / Narrative History / Intellectual History /

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Gershoni, Israel (NHC Fellow, 2004–05), ed. Middle East Historiographies: Narrating the Twentieth Century. Edited by Israel Gershoni, Amy Singer, and Y. Hakan Erdem. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2006.