Profile
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College / Department
Teaching areas
Gulf History, Middle Eastern History
Research areas
Gulf history, Gulf heritage industry, archival digitization, Gulf material culture, Gulf architectural history, Gulf ruling families, Gulf merchant families, Arab-Persian society and culture in the Gulf, the British Raj and the Gulf, Indian diaspora in the Gulf, Gulf-India relations
Education
PhD, Modern History, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 2001
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma [equivalent to a one-year MSt], Middle Eastern History, Simon Fraser University, Canada, 1995
BA, History, University of British Columbia, Canada, 1993
Diploma, Peace And Conflict Studies, Langara College, Canada, 1991
Professional experience
Ahmed Seddiqi Chair In Gulf & Middle Eastern Studies, And Professor Of History, Department Of International Studies, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2022 - Present
Honorary Research Fellow, Archiam, School Of Architecture, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2021 - 2024
Director Of Historical Research & Partnerships, Qatar National Library, 2017 - 2022
Honorary Research Fellow, Institute Of Arab And Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, 2017 - 2021
Visiting Professor, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, 2016 - 2017
Visiting Professor, Department Of History, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar, 2015 - 2016
Senior Lecturer [= Associate Professor] In Middle Eastern History, Institute Of Arab & Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, 2008 - 2016
Visiting Fellow, Center For International & Regional Studies, Georgetown University in Qatar, 2008 - 2009
Lecturer [= Assistant Professor] In Middle Eastern History, Institute Of Arab & Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, 2005 - 2008
Assistant Professor Of International Studies, Department Of International Studies, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2003 - 2005
Lecturer [= Assistant Professor] In Middle Eastern History, Institute Of Arab & Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, 2002 - 2003
Memberships
International Studies Association, ISA, International, 2021
Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, AGAPS, International, 2011
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, RAS, National, 2009
Royal Historical Society, RHistS, National, 2009
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, BRISMES, National, 1999
International Association for the Study of Arabia, IASA, International, 1999
Middle East Studies Association, MESA, International, 1999
Royal Society for Asian Affairs, RSAA, National, 1999
Bahrain Society, National, 1998
British Scholar Society (now: Britain and the World), International, 2006 - 2012
American Historical Association, AHA, National, 1999 - 2009
Contact
+971 6 515 4479