Sarah Shields

Research Interests

Professor Shields' book, Mosul before Iraq, analyzes the economy and society of nineteenth-century Mosul (currently in northern Iraq) and the region surrounding it. Relevant articles have been published in International Journal of Middle East Studies (1991), New Perspectives on Turkey (1992), Journal of Social History (1992), and Turkish Studies Association Bulletin (1993).

Dr. Shields' current research explores the creation of national identities in the Middle East between the two world wars.

She teaches a broad survey of Islamic civilization, not restricted geographically to the Middle East, as well as topical courses on Middle East Women, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the modern Middle East.

Dr. Shields is on leave during the fall 2007.

Please click here to read Prof. Shields' blog about her experience in Syria.

Please click here for Prof. Shields' CV.

Courses Offered (As Schedules Allow)

For current course listings, consult the Directory of Classes.

• HIST 52 -- First Year Seminar: Conflicts Over Israel/Palestine
• HIST 62 -- First Year Seminar: Nations, Borders, and Identities
• HIST 138 -- Introduction to Islamic Civilization
• HIST 139 -- Later  Islamic Civilization
• HIST 176H -- A Century of Protest in the Middle East
• HIST 275 -- History of Iraq
• HIST 276 -- The Modern Middle East
• HIST 277 -- The Conflict Over Israel/Palestine
• HIST 536 -- Revolution in the Modern Middle East
• HIST 537 -- Women in the Middle East
• HIST 538 -- The Middle East and the West
• HIST 810 -- Readings in the History of the Middle East

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