Leila Fawaz is a Lebanese historian and academician. She is the founding director of The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies from 2001 to 2012.[1] Fawaz was born in Sudan to Greek-Orthodox Lebanese parents and raised in Lebanon. She took two degrees at the American University of Beirut between 1967 and 1968 and studied history at Harvard University between 1972 and 1979.[2][3][4][5]
Leila Fawaz | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Title | Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies |
| Board member of | Harvard Board of Overseers |
| Awards | Legion of Honour |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | American University of Beirut |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Middle Eastern studies |
| Institutions | Tufts University, The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies |
From 1990 to 1994, Fawaz was the editor-in-chief of The International Journal of Middle East Studies, where she advanced conducting analytical and comparative research, with an international and cross-disciplinary approach.[6] She bemoaned the overspecialization within the field, the neglect of attention to humanities/arts and, uninteresting writing, and linked these problems to Middle East studies as a whole, because researchers were "still a long way from being pathfinders in the world of scholarship generally."[3][4][6]
References
edit- ^ Pomerance, Aaron (Jan 16, 2015). "Nadim Shehadi selected as new Fares Center director". The Tufts Daily. p. 1. Archived from the original on June 8, 2015. Retrieved Jun 8, 2015.
- ^ Anonymous (Feb 19, 2011). "AUB alumnus elected head of Harvard Board of Overseers". Tribune Business News. Washington.
- ^ a b "Fawaz, Shapiro to lead Harvard Overseers for 2011-12". Harvard Gazette. Feb 17, 2011. Archived from the original on June 8, 2015. Retrieved Jun 8, 2015.
- ^ a b "Tufts University Professor Earns France's Legion of Honor". Women in Academia Report. Aug 1, 2012. Retrieved Jun 8, 2015.
- ^ Abraham, Yvonne (May 24, 2006). "Lebanese-Americans scoff at explanation of behavior". Boston Globe. p. A.4. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved Jun 15, 2015.
- ^ a b Tucker, Judith E; El-Affendi, Abdelwahab (Aug 2008). "Excerpt from "Studying my movement: Social science without cynicism"". The International Journal of Middle East Studies. 40 (3): 359–368. doi:10.1017/S0020743808080926. JSTOR 40205956.