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Akram Fouad Khater

American historian

Akram Fouad Khater (Arabic: أكرم فؤاد خاطر; born December 3, 1960)[2][1] is a Lebanese-born American professor, historian, and author.[3] He serves as a professor of history, and the director of the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State University (NCSU).[4][5][6] He specializes in the history of Lebanon,[7] Lebanese Studies and diaspora, the Middle Eastern history,[8] and Arab relations.

Biography

Akram Fouad Khater was born on December 3, 1960, in Lebanon.[1] He immigrated to the United States in 1978, during the Lebanese Civil War.[4] Khater received a B.S. degree from California State Polytechnic University, an M.A. degree in 1987 from the University of California, Santa Cruz,[9] and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993.[10]

He is currently developing an undergraduate and master's program on teaching high school world history.[11] He received the NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award for 1998–1999, and the NCSU Outstanding Junior Faculty Award for 1999–2000.[citation needed]

Khater produced the PBS documentary, Cedars in the Pines (2012) about the Lebanese community in North Carolina.[10]

Bibliography

Books

  • Khater, Akram Fouad (1993). She Married Silk: A Rewriting of Peasant History in 19th Century Mount Lebanon (dissertation). University of California, Berkeley.
  • Khater, Akram Fouad (2001). Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN .[12][13][14]
  • Khater, Akram Fouad (2004). Sources in the History of the Modern Middle East. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN .
  • Khater, Akram Found (2011). Embracing the Divine: Passion and Politics in Christian Middle East. Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Syracuse University Press. ISBN .[15][16]

Articles, chapters

References

  1. ^ abc"Khater, Akram Fouad, 1960–". The Library of Congress, LC Name Authority File (LCNAF). Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  2. ^"Khater, Akram Fouad 1960-". WorldCat Identities.
  3. ^"Peace panel". The News and Observer. 2003-02-06. pp. B15. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  4. ^ abTalass, Rawaa (2021-01-21). "Virtual exhibit 'Turath' explores artistic impact of Arabs in the US". Arab News. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  5. ^Shipman, Matt. "Interactive tool offers window into history of Arab-Americans in NYC". phys.org. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  6. ^"Syria's War Hits Home for Immigrants". National Geographic. 2013-09-13. Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  7. ^Ustundag, Ezgi (October 2, 2012). "A Question of Middle East Politics: 'Phoenician, Lebanese, or Arab?'". Duke Today. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  8. ^"New Texts Out Now: Akram Khater, Embracing the Divine: Gender, Passion, and Politics in the Christian Middle East". Jadaliyya - جدلية. July 11, 2012. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  9. ^"Peace will come when the whiskey is gone". Santa Cruz Sentinel. 1986-05-20. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  10. ^ ab"Romey Lynchings Screening with Akram Khater". UChicago Arts, The University of Chicago. November 18, 2020. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  11. ^"Houghton Mifflin College – OnLine Catalog – Author BIO Page". Archived from the original on 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  12. ^Pollard, Lisa (2002-01-01). "Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870–1920". History: Reviews of New Books. 30 (4): 173. doi:10.1080/03612759.2002.10526243. ISSN 0361-2759. S2CID 151463752.
  13. ^Chatty, Dawn (2003). "Review of Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870–1920". Journal of Islamic Studies. 14 (1): 79–81. doi:10.1093/jis/14.1.79. ISSN 0955-2340. JSTOR 26199848. PMC 4212858. PMID 25373226.
  14. ^Sbaiti, Nadya (May 2003). "Akram Fouad Khater. Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. xiv+257 pp. Map, bibliography, index. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-520-22739-5; $22.50 (paper), ISBN 0-520-22740-9". H-Net Reviews. Archived from the original on July 27, 2007.
  15. ^Grafton, David D. (2013-09-01). "Embracing the Divine: Passion and Politics in the Christian Middle East. By Akram Fouad Khater. (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2011. Pp. xi, 238. $39.95.)". The Historian. 75 (3): 548–549. doi:10.1111/hisn.12016_4. ISSN 0018-2370. S2CID 144291118.
  16. ^Robson, Laura (2012). "Review of Embracing the Divine: Passion and Politics in the Christian Middle East". Review of Middle East Studies. 46 (1): 123–125. doi:10.1017/S2151348100003219. ISSN 2151-3481. JSTOR 41762504. S2CID 157260347.

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