On Leave Academic Year 2025-2026
Lorenzo Bondioli's work investigates the political economy of medieval Islamic empires, aiming to lay bare the antagonistic symbiosis between the merchant and ruling classes, and the ever-embattled entanglement of...
On Leave AY 2025-26
Rosie Bsheer is a historian of the modern Middle East. Her teaching and research interests center on Arab intellectual and social movements, petro-capitalism and state formation, and the production of historical knowledge and...
On Leave Spring 2026
Executive Assistant: Heather Meeker Green (heather_meekergreen@fas.harvard.edu)
Derek Penslar is the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History and directs Harvard’s Center for Jewish Studies. Penslar is a resident faculty member at...
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Pizzorno’s research and teaching focus on the history and archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean and the Near East, as well as digital scholarship and methods. Areas of particular interest include imperialism and politics in complex...
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Appointments (Current)
Research Associate, Department of History, Harvard University, 2018-present
Assistant...
Office Hours: Please contact Sheily Fajardo – sfajardo@law.harvard.edu
Intisar A. Rabb is a Professor of Law, a Professor of History, and the faculty director of the Program in Islamic Law at Harvard Law School. She has held appointments as a Susan S. and...
For Prof. Manela’s bio as well as information on his research, publications, teaching, and advising, please see: http://scholar.harvard.edu/manela
Prof. Kafadar is interested in the social and cultural history of the Middle East and southeastern Europe in the late medieval/early modern era. He teaches courses on Ottoman history, urban space, travel, popular culture, history and cinema, coffee and...