Thabit A. J. Abdullah
| Degrees: | Ph.D., Georgetown
University M.A., Georgetown University B.A., State University of New York at New Paltz |
| Current Position: | Associate Professor
(Department of History, Arts) |
| Recent Publications: | A Short
History of Iraq: From 636 to the Present. (Pearson-Longman,
2003). Merchants,
Mamluks and Murder: The Political Economy of Commerce in Eighteenth
Century Basra (SUNY Press, 2001) |
| Courses taught recently:
|
AS/HIST 3791 The Islamic Gunpowder Empires AS/HIST 3792 The Middle East since 1800 AS/HIST 106-- The Indian Ocean in Pre-Modern Times AS/HIST 2790 Islamic Civilization |
| Research Interests: | Modern and
Medieval Iraq; Indian Ocean; Ottoman Empire |
| Awards/Grants: | 1997: Oklahoma
Foundation for the Humanities Award 1989-1991: Social Science Research Council, Fellow |


