Leila Fawaz Explained

Birth Place:Sudan
Nationality:Lebanese
Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies
Boards:Harvard Board of Overseers
Awards:Legion of Honour
Alma Mater:American University of Beirut
Discipline:History
Sub Discipline:Middle Eastern studies
Workplaces:Tufts University,
The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies

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]

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. 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."[6] [4] [7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Nadim Shehadi selected as new Fares Center director . Aaron. Pomerance . The Tufts Daily . Jan 16, 2015. Jun 8, 2015 . 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150608205300/http://tuftsdaily.com/news/2015/01/16/nadim-shehadi-selected-new-fares-center-director/ . June 8, 2015 . live.
  2. News: AUB alumnus elected head of Harvard Board of Overseers . Anonymous . Tribune Business News . Washington. Feb 19, 2011 .
  3. News: Fawaz, Shapiro to lead Harvard Overseers for 2011-12. Harvard Gazette. Feb 17, 2011 . Jun 8, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150608211358/http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/02/fawaz-shapiro-to-lead-harvard-overseers-for-2011-12/ . June 8, 2015 . live.
  4. Web site: Tufts University Professor Earns France's Legion of Honor . Aug 1, 2012 . Women in Academia Report . Jun 8, 2015 .
  5. News: Lebanese-Americans scoff at explanation of behavior . Yvonne . Abraham . Boston Globe . May 24, 2006 . Jun 15, 2015 . A.4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070701182530/http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/05/24/lebanese_americans_scoff_at_explanation_of_behavior/ . July 1, 2007 . live.
  6. News: Fawaz, Shapiro to lead Harvard Overseers for 2011-12. Harvard Gazette. Feb 17, 2011 . Jun 8, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150608211358/http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/02/fawaz-shapiro-to-lead-harvard-overseers-for-2011-12/ . June 8, 2015 . live.
  7. Tucker . Judith E . El-Affendi . Abdelwahab . Aug 2008 . Excerpt from "Studying my movement: Social science without cynicism" . . 40 . 3 . 359–368 . 10.1017/S0020743808080926 . 40205956 . free .