Orit Bashkin Explained

Orit Bashkin is a historian and a professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. She is the Mabel Greene Myers Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History.

Career

Bashkin received her her B.A. and M.A. degrees in 1995 and 1999 from Tel Aviv University, and her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2004. As of 2023 she is the Mabel Greene Myers Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History.^[1] Bashkin began her research on Iraq in the mid-1990s.^[2]

Works

• Book: Bashkin . Orit . The Other Iraq: Pluralism and Culture in Hashemite Iraq . 2009 . . en. ^[3]
• Book: Bashkin . Orit . New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern Iraq . 2012 . Stanford University Press . en. ^[4]
• Book: Bashkin . Orit . Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel . 2017 . Stanford University Press . en. ^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Orit Bashkin Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations University of Chicago . 5 April 2023 . nelc.uchicago.edu.
2. News: Bombardieri . Marcella . A talk with Orit Bashkin . boston.com . 6 April 2023.
3. Reviews of The Other Iraq
   • Bahoora . Haytham . 2010 . Review of THE OTHER IRAQ: PLURALISM AND CULTURE IN HASHEMITE IRAQ . The Arab Studies Journal . 18 . 1 . 362–365 . 1083-4753.
   • Zubaida . Sami . 2012 . Davis . Eric . Dodge . Toby . Bashkin . Orit . Iraq: History, Memory, Culture . International Journal of Middle East Studies . 44 . 2 . 333–345 . 0020-7438.
4. Reviews of New Babylonians
   • Beinin . Joel . 2013 . Review of New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern Iraq . Middle East Journal . 67 . 1 . 146–147 . 0026-3141.
   • Bet-Shlimon . Arbella . 2015 . Review of New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern Iraq . International Journal of Middle East Studies . 47 . 1 . 198-200 . 0020-7438.
   • Dakhli . Leyla . 2015 . Review of New Babylonians. A History of Jews in Modern Iraq . Le Mouvement social . 252 . 208–211 . 0027-2671.
   • Sluglett . Peter . 2013 . Review of New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern Iraq . The American Historical Review . 118 . 4 . 1288–1289 . 0002-8762.
5. Reviews of Impossible Exodus
   • Saadoun . Haim . 2019 . Review of Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel . Israel Studies Review . 34 . 2 . 162–165 . 2159-0370.
   • Ülgen . Övgü . 2019 . Review of Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel . Shofar . 37 . 3 . 372–375 . 10.5703/shofar.37.3.0372 . 0882-8539.
   • Divine . Donna Robinson . 2018 . Review of Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel . Middle East Journal . 72 . 1 . 162–163 . 0026-3141.