FELLOWS 2009-2010

Zachary Berman

U.S. Department of State ECA Fellow
Predoctoral Candidate, City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
Discipline: History
Research topic: Zubayr Pasha and Slaving in Nineteenth Century Sudan

Louise Bertini

U.S. Department of State ECA Fellow
Predoctoral Candidate, Durham University
Discipline: Archaeology
Research topic: Changes in Suid and Caprine Husbandry Practices throughout Dynastic Egypt using Linear Enamel Hypoplasia

Stephanie Boyle 

U.S. Department of State ECA fellow
Predoctoral Candidate, University of Michigan
Discipline: History
Research topic: Tanta in the 19th Century: 1854-1907

Matthew Ellis 

U.S. Department of State ECA fellow
Predoctoral Candidate, Princeton University
Discipline: History
Research topic: Envisaging Egypt: Geography and Conceptions of Space in a Desert Nation, 1841-1925

Fatma El Hamidi

National Endowment for the Humanities
Adjunct Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Discipline: Economics
Research topic: Vocational Education in Modern Egypt

Lillie Gordon 

U.S. Department of State ECA fellow
Predoctoral Candidate, University of California Santa Barbara
Discipline: Music
Research topic: Negotiating Modernity - The Adoption and Adaptation of the Violin in Egyptian Music

Ahmed Ibrahim 

U.S. Department of State ECA fellow
Predoctoral Candidate, Georgetown University
Discipline: Arabic and Islamic Studies
Research topic: Legal School Boundaries and Eclecticism in 18th Century Cairo

Junaid Quadri

U.S. Department of State ECA fellow
Predoctoral Candidate, McGill University
Discipline: History
Research topic: Islam, Tradition and Reform: The Case of the Egyptian Ulama

Kristin Tassin

U.S. Department of State ECA fellow, CAORC Multi-country Fellowship
Predoctoral Candidate, University of Texas at Austin
Discipline: History
Research topic: History from the Edge: State, Society, and Development in Siwa Oasis, 1820-1970

Gregory Hoadley

CAORC Multi-country Fellowship
Predoctoral Candidate, University of California Berkeley
Discipline: Political science
Research topic: The Social Life of Data - Statistical Capacity Building in Egypt and Lebanon

2009-2010 RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

Jere Bacharach

Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Washington
Discipline: History
Research topic: Monetary Movements in Circassian Mamluk Egypt and Syria, 1382 - 1517

2009 GETTY RESEARCH EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN AND MIDDLE EAST

Alaa El Habashi

Associate Professor of Architecture, and Heritage Conservation;Department of Architecture, University of Monofiya, Shebin al-Kom
Discipline: Historic preservation
Research topic: Upgrading Conservation Academic Teaching in Egypt
Research country: Italy

Faika Bejaoui

Deputy Director, Rehabilitation; Association of the Preservation of the Medina of Tunis
Discipline: Urban Studies
Research topic: Comparing Urban Preservation in Tunis and Cairo
Research country: Italy

Arwa Othman

Researcher, Yemen Center for Studies and Research
Discipline: Folklore
Research topic: The regional version of globalization - the example of folklore
Research country: Egypt