Teaching

I offer courses in Middle Eastern and global history, as well as in historical research methods. At Syracuse University, I teach on these themes on the undergraduate and graduate levels. In 2023/2024, I was a Syracuse University Art Museum Faculty Fellow. I was awarded the Teaching Recognition Award from Syracuse University’s Middle Eastern Studies Program in 2025.

Courses offered at Syracuse University (2022-Present): Theories & Philosophies of History (HST 803); Practicum in the Study of History (HST 301); Capitalism in the Middle East (HST 300); The Modern Middle East (HST 209); The Middle East Since the Rise of Islam (HST 208); Global History: 1750 to Present (HST 122)

Previously, I taught at Bard College, where I also co-directed The First-Year Seminar (Bard’s common course).

Courses offered at Bard College (2013-2022): How to Read and Write the History of the (Post-) Colonial World; Middle Eastern Experiences of Slavery; From Ottoman Edicts to Contemporary Human Rights; The Genealogy of Modern Revolutions in the Middle East; The Past and Present of Capitalism in the Middle East; The Making of the Modern Middle East; The Ottomans and the Last Islamic Empire