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Critical Perspectives in Global Health

WEBThe course is a critical analysis of the social, political, and economic processes underlying this expanding medical and humanitarian field. As we scrutinize the design, evidence …

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The Quest for Health: Contemporary Debates on Harm, …

WEBThe course considers the ethical predicaments of medicine and public health in the context of global inequality, aging, and medical entrepreneurialism. Increasingly sophisticated …

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The Western Medical Tradition: 800 B.C.–1800 A.D.

WEBAbstract. Lawrence I. Conrad, Ph.D. 1981. The influence of Greek medical practices dating back to the fifth century B.C. has had an immeasurable impact on the development of …

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Heath Lowry Department of Near Eastern Studies

WEBHeath W. Lowry is the Atatürk Professor of Ottoman & Modern Turkish Studies, Emeritus, at Princeton University. Prior to his arrival at Princeton in 1993, he was a founding member …

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Law, Social Difference, and the Sustenance of Health

WEBThe tumult of the Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act, or "Obamacare," revealed anew the uncertainty of the healthcare social safety net. Efforts like Obamacare, …

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NES Dissertations on Infectious Diseases

WEBNear Eastern Studies is not a field that one normally associates with medicine, infectious diseases, or public health, but if you are looking for some Middle …

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Samin Rashidbeigi Department of Near Eastern Studies

WEBSamin Rashidbeigi. 8th-year Ph.D. student. Email. [email protected]. Office. Jones Hall. I am a social and cultural historian of the Modern Middle East, specializing in …

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Satyel Larson Department of Near Eastern Studies

WEBArea(s): Anthropology Law and society The Maghreb Women, gender and sexuality Satyel Larson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton …

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Gregory Bell Department of Near Eastern Studies

WEBArea(s): Arabic-language teaching Modern Arabic literature Sultanate of Oman I have been a Lecturer in Arabic here in the Department of Near Eastern Studies since 2007. Prior to …

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Infectious Ideas: Contagion in Premodern Islamic and Christian …

WEBInfectious Ideas is a comparative analysis of how Muslim and Christian scholars explained the transmission of disease in the premodern Mediterranean world.. How did religious …

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Adam Anabosi Department of Near Eastern Studies

WEBAdam Anabosi is a Ph.D. student in the Near Eastern Studies Department at Princeton University. He is interested in the modern Middle East's social history, particularly issues …

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Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean World: From Constantinople …

WEBCo-editor Petra M. Sijpesteijn, Ph.D. 2004. During the period 500–1000 CE Egypt was successively part of the Byzantine, Persian and Islamic empires.

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Barren Women: Religion and Medicine in the Medieval Middle East

WEBSara Verskin, Ph.D. 2017. Barren Women is the first scholarly book to explore the ramifications of being infertile in the medieval Arab-Islamic world. Through an …

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Greetings from the Chair!

WEBawarded a Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) fellowship for 2012–13. Bordewich, a Near Eastern Stud-ies major who also earned certificates in Arabic Language and

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Norman Itzkowitz, Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus, …

WEBNorman Itzkowitz, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, passed away on January 20, 2019, at the age of 87. Itzkowitz was born in 1931 on the Lower East Side …

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In Memoriam Department of Near Eastern Studies

WEBL. Carl Brown, Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs, Emeritus, and Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, passed away in Mitchellville, Maryland, on April 8, 2020 at the age of …

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Department of Near Eastern Studies

WEBTranslated, with an introduction, by Michael W. Dols, Ph.D. 1971. This book describes medieval Islamic medicine and to explore a specific medical text, On the Prevention of …

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