Akram Fouad Khater
American historian
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Akram Fouad Khater (Arabic: أكرم فؤاد خاطر; born December 3, 1960)[2][1] is a Lebanese-born American professor, historian, and author.[3] He serves as a professor of history, and the director of the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State University (NCSU).[4][5][6] He specializes in the history of Lebanon,[7] Lebanese Studies and diaspora, the Middle Eastern history,[8] and Arab relations.
Akram Fouad Khater | |
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أكرم فؤاد خاطر | |
| Born | December 3, 1960[1] Lebanon |
| Education | University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupations | Professor, historian, author |
| Known for | Lebanese Diaspora Studies, Lebanese Studies |
Biography
Akram Fouad Khater was born on December 3, 1960, in Lebanon.[1] He immigrated to the United States in 1978, during the Lebanese Civil War.[4] Khater received a B.S. degree from California State Polytechnic University, an M.A. degree in 1987 from the University of California, Santa Cruz,[9] and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993.[10]
He is currently developing an undergraduate and master's program on teaching high school world history.[11] He received the NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award for 1998–1999, and the NCSU Outstanding Junior Faculty Award for 1999–2000.[citation needed]
Khater produced the PBS documentary, Cedars in the Pines (2012) about the Lebanese community in North Carolina.[10]
Bibliography
Books
- Khater, Akram Fouad (1993). She Married Silk: A Rewriting of Peasant History in 19th Century Mount Lebanon (dissertation). University of California, Berkeley.
- Khater, Akram Fouad (2001). Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520227408.[12][13][14]
- Khater, Akram Fouad (2004). Sources in the History of the Modern Middle East. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 9780395980675.
- Khater, Akram Found (2011). Embracing the Divine: Passion and Politics in Christian Middle East. Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815650577.[15][16]
Articles, chapters
- Khater, Akram Fouad (November 1986). "Egyptian Feminism Today". The Middle East. 148: 17–18.
- Khater, Akram Fouad (1989). "Imbaba: The Camel Market of Cairo". Aramcoworld. Antoine Gerard (photography). Aramco World. ISSN 2376-1075.
- Khater, Akram Fouad (23 April 2009). ""House" to "Goddess of the House": Gender, Class, and Silk in 19th-century Mount Lebanon". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 28 (3): 325–348. doi:10.1017/S0020743800063480. S2CID 162375282.