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Faculty Department Chair Asian History European History Latin American History Near Eastern & Islamic History U.S. History U.S. West History
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 John Curry, Ph.D. Office: Wright Hall, B319
John J. Curry, Assistant Professor, received his B.A. in History with a minor in sub-Saharan African Studies (1992). After spending a year in Cairo, Egypt and other parts of the Near East on a Fulbright scholarship during the 1992-93 academic year, he returned to acquire a dual M.A. from The Ohio State University in both the department of History and Arabic Language (1998). After several years of work and research in the Turkish Republic, he received his Ph.D. in History from The Ohio State University (2005). His research focuses on the history of mystical, religious, and intellectual movement in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. His most recent publications include "Home Is Where the Shaykh Is': The Concept of Exile in the Hagiography of Ibrahim-i Gulseni," in Al Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean (2005); and "Defending the Cult of Saints in Seventeenth-Century Kastamonu: Omer el-Fu'adi's Contribution to Religious Debate in Ottoman Society," in Frontiers of Ottoman Studies: State, Province and the West (2005). He is currently developing a two-semester survey in World History, including the history of the modern world (1500 C.E.-present). In addition, he is also developing a two semester course in the history of the Near East and Islamic world from 500 C.E. to the present. Part of these present projects will include the development of a textbook that can introduce undergraduate students to the historical sources for the Islamic world in various phases of its history. As part of his classes, students attempt to interact with a variety of historical sources from various places and periods to develop their own ideas about the past.
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