The question the US never truly answered when it started bombing the Houthis is: what happens if the strikes don’t work? What is the next step? 1/x

There’s a parallel phenomenon going on in journalism and academia. For the past decade, journalists and professors cozied up to the democrats/admin respectively because they believed they were in a team fight against Bad Things. The last year revealed this was a devil’s bargain.

We are so excited to welcome Dr. Edith Chen (Edith X Chen) to U of U Humanities this fall! Check out her exciting classes!

Exciting new faculty and courses U of U Humanities! Hurry! Sign up for Dr. Annie Greene’s amazing Middle East courses before they fill up!

Winter Writing Retreat: An amazing opportunity from NYU Abu Dhabi!

A big welcome to our new History Department faculty! Professors Chen, Coleman, Greene, and Samur join us this fall. Read their bios and check out their course offerings here: tinyurl.com/26tkyxkr

The Middle East Center is thrilled to welcome Dr. Yuree Noh (Asst. Prof., University of Utah Political Science ). Dr. Noh received her PhD from UCLA and held a research fellowship with Harvard's Belfer Center. She works on Middle East and North African authoritarian institutions and publics.

Get ready for an amazing lineup of Middle East Center events this Fall! Talks on Iran, Iraq, the Mongols, Environmental History, and Authoritarian Politics! Spread the word! U of U Humanities; History @ The U; University of Utah Political Science; U of U Environmental Humanities; @UofUWLC: U of U World Languages & Cultures; Tanner Humanities Center

About damn time! A profile in craven cowardice!

The Middle East Center is excited to welcome Penn State's Lior Sternfeld (Lior Sternfeld) on Sept. 23 for a lecture on "Iranian Jews and the 1979 Revolution." This is an especially timely contribution. Join us! U of U Humanities; History @ The U; U of U World Languages & Cultures; University of Utah Political Science

US universities brace for next round of Gaza protests as students return ft.com/content/93393c… via @ft

Nothing to worry about. This is totally normal. Academia is rounding into peak form.

This article connects environmental and business history (and, surprise, I reached human labour and wages) on the example of sugar factories in late Ottoman Egypt. Also experimenting with a new type of microhistory. Working on the book now, thanks Past and Present

Season 14 kicks off with Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky and his new book. Listen in to learn how North Caucasian refugees fleeing Russian expansion became a large segment of the Ottoman migrant (muhacir) population and, in turn, changed the nature of the Ottoman state: ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2024/08/hamed-…

Earlier this month, M Christopher Low, Director of U of U Middle East Center, delivered an intimate, in-depth lecture to some twenty-odd Summit County residents to “dispel some misconceptions about the Middle East and provide personal reflections on my work in the region...” humanities.utah.edu/news/moving-be…

What we’re doing at U of U Humanities and the U of U Middle East Center. M Christopher Low is focused on training and expertise as the best defense against bigotry and extremism. University of Utah sltrib.com/opinion/commen…

In support of Global Great Books, in the spirit of the Olympics. U of U Humanities Tanner Humanities Center University of Utah sltrib.com/opinion/commen…