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Kevin W. Martin <km66@indiana.edu> Indiana University - Bloomington |
| Address: | Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures 1011 East Third Street Goodbody Hall #102 Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7005 United States |
| Primary Phone: | (812) 856-6861 |
| List Affiliations: | Former Review Editor for H-Levant |
| Interests: | Anthropology Business History / Studies Communication Diplomacy and International Relations History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Urban History / Studies Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
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Bio: EDUCATION Georgetown University, Washington, DC Doctor of Philosophy in the History of the Middle East and North Africa, Distinction, 2005 Examination Fields/Specializations: Middle East and North Africa, Modern Europe, the twentieth-century Levant, Anthropology, modernity, cultural history, the construction of collective identity, consumption Dissertation: ‘Enter the Future!:’ Exemplars of Bourgeois Modernity in Post-WWII Syria Mentor: Professor Judith E. Tucker Master of Arts in Arab Studies, Distinction, 2000 University of Houston, Houston, TX Bachelor of Arts in History, Summa Cum Laude, 1996 PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University - Bloomington, August 2007 - present Assistant Professor of History, The University of Memphis, August 2005-July 2007 Visiting Instructor of African and Middle Eastern History, Franklin and Marshall College, July 2004-June 2005 Lecturer, Georgetown University, Summer 2003 Teaching Assistant, Georgetown University, Fall 1997 –Spring 2000, Fall 2002 –Fall 2003 COURSES TAUGHT Indiana University Introduction to Islamic Civilization (undergrad and grad) The Making of the Modern Middle East (undergrad survey) Iraq and Syria in the Twentieth Century (grad colloquium) Theory and Method in Middle East Historiography (grad colloquium) The University of Memphis The Philosophy of History (Graduate Seminar), The Development of World Civilization II (Survey), The Modern Middle East, The Modern Islamic World, Modern Iraq (Honors Forum), Modern Syria (Directed Reading), “The Prussia of the Arabs”: Lutfi al-Haffar and Economic Nationalism in Mandate Syria (Honor’s Thesis) Franklin and Marshall College Africa North and West (survey), The Modern Middle East, The Islamic World, The Colonial Experience in Africa, Iraq and Syria in the Twentieth Century (seminar), Slavery in the Atlantic World (Honors Thesis), US-Iraqi Relations (Directed Reading), Colonial North Africa (Directed Reading), The Ba`th Party (Directed Reading) Georgetown University (Lecturer) Middle East Civilization II Georgetown University (Teaching Assistant) Middle East Civilization I, Middle East Civilization II, World History I, World History II PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS “The Baghdad Pact.” Encyclopedia of the Cold War, Will Gray, Jeremi Suri, et al, eds. (Routledge, forthcoming, 2006). “Syria.” Encyclopedia of the Cold War, Will Gray, Jeremi Suri, et al, eds. (Routledge, forthcoming, 2006). “‘Lights that Dazzle the Viewer:’ Bourgeois Industry, Consumption, and Leisure at the Damascus International Exposition of 1954.” Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2005. “‘Images of Syria’s Awakening’: Bourgeois Industry, Consumption, and Leisure at the Damascus International Exposition of 1954” (Article in preparation) “The Policeman is the Guardian of Childhood: The Marketing of Security in Post-WWII Syria.” (Article in preparation) ‘Enter the Future!:’ The Twilight of Bourgeois Modernity in Post-WWII Syria, Ph.D. dissertation, 2005. “‘The Policeman is the Friend of the Kids’: The Journal of the General Security Police and the Marketing of Security in Post-WWII Syria,” Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, November 2003. Symposium Report: Syria Study Group, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Spring 2000. “History as Told in Ba`thi Secondary School Textbooks,” Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, December 1998. PUBLIC OUTREACH “Iraq: The Unnatural State,” Public Address, The University of Memphis High School Scholars’ Seminar, 2005-2006, April 25, 2006. Roundtable Participant, Conference on Current Political Issues in the Middle East, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, April 17, 2006. “Living and Doing Research in a ‘Rogue State,’” Public Address, College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Reception, University of Memphis, October 2005. “Creating Failed and Rogue States: Modern Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon in World Historical Context,” Seventh Annual Summer Teacher Workshop, Center for Contemporary Studies, Georgetown University, June 2005. “A Look at Syria Today,” Public Symposium, University of Alaska at Anchorage, November 2003. “World History in the American University: An Overview,” Il mondo come orizzonte tra globalizzazione e interculturalita’ [World History Conference and Workshop for High School Teachers], Brescia, Italy, March 2003. SERVICE Judge, Tennessee History Day (Tennessee regional and state-wide competitions), Spring 2006 Co-director, Fulbright Student Workshop, Center for International Programs and Services, University of Memphis, February 2006 Reader, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Fall 2005 to present Member, Asian History Search Committee, Department of History, University of Memphis, 2005-2006 Member, Africana Studies Committee, Franklin and Marshall College, 2004-2005 Advisor, Islamic World Search Committee, Dept. of History, Franklin and Marshall College, 2004-2005 Member, Editorial Board, Arab Studies Journal, 1996-1998 |
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