Experts Directory: History: Middle East

Elaine Goodfriend

Department of Religious Studies
work: (818) 677-3392
email: elaine.goodfriend@csun.edu
Also speaks: Hebrew

Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Jewish History
Jewish law
Ancient Mesopotamia

Rachel T. Howes

Department of History
work: (818) 677-2755
email: rthowes@csun.edu
Also speaks: Arabic, French

Middle East history — pre-modern and modern
Medieval Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Syria
Medieval court politics
General modern political history

Jody Myers

Jewish Studies Interdisciplinary Program
Department of Religious Studies
work: (818) 677-3007 / 3392 / 6762
email: jody.myers@csun.edu
Also speaks: Hebrew

Jewish studies
Jewish history
Judaism

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Nayereh Tohidi

Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
work: (818) 677-7218
email: nayereh.tohidi@csun.edu
Also speaks: Farsi, Persian, Tajik, Turkic

Middle Eastern culture
Middle Eastern politics
Gender and women’s issues in the Middle East, Central Asia, the Caucus and Caspian regions, Iran and Azerbaijan Republic
Human rights and democracy
Islam and Islamist extremism
Women, religion and politics
Islam and ethnic issues in Iran
U.S. policy in Iran and the greater Middle East
Co-author: “Globalization, Gender and Religion: The Politics of Women’s Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts”
Co-editor: “Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity within Unity”
Author: “Feminism, Demokrasy ve Islamgarayi dar Iran” (in Persian)

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