Juan Cole, Contributor

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Juan Cole is professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian history at the University of Michigan.  Previously, he served as the Director of the universities Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, from 1992 – 1995. His current research focuses on Shiite Islam in Iraq and Iran and the “jihadi” or “sacred-war” strain of Muslim radicalism, including al-Qaeda and the Taliban among other groups. Cole has written extensively on modern Islamic movements in Egypt, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia and has given numerous media interviews on the War on Terrorism and the war in Iraq.  He was the recipient of the Hudson Research Professorship, in 2003, the Award for Research in Turkey, in 1999 and the Fulbright-Hays Islamic Civilization Postdoctoral Award in 1985-86.

Cole holds a B.A. degree in History and Literature of Religions from Northwestern University and a Master’s degree in Arabic Studies/History from American University in Cairo. In 1984 he completed his PhD in Islamic studies at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Contact

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Affiliations

Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History, History Department, University of Michigan

1999-2004
Editor, The International Journal of Middle East Studies (Published by Cambridge University Press for the Middle East Studies Association of North America).

1998
Program Committee chair, MESA annual conference

1996, 1989
Officer Nominating Committee

1995-2000
Editorial Board, Critique

1991
Book Award Committee, Middle East Studies Association

1988-1992
Book Review Editor, International Journal of Middle East Studies

1987-1989
Society for Iranian Studies: Council

Publications

Sacred Space and Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi’ite Islam

By Juan Cole
$25.60

Napoleon and Egypt

By Juan Cole
$29.95

“Sacred Space and Holy War”
by Juan Cole

“Roots of North Indian Shi`ism in Iran and Iraq”
by Juan Cole

“Modernity and the Millennium: The Genesis of the Baha’i Faith in the Nineteenth Century Middle East”
by Juan Cole

“Colonialism and Revolution in the Middle East: Social and Cultural Origins of Egypt’s `Urabi Movement”
by Juan Cole

“Comparing Muslim Societies”
by Juan Cole

“Shi`ism and Social Protest”
by Juan Cole and Nikki R. Keddie