Laila Parsons, McGill University
Associate Professor
History and Classical Studies
Institute for Islamic Studies
Montreal, Quebec
laila.parsons@mcgill.ca
Office:
(514) 398-7108
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Bio/Research
I am a specialist in the history of the 20th-century Middle East and have published a book and some articles on the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and Druze-Jewish relations. My new research focuses on the life of Fawzi al-Qawuqji, the Arab nationalist and soldier who served as an officer in the Ottoman a...
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Bio/Research
I am a specialist in the history of the 20th-century Middle East and have published a book and some articles on the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and Druze-Jewish relations. My new research focuses on the life of Fawzi al-Qawuqji, the Arab nationalist and soldier who served as an officer in the Ottoman army during World War I; fought against the French in Syria during the rebellion of 1925-1927; fought against the British in Mandatory Palestine during the Arab Revolt of 1936-39, and again in Iraq during the Rashid ‘Ali Coup of 1941; lived in exile in Nazi Germany during World War II; and led the Arab Salvation Army (Jaysh al-inqâdh) against the Haganah/IDF during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Using Qawuqji’s own archive to construct a detailed and carefully contextualized historical narrative of the journey that he made through certain moments, I hope to offer a glimpse of the complexity and contingency of the historical worlds he inhabited. The book will be published with Hill and Wang (New York) in 2013. For details of my first book and my articles please see my webpage in the Institute of Islamic Studies. I teach courses on the history and historiography of the Arab-Israeli Conflict; on women, gender and sexuality; on the development of various nationalisms (and their corresponding histories); and on imperialism.
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Using Qawuqji’s own archive to construct a detailed and carefully contextualized historical narrative of the journey that he made through certain moments, I hope to offer a glimpse of the complexity and contingency of the historical worlds he inhabited. The book will be published with Hill and Wang (New York) in 2013. For details of my first book and my articles please see my webpage in the Institute of Islamic Studies. I teach courses on the history and historiography of the Arab-Israeli Conflict; on women, gender and sexuality; on the development of various nationalisms (and their corresponding histories); and on imperialism.
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