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Prof. M. Christopher Low’s book earned the 2021 Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association

Congratulations to Prof. M. Christopher Low, whose book Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj (Columbia University Press, 2020), earned the 2021 Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association, the most prestigious book prize in the field of Middle East history. In its citation the award committee called the book … Continue reading Prof. M. Christopher Low’s book earned the 2021 Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association

Virtual instruction extended through end of spring semester – COVID-19 update 13-3/18/2020

March 18, 2020 – 4:00p.m.   Re:       Virtual instruction extended through end of spring semester – COVID-19 update 13     Dear Iowa State students, faculty, and staff,   As the COVID-19 pandemic escalates, Iowa State University has decided to move all courses to virtual instruction for the remainder of the spring semester. The state … Continue reading Virtual instruction extended through end of spring semester – COVID-19 update 13-3/18/2020

Research Fellow Profile: Chris Reed

Christopher Reed is currently researching Sino-American relations during the 1920s. His dissertation will explore American attitudes, official and popular, toward China. He is one of four History graduate students recently awarded an ISU Graduate Research Fellowship to spend a semester conducting research and writing. Chris has visited the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, where the papers … Continue reading Research Fellow Profile: Chris Reed