Najwa al-Qattan

Professor Emeritus of History Loyola Marymount University

  • Los Angeles CA

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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Biography

Najwa al-Qattan is Associate Professor of Ottoman and modern Middle Eastern History. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the American University of Beirut, a M.A. in Philosophy from Georgetown University, and a Ph.D. in History from Harvard University. She is the recipient of awards from the SSRC, the Middle East Studies Association, and the Turkish Studies Association, and grants from the SSRC and the NEH. She has published on the Ottoman Muslim court in Damascus and Beirut, the Jews and Christians of the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Great War in journals and books, including the International Journal of Middle East Studies and Comparative Studies in Society and History. She has also served on award committees for the Middle East Studies Association and the Turkish Studies Association.

Education

Harvard University

Ph.D.

History and Middle Eastern Studies

1996

Harvard University

M.A.

Middle East Studies

1984

Georgetown University

M.A.

Philosophy

1979

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Areas of Expertise

The Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Muslim Court
Jews and Christians under Islam
The First World War

Accomplishments

Ibn Khaldoun Award

The Social Science Research Council award for best graduate student paper in the field of Middle East Studies, 1994

Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award

The Middle East Studies Association award for best dissertation in the field of the humanities, 1996

Umer Lutfi Barkan Article Prize

The Turkish Studies Association biennial award for best published article in the fields of Turkish and Ottoman studies, 2001

Affiliations

  • PARC: Palestine American Research Center

Research Grants

Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship

Social Science Research Council

1988-1989

Dissertation Grant

Turkish Studies Association

1991-1992

Summer Research Grant

Loyola Marymount University

1998

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Courses

The Contemporary Middle East

Upper Division

Modern Iraq

Upper Division

History and Historians

Upper Division

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Articles

Inside the Ottoman Courthouse: Territorial Law at the Intersection of State and Religion

The Early Modern Ottomans: Remapping the Empire

“Inside the Ottoman Courthouse: Territorial Law at the Intersection of State and Religion.” In The Early Modern Ottomans: Remapping the Empire, ed. Virginia H. Aksan and Daniel Goffman, 201-212. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. [Turkish language edition: 2010].

Tut Tut ‘A-Beirut, 1840s: Qadis, Qists and Mulberry Courts

Turkish Historical Review

“Tut Tut ‘A-Beirut, 1840s: Qadis, Qists and Mulberry Courts.” Turkish Historical Review 4 (2013): 174-191.

When Mothers Ate Their Children: Wartime Memory and the Language of Food in Syria and Lebanon

International Journal of Middle East Studies

“When Mothers Ate Their Children: Wartime Memory and the Language of Food in Syria and Lebanon.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 46 (November 2014): 719-736.

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