Benjamin C. Fortna
 | The topic of this article may not meet Wikitia's general notability guideline. |
Benjamin C. Fortna | |
|---|---|
| Add a Photo | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Historian |
Benjamin C. Fortna is an American historian of the modern Middle East.[1] He is currently Director of the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona.
Education
Fortna received his BA from Yale University.[2] He completed an MA at Columbia University, and a PhD at the University of Chicago, where his supervisor was Rashid Khalidi.[3]
Work
Fortna's first book was Imperial Classroom: Islam, the State and Education in the Late Ottoman Empire.[4] His other publications include Learning to Read in the Late Ottoman Empire and the Early Turkish Republic (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) and The Circassian: A Life of Eşref Bey, Late Ottoman Insurgent and Special Agent (Hurst and Oxford University Press, 2016).[5]
Before his position at the University of Arizona, Fortna taught at SOAS, University of London.[2]
Personal life
Fortna is the son of theologian Robert T. Fortna and the brother of international relations scholar Virginia Page Fortna.[6]
References
- ↑ "Benjamin Fortna | School of Middle Eastern & North African Studies". menas.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Professor Benjamin Fortna | SOAS". www.soas.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- ↑ "Alumni Placement | Middle Eastern Studies". mes.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- ↑ "Imperial Classroom". global.oup.com. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- ↑ "Benjamin Fortna | History". history.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- ↑ "Robert Fortna Obituary (2017) - Poughkeepsie, NY - Poughkeepsie Journal". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
External links
This article "Benjamin C. Fortna" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical. Articles taken from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be accessed on Wikipedia's Draft Namespace.