February 2, 2011
UW Experts on the Arab crises
Jere Bacharach
Professor Emeritus of History
E-mail | Web
Bacharach, who is living in Cairo, researches early Islamic, medieval and modern Middle East, Ottoman Empire; slavery, numismatics.
• Letter from Cairo: “It is hard to remember that this is the same city from a little over a week ago…”
• Letter from Cairo: “Dear All: We are all safe…”
Ellis Goldberg
Professor of Political Science
E-mail | Web | 011-202-2736-0719 (land line in Cairo)
Goldberg researches Middle Eastern politics, particularly how Arab intellectuals think about citizenship.
• Goldberg blogs from Cairo (Nisralnasr: Occasional Thoughts on Middle Eastern and U.S. Politics”)
• KUOW interview: Eight days of protest in Egypt
• MSNBC: “What you need to know about the crisis in Egypt”
Phil Howard
Associate Professor of Communication
E-mail | Web
Howard directs the NSF-funded World Information Access Project (wiaproject.org), and in September 2010 Oxford University Press published his book, The Internet and Islam: The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy.
• CBS/AP: “Broadcaster Al-Jazeera Defiant over Ban in Egypt.”
Reşat Kasaba
Stanley D. Golub Chair in International Studies and director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
E-mail | Web | 206-543-4373
Kasaba researches state-society relations in the Middle East from a historical perspective.
• Seattle Times (op-ed): U.S. should support Egyptian people’s quest for domestic reform
• KIRO 7 (CBS) “Egypt protests cause ripple effects in Seattle”
Clark Lombardi
Associate Professor of Law
Adjunct Associate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies
E-mail | (206) 543-4939
Lombardi is a specialist in Islamic law and in constitutional law. His 2006 book: State Law as Islamic Law in Modern Egypt: The Incorporation of the Shari`a into Egyptian Constitutional Law.
• The New York Times: “Getting to Democracy the Legal Way”
Shaun Lopez
Assistant Professor of History
E-mail | Web | 206-616-8408
Lopez researches modern Middle East history, particularly Egyptian affairs.
• KING 5 (NBC) “UW professor on modern Egypt talks about country’s unrest.”
Stephen J. Majeski
Professor of Political Science
E-mail | 206-543-9648
Majeski is a specialist in U.S. foreign policy. In 2010, Routledge published a book Majeski co-authored with David Sylvan: “U.S. Foreign Policy in Perspective: Clients, Enemies, and Empire.”
For additional information, contact Catherine ODonnell at UW News and Information: cath2@uw.edu or 206-543-2580.
