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Modern Trends in Egyptian Historiography: A Review Article

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2009

Peter Gran
Peter Gran
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Austin
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The graduate history program of ‘Ayn Shams University has produced some of the finest scholarly studies in the field of Egyptian history in recent years. The program has been particularly receptive to the shift toward a social and economic approach within the discipline of history. It is noteworthy that for a number of years this program has been directed by two historians who were not themselves trained in this specialization. Dr. Ahmad ‘Izzat ‘Abd al-Karīm (the founder of the program) is an institutional historian, and Dr. ‘Abd al-Raḥlm Muṣṭafa (the current chairman) is a political historian

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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , August 1978 , pp. 367 - 371
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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Author's Note. I would like to thank Afaf Marsot, Rifaat Abou el-Hajj, and Judith Gran for their help.

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