Chapel Hill, NC
W: 919-962-8078
H: 919-933-0187
Sshields@email.unc.edu
Travel Regions: 5,7
Dr. Shields, an Associate Professor in the History Department at UNC Chapel Hill, teaches courses on the history of Islamic civilization, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the modern Middle East, and Middle East women. Her current research is on the development of national identities in Syria, Turkey, and Iraq between the two World Wars.
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Iraq 101
Iraq was been an important location long before the current war brought it to the forefront of America's consciousness. Iraq 101 will first trace the history of Iraq from earliest days, through the creation of Baghdad as the capital of the growing Muslim empire, to its peripheral role in the Ottoman Empire, and its independence from Great Britain following World War I. Shields will then explore the context in which the current conflict emerged, focusing on the decades of US interactions with Iraq.
Requirements for Program: lectern
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