Past Member
Tamer El-Leithy
William D. Loughlin Member
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Medieval Middle Eastern History
Website
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Tamer el-Leithy is a social and cultural historian of the medieval Middle East, with a focus on religious difference and encounter. At IAS, he will work on a book (‘The Deep Grammars of Cultural Change’) that explores the various effects of linguistic conversion (Coptic to Arabic) for the Coptic Christians of medieval Egypt (11th-14th c).
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
Princeton University
Ph.D.
2005
University of Cambridge
M.Phil.
1997
American University in Cairo
B.A.
1994
Honors
2014-15
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
2017
Visiting Professor of Islamic Studies, Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität
2010-11
Research Fellow, EUME, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
Appointments
American University in Cairo
2024
Assistant Professor of History
Johns Hopkins University
2015–2023
Assistant Professor of History
New York University
2007–2014
Assistant Professor of Islamic History
Harvard Society of Fellows
2003–2006
Research Fellow