Vivian Ibrahim
Croft Associate Professor and Director of the Office of National Scholarship Advisement of History
Phone Number: (662)915-1798
Email: vibrahim@olemiss.edu
http://www.croft.olemiss.edu/people/vivian-ibrahim

Key Words: The Modern Middle East, religious and ethnic minorities, nationalism and political Islam

Research Description: Vivian Ibrahim is a historian of the Modern Middle East and joined the University of Mississippi in 2011. She specializes in the history and politics of Egypt in the 19 and 20c. Ibrahim’s current book project, “Détente Shows: Tutankhamun and the Global Cold War”, examines the intersection between cultural diplomacy and world heritage against the backdrop of the Arab-Israeli conflict and Cold War. Ibrahim holds degrees from the University of London (PhD. School of Oriental and African Studies, 2009; MSc. London School of Economics; BA. King’s College). She held a one-year post-doctoral research position examining European-Muslim identities at University College Cork, Ireland and has taught at several universities in the United Kingdom. Books: The Copts of Egypt: Challenges of Modernisation and Identity, (I.B. Tauris, 2010; second edition 2013) Co-authored/edited: Muslims in Ireland: Past and Present,co-authored with Scharbrodt, Sakaranaho, Khan and Shanneik (University of Edinburgh Press, 2014) Political Leaderships, Nations and Charisma, co-edited with Margit Wunsch (Routledge, 2012)

Honors Theses:

Hausman, Catherine Claire (2021) The Iran Hostage Crisis: A Media Narrative (full text)

Lawson, Ella (2021) A City Divided: A GIS-Informed Study of Urban Planning in Amman, Jordan (full text)

Ray, Caleb (2020) Mind Your Youth: Youth Unemployment and Islamic Radicalization (full text)

Morse, Mildred (2020) When Worlds Collide: Charlie Hebdo and Islam in the 21st Century (full text)

Bauer, Cynthia N (2019) Commodity Fetishism and Performative Identity: Studying the Effects of Neoliberal Reform on the Work of Non-Governmental Organizations in Cairo (full text)

Burns, Lauren (2019) Renewables & Refugees: A Solution for Jordan (full text)

Chappell, John (2019) Sons of the Sāqiya: Grassroots Water Politics in Southeastern Morocco (full text)

Gerard, Wesley (2019) Watering the Desert: Azraq, Public Opinion, and Environmental Post-Materialism (full text)

Green, Sydney (2018) The Israeli Druze: "Neither Here nor There" (full text)

Aziz, Amir (2015) Al-arabiyyah, le Français, and the Soul of Algeria: The Language Tango Between Arabic and French in Algerian Education Policy and Defining post-Colonial Algerian National Identity. (full text)

Zook, Leigh Anne (2015) To be, or not to be-Statehood is the Question: Analyzing the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. (full text)

Naimat-Brennan, Saadiah (2014) Public Arguments Concerning Women's Citizenship Rights in Jordan. (full text)