Rachel T Howes
Associate Professor
Faculty - History
Brief Biography
I teach a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses in the Middle East and World history, mostly related to pre-modern periods. My research interests are mainly in eleventh century Iran and Egypt, particularly the Fatimid and Buyid states, and on court politics, Isma`ili and Shi`i thought, and environmental history. I have recently developed an interest in disaster studies, and I am presently working on a book entitled Famine and Civil War in Fatimid Egypt: ‘The Great Crisis’ and its Impact that looks at the political, environmental, socio-economic, and intellectual impacts of a period of instability in Fatimid Egypt between 1058 and 1074CE.
Education
- Ph.D. 2003, University of California Santa Barbara
- M.A. 1994, Georgetown University
- B.A. 1991, Amherst College
Research
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