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Edmund Burke III

Edmund Burke III   
Edmund Burke III
    Title:  Professor, Presidential Chair, and Director, Center for World History
    Type:  Faculty Member
    Concentration:  Asia and the Islamic World
    Email:  eburke@ucsc.edu
    Phone:  (831) 459-2287 Office
(831) 459-1924 Message
    Office:  531 Humanities 1
    Office Hours:  Fall 2009: Tuesdays, 1:00 - 2:00pm

Courses Taught 
HIS 41, Making of the Modern Middle East



HIS 101A, Making of the Modern World, 1400-1750



HIS 270A, Patterns of World History, 1500-1750

Research Focus 
Islamic history, modern Middle East and North African history, Mediterranean history, French history, orientalism, European imperialism, and world history

Education History 
Ph.D., Princeton University

Selected Publications 
Genealogies of Orientalism: History, Theory, Politics ed. with D. Prochaska. University of Nebraska Press, 2008.

The Environment and World History, ed. with K. L. Pomeranz (under submission).

Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East, ed. with D. Yaghoubian. Berkeley: University of California Press, Second edition, 2005.

"The Deep History of the Middle Eastern Environment, 1500 BCE-1500 CE", UC World History Workshop. Essays and Positions from the World History Workshop. Paper 3, April 27, 2005.

"Theorizing the Histories of Colonialism and Nationalism in North Africa: Beyond Colonialism and Nationalism in North Africa", Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Spring, 1998 24 Hour Scholar

"Collective Action and Discursive Shifts: A Comparative Historical Perspective" UC eScholarship Repository "Orientalism and World History: Representing Middle Eastern Nationalism and Islamism in the Twentieth Century" UC eScholarship Repository