Faculty

Martin Bowen-Silva, Program Head, History; Associate Professor of History and Arab Crossroads Studies; Global Network Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mb5831@nyu.edu
Education: MA, PhD École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

Research Interests: Atlantic World; Latin America; Communication and Politics; Emotions; Global Political History

Erich E. Dietrich, Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: erich.dietrich@nyu.edu
Education: BA Carleton College; MA University of Wisconsin-Madison; PhD New York University

Research Interests: International Higher Education

Nelida Fuccaro, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies; Professor of Middle Eastern History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nf58@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, University of Durham(UK), Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Research Interests: history of the modern Middle East

Fiona Kidd, Associate Professor of History and Art and Art History; Global Network Associate Professor in the Study of the Ancient World Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: fjk3@nyu.edu
Education: BA (Hons) University of Melbourne; PhD University of Sydney

Research Interests: identity, images and the built environment, craft production, pre-Islamic Central Asian visual art

Masha Kirasirova, Assistant Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: masha.kirasirova@nyu.edu
Education: BA Brown University; M.Phil., PhD New York University

Research Interests: Political and Cultural History of the Soviet Union, Colonialism/Anti-colonialism, Orientalism, Trans...

Martin Klimke, Vice Provost; Associate Professor of History; Global Network Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: klimke@nyu.edu
Education: MA, PhD University of Heidelberg

Research Interests: intersections of political and cultural, diplomatic, and transnational history, 20th century US-Euro...

Salila Kulshreshtha, Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Art and Art History Affiliation: Visiting
Email: salila.kulshreshtha@nyu.edu
Education: BA Lady Shri Ram College; MA Jawaharlal Nehru University; MPhil Jawaharlal Nehru University; PhD Jaw...

Research Interests: Art and archaeology of South Asia, Religion in the Indian Ocean world, Museums and Heritage studies

Erin Pettigrew, History Program Head; Associate Professor of History and Arab Crossroads Studies; Global Network Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: erin.pettigrew@nyu.edu
Education: BA Hollins University; MA University of California Los Angeles; PhD Stanford University

Research Interests: 19th and 20th century West Africa, histories of Islam, race, and healing

Nadine Roth, Assistant Teaching Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: nadine.roth@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Regina; MA University of Calgary; PhD University of Toronto

Research Interests: pre- and post-war Europe

Gunja SenGupta, Visiting Professor of History Affiliation: Visiting
Email: gs2490@nyu.edu
Education: BA, University of Bombay (India); PhD, Tulane University

Research Interests: Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds; US and the World with special reference to slavery and freedom; US...

Hanine Shehadeh, Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities Affiliation: Visiting
Email: hanine.shehadeh@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of Amsterdam, MSc University of Amsterdam, MA Columbia University, PhD Columbia Univer...

Research Interests: Settler-colonialism; religion; nationalism; Arab World; digital colonialism

Mark Swislocki, Associate Dean, Research and Faculty Development, Arts and Humanities; Associate Professor of History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ms6027@nyu.edu
Education: BA Reed College; MA, PhD Stanford University

Research Interests: History of China; Environmental History; Food Studies; Critical Animal Studies; Global History

Mahnaz Yousefzadeh, Affiliate Professor Affiliation: NYU New York
Email: my16@nyu.edu
Education: PhD State University of New York, Binghamton

Research Interests: Early Modern Mediterranean and Persianate worlds. Global art history. Aesthetics and Politics.

William Zimmerle, Senior Lecturer, Arts and Humanities; Affiliated Faculty Member of the Arab Crossroads Studies Program and History Program Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: wgz1@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Pennsylvania; MDiv Harvard University Divinity School; BA Fairleigh Dickinson Univ...

Research Interests: Arabian Aromatics; Ancient World; Heritage Law and Policy; Near Eastern and Arabian Archaeology; Ass...