My teaching centers on comparative and global approaches to history. I treat the classroom as a space where students engage critically with multiple worldviews and confront how power, identity, and imagination shape both the past and the stories told about it. I encourage students to question dominant narratives, trace connections across regions and empires, and approach history not as a fixed account but as an evolving conversation shaped by context and perspective.
Courses Taught
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Islam and Modern Politics:
A comprehensive introduction to modern political Islam that examines its key concepts, ideological transformations, and global expressions, with a focus on debates over state, authority, democracy, and jihad across diverse regional contexts..
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR
Nations and Nationalism
An interdisciplinary course on the history and theory of nations and nationalism, examining their emergence, evolution, and global variations through comparative case studies and key debates in the humanities and social sciences.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Armenians and the Modern World
A global history of modern Armenians that traces their experiences across empires, nation-states, and diasporas, examining key events such as revolution, genocide, state formation, and contemporary geopolitical conflicts through interdisciplinary and primary source-driven analysis.
NORWICH UNIVERSITY
History of the Middle East
This course offers a comprehensive survey of Middle Eastern history from ancient civilizations to the present, exploring the rise of major religions, empires, and modern political movements that continue to shape the region today.
Introduction to Global/International Studies
An introductory course to global/international studies that examines the historical forces, global processes, and regional dynamics shaping the modern world, while developing students’ analytical skills through comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Political Islam
A capstone-level course examining modern political Islam through its intellectual foundations, ideological transformations, and global manifestations, culminating in an original research project on key thinkers, movements, or conflicts.
Israel & Palestine: Past & Present
This course examines the Israeli–Palestinian conflict through a global and historical lens, tracing how empire, religion, nationalism, colonialism, and competing narratives have shaped one of the modern world’s most enduring struggles.
Sample syllabi available upon request.
