Sean Foley Curriculum Vitae MTSU Box 23, Murfreesboro, TN, 37132 USA, [email protected], 1-(615)-904-8294, www.seanfoley.org

EDUCATION

Ph.D., History, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (2005) Washington, DC Major: Middle East Minors: US Diplomatic History and Political Economy GPA: 3.96

M.A., Arab Studies, with distinction, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (2000) Washington, DC Major: History GPA: 4.0

B.A., with honors and distinction, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (1996) Berkeley, CA Major: History GPA: 3.73

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I specialize in Middle East history and the political and religious trends in the broader Islamic world. I also specialize in in Southeast Asia and the linkages between Asia and the Middle East.

PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY Murfreesboro, TN USA Associate Professor, History (Tenured) July 2011-Present Assistant Professor, History (Tenure-Track) August 2006-July 2011 Member, Graduate Faculty Courses Taught: Graduate and Upper Division Middle East and Islamic History, Graduate Courses in Middle East Historiography, Introduction to Middle East Studies, the Arab-Israeli Dispute, and World History.

KING SAUD UNIVERSITY Riyadh, Visiting Associate Professor January 2013-January 2014 I researched a book on Saudi Arabia’s modern history and society entitled What’s Past is Prologue: How Dialogue, Obligations and Reciprocity Frame Saudi Arabia’s Success in the Contemporary World.

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND CIVILIZATION (ISTAC) Kuala Lumpur, Visiting Fulbright Research Fellow September 2010-December 2011 My Fulbright project focused on and the influence of a leading scholar, Shaykh Tahir Jalaluddin on Southeast Asian Islam from 1869 to 1958. I also gave over 25 lectures throughout Asia.

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY Greencastle, IN USA Assistant Professor, History (One Year, Term) August 2005-June 2006 Sean Foley C.V., Page 2 PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE (continued)

Courses Taught: Modern Middle East History, the Arab-Israeli Dispute, Islam and Global Terrorism, the History of , and Gender and Identity in the Middle East.

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Washington, DC USA Royden B. Davis Teaching Fellowship January 2005-June 2005 Course Taught: History of African Jihads in the Old and New Worlds.

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

Books The Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press, 2010).

What’s Past is Prologue: How Dialogue, Obligations and Reciprocity Frame Saudi Arabia’s Success in the Contemporary World, In Preparation.

Journal Articles “Enlightened Selfishness Mixed with Generous Idealism: The , Human Rights and the Creation of the United Nations,” Special Issue: The Berkeley Undergraduate Journal, In Press.

“When a Colonial American Minister Put His Faith in the Power of Islam: Muslim Medicine, Reason, and Public Health in the Modern World,” Journal of History Studies 6, no. 3 (April 2014): 147-161.

“When Collision Emerges As Unexpected Harmony: Saudi Responses to the ,” Contemporary Review of Middle East 1, no. 1 (March 2014): 53-74.

“When Life Imitates Art: The Arab Spring, the Middle East, and the Modern World,” ed. Philipp O. Amour, Special Issue, Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations 12, no. 3, (Fall 2013): 32- 46.

“Saudi Arabia, the Soviet Union, and Modern Islam,” Islam and Civilisational Renewal (Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Volume 4, No. 1, January 2013: 45-61.

“Re-Orientalizing the Gulf: The GCC and Southeast Asia,” Middle East Policy, Volume 19, No. 4, Winter 2012: 77-87.

“Los Estados del Golfo y la Primavera árabe de 2011” (“The Arab Gulf States and the 2011 Arab Spring”), Foro Internacional: The Journal of the Center for International Studies 208 (El Colegio de México, Mexico City, Mexico), Volume 52, No 2, April 2012 – June 2012: 488-509.

“When Spirit and Intellect Know No Gender Boundaries: Women and the rise of the Naqshbandiyya- Khalidiyya in the Ottoman Empire during the Nineteenth Century,” Prajna Vihara: Journal of Philosophy and Religion (Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand), Volume 12, No.1, January 2011– June 2011: 16-28.

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“Turkey and the Gulf States in the Twenty-First Century,” Middle Eastern Review of International Affairs, Volume 14, No. 3, September 2010: 29-37.

“All I want is equality with girls: Gender and Social Change in the Twenty-First Century Gulf,” Middle Eastern Review of International Affairs, Volume 14, No 1, March 2010: 21-37.

“ and Social Change in the Atlantic Basin,” The Journal of World History, Volume 30, No. 3, September 2009: 377-397.

“The Iraq Status-of-Forces Agreement, , and Guantanamo Bay,” Rutgers Law Record, Volume 34, No. 1, Spring 2009: 39-45.

“The Naqshbandiyya-Khalidiyya, Islamic Sainthood, and Religion in Modern Times,” The Journal of World History, Volume 19, No. 4, December 2008: 521-545.

“Temporal and Spiritual Power in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Politics: Shaykh Khalid, Gürcü Necib Pasha, and the Naqshbandiyya-Khalidiyya,” Türkiyat Araştırmaları (Turkish Studies), Volume 9, Fall 2008: 227-244.

“It Would Surely Be the Second: , and the Arab-Israeli War of 1967,” Middle Eastern Review of International Affairs, Volume 9, No. 2, June 2005: 45-56.

“The Gulf Arabs and the New Iraq: The Most to Gain and the Most to Lose,” Middle Eastern Review of International Affairs, Volume 7, No. 2, June 2003: 24-47.

“Research Guide: United Arab Emirates,” Middle Eastern Review of International Affairs News, Volume 3, No. 11, September 1999: 1-10.

“The UAE: Political Issues and Security Dilemmas,” Middle Eastern Review of International Affairs, Volume 3, No. 1, March 1999: 25-45.

“Enlightened Selfishness Mixed with Generous Idealism: The United States, Human Rights and the Creation of the United Nations,” The Berkeley Undergraduate Journal, Volume 9, No. 2, Spring 1996: 113-144.

“History, Oil and Ethnicity: The Story of Abu Musa and the Tunbs Islands,” Politica, Volume 2, No. 2, Spring 1996: 68-81.

Chapters “When the Qur’an was America’s Weapon for Freedom in the Middle East: Muhammad Siblini and the Defeat of the Axis in North Africa,” in Shifting Borders: America and the Middle East/North Africa (Beirut, Lebanon: American University of Beirut Press, 2014): 281-293.

“Hagiography, Government Records, and Early Modern Sufi Brotherhoods: Shaykh Khālid and Social Movement Theory,” in and Society: of the Mystical in the Muslim World, edited by John Curry and Erik Ohlander (New York: Routledge Press, 2012): 50-67.

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“Airlift for Allah: The United States and the 1952 ,” in Connections and Ruptures: America and the Middle East, edited by Robert Myers (Beirut, Lebanon: American University of Beirut Press, 2011): 387- 394.

“Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the UAE,” in Guide to Islamist Movements, edited by Barry Rubin (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2010): 305-318.

“What Wealth Can’t Buy: UAE Security Policy at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century,” in Crises in the Contemporary Persian Gulf, edited by Barry Rubin (: Frank Cass, 2002): 33-74.

Occasional Papers “The Arab Awakening and the New Disorders of Hope,” Middle East Institute New Occasional Paper, No. 27, October 3, 2011.

“The Paradox of American Power: US Foreign Policy in the Middle East and the 2011 Arab Awakening,” IKON (Institute of Oriental Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) (Malaysia) Occasional Paper Series, 1/2011, June 2011.

“Down in the Depths on the Ninetieth Floor: The Gulf Arab States in the Modern Era,” Middle East Institute New Delhi Occasional Paper, No. 25, January 10, 2011.

Policy Papers “Malaysians Vote—The Middle East Watches,” Middle East Institute (Washington, DC) Policy Brief, May 2013.

“The Artist of the Revolution: , the Arab Spring, and the Dream of a Free ,” Middle East Institute (Washington, DC) Policy Brief, April 2012.

“, Technological Change, and Southeast Asia’s Role in the Modernization of the Muslim world,” Focus On Essay: Oxford University Press Islamic Studies Online, January 2012.

With Mustafa Gokcek, and Zafer Parlak “I am From Adana, Welcome to Beirut: How Identity, Soap Operas, and Trade are Transforming Turkey and the Arab World,” The Middle East Institute (Washington, DC) Viewpoints Series, September 2010.

“Non-Oil Industries in the Persian Gulf,” The Middle East Institute (Washington, DC) Viewpoints Series, June 2009.

Encyclopedia Entries “Islamic Modernism in Southeast Asia,” Oxford University Press Islamic Studies Online: Regional Update, April 2012.

“The Influence of the Russian Revolution on National Liberation Movements,” in The Russian Revolution, edited by Paul du Quenoy (Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 2005): 72-78.

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“The Influence of Russian Terrorists on the Strategy and Tactics of Modern Terrorist Groups,” in The Russian Revolution, edited by Paul du Quenoy (Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 2005): 57-65.

“Russian Diplomatic Goals in World War One,” in The Russian Revolution, edited by Paul du Quenoy (Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 2005): 21-27.

“The Suez Canal Crisis and The Superpowers,” in Twentieth Century European Social and Political Movements, edited by Paul du Quenoy (Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 2004): 235-239.

“The Paradoxes of European Decolonization,” in Twentieth Century European Social and Political Movements, edited by Paul du Quenoy (Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 2004): 79-89.

“Foreign Markets, Trade Routes, Raw Material and Overseas Expansion,” in Twentieth Century European Social and Political Movements, edited by Paul du Quenoy (Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 2004): 64-69.

Eleven Entries in The Oxford University Press’ Dictionary of Islam, edited by John Esposito (London and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003).

“United Arab Emirates,” in Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies, edited by Sarah Pendergast and Tom Pendergast (Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 2002): 637-646.

Book Reviews “Review of Robert D. Lee’s Religion and Politics in the Middle East: Identity, Ideology,” in Review of Middle East Studies, 44, No. 1, Summer 2010: 99-100.

“Review of Mary Ann Tetreault’s Stories of Democracy: Politics and Society in Contemporary Kuwait,” in Arab Studies Journal, Volume 9, No. 1, Spring 2001: 154-156.

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

Long-Term Fellowships and Grants International Scientific Twinning Program and MTSU Fellowship, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. January 2013-January 2014 A fellowship from the International Scientific Twinning Program (King Saud University) in cooperation with Middle Tennessee State University to fund research and travel within Saudi Arabia for a book project on Saudi Arabia’s history and society.

Fulbright Fellowship, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. September 2010-December 2011 A $50,000 fellowship funded research for a book project on the influence of Islamic Modernism on Muslims in Southeast Asia from 1875 until 2012.

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Smith Richardson Foundation Junior Faculty Research Grant, Murfreesboro, TN. June 2007-December 2010 A $60,000 grant funded research and writing for The Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam. The grant also provided funds for summer teaching salary in 2007, multiple research trips, promotion of the completed book, and a reduction of teaching responsibilities for the fall 2007 and spring 2008 semesters.

Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, , and Istanbul, Turkey. October 2002-December 2003 A $45,000 grant funded dissertation research. During the grant, I also delivered a lecture in at Damascus University on Muslims' influence on American history, gave a lecture in Arabic on the U.S. system of higher education, and participated in US-Syrian student dialogues at Damascus University.

Fulbright IIE Fellowship, Damascus, Syria. January 2002-July 2002 A $12,000 fellowship funded dissertation research and intensive Arabic coursework at the French Institute for the Teaching of Arabic in Damascus (IFEAD).

Short-Term Grants & Fellowships Visiting Fellow Grant, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australia National University, Canberra, Australia June 23, 2014-August 15, 2014 A $9,000 grant funds the costs of me conducting research and to undertaking collaborative work with members of the university faculty. I will be based in Canberra, Australia for the entire period.

Fulbright ASEAN Travel Grant, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia. June 2011 A $1,000 grant funded the costs of travel to to deliver talks and meet with scholars at Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta (Ciputat, South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia) and Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta (Yogyakarta, Indonesia).

MTSU Funding for Liberal Arts Grant-Writers, Murfreesboro, TN. May 2009-June 2009 A $2,000 grant covered the cost of applying for a 2010-2011 Fulbright grant in Southeast Asia.

MTSU Faculty Research/Creative Projects Committee Summer Grant, Murfreesboro, TN. May 2009-August 2009 A $4,135 grant funded research and writing for the monograph, Shaykh Khalid and Modern Islam: A Critical Study of the Foundations of Contemporary Islamic Thought.

MTSU Faculty Research/Creative Projects Committee Summer Grant, Murfreesboro, TN. June 2008-August 2008 A $4,135 grant funded research and writing for The Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam.

Sean Foley C.V., Page 7 SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

Invited Presentations “The Gulf and the Arab Spring: An American’s Perspective.” Paper presented to the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Institute of Diplomatic Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 2013.

“Awakening Records, Maher Zain, and the Rise of the New Muslim Sound.” Paper presented to the Wednesday Lecture Series, The International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 2012.

“The Latent Desire: The Arab Spring and the Rise of the New Order in the Middle East and the Modern World.” Paper sponsored by the IIUM Academic Staff Association and Department of Political Science, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University, Malaysia, Gombak (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), September 2012.

“Shaykh Tahir, al-Manar, and the Rise of Islamic Modernism in Southeast Asia.” Paper sponsored by the Fulbright Alumni Association Malaysia in collaboration with IIUM Academic Staff Association and the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University, Malaysia, Gombak (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), June, 2012.

“I told u I'm optimistic abt the future:” Maher Zain, Technology, and the Rise of the New Order in the Arab World.” Paper presented to the College of Law, Government, and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia, November 2011.

“Creating a Modern Muslim Identity Through Music: Maher Zain, the Arab Spring, and the Rise of a New Order in the Middle East.” Paper presented to Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, November 2011.

“Shaykh Tahir, al-Manar, and the rise of Islamic Modernism in Southeast Asia.” Paper presented to Beijing Foreign Studies University, School of Asian and African Studies, Beijing, China, November 2011.

“When the people want to change the system: the Arab Spring and New Middle East.” Paper presented to Capital Normal University, Beijing, China, October 2011.

“When Life Imitates Art: The Arab Spring, Social Change, and the Rise of the New Order in the Middle East.” Paper presented to the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, October, 2011.

“The 2011 Arab Awakening and the New Disorders of Hope in the Middle East.” Paper presented to the Pusat Penataran Ilmudan Bahasa (Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning), University of Malaysia, Sabah, September 2011.

“‘Sing a Song: Touch the World’ Maher Zain and the Arab Spring.” Paper Presented to the Perpustakaan Awam Sabah (Sabah State Public Library) and the Lincoln Resource Center, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, September 2011.

“‘Sing a Song: Touch the World” Maher Zain and the Arab Spring.’” Paper Presented to the Pustaka Negeri Sarawak (Sarawak State Library), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, September 2011.

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“How Muslim Medicine Promoted Reason, Science and Public Health in the West.” Paper presented to Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, August 2011.

“How Islam and Melaka Shaped the West and the Modern World.” Paper presented to the Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Melaka (Melaka State Public Library) and the Lincoln Resource Center, Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia, July 2011.

“Southeast Asia’s Unique Role in the Rise of the Muslim World.” Paper Presented to Center for the Study of Islam and Social Transformation (CISForm), Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, June 2011.

“The Influence of the Arab Awakening on Southeast Asian Islam.” Paper presented to the Sekolah Pascasarjana (Post Graduate School), Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Ciputat, South Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia, June 2011.

“Obama’s Speech May 19th on the Middle East and North Africa.” Paper presented to U.S. Embassy Roundtable at the Malaysian American Commission on Educational Exchange, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 2011.

“Islam and the Rise of Freedom in the West.” Paper presented to the Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Kedah (Kedah State Public Library) and the Lincoln Resource Center, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia, May 2011.

“Paradox of Power: America in the Middle East in 2011.” Paper presented to “Current Political Crisis in the Middle East: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy,” Dinner Talk-CUM Seminar sponsored by the Centre for American Studies (KAMERA), Institute of Occidental Studies (IKON), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in Cooperation with the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), UKM and the Malaysian Association for American Studies, April 2011.

“Islam and the Rise of Freedom in the West.” Paper presented to the Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Kelantan (Kelantan State Public Library) and to the Lincoln Resource Center, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia, April 2011.

“Briefing on the Middle East Revolt: Tunisia, Egypt, and .” Commissioned Lecture, 2011 Management Conference, Employees Provident Fund/Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (Malaysia), Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia, April 2011.

“Blaming the West for Everything? Modernity, Money, and the Gulf States in the Contemporary Era.” Paper presented to the Center for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, , April 2011.

“Southeast Asia’s Unique Role in the Rise of the Muslim World, 1875-1935.” Paper presented to the MUIS Academy, Islamic Religious Council of Singapore, February 2011.

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“When Only Women Will Work.” Paper presented to the Middle East Institute, National University Singapore, Singapore, February 2011.

“Buatan Asia Tenggara: Southeast Asia’s Unique Role in the Rise of the Modern Muslim World, 1875- 1935.” Paper presented to the Asian Research Institute, National University Singapore, Singapore, February 2011.

“Center and Frontier: Southeast Asia’s Unique Role in the Rise of the Modern Muslim World, 1875- 1935.” Paper presented to the History Department, National University of Singapore, February 2011.

“Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam.” Commissioned Lecture, Indian National Seminar: “Conflict in South and West Asia: Prospects for Peace.” Centre For West Asian Studies, Aligarh University, Aligarh, India, December 2010.

“Down and Out on the Ninetieth Floor: The Arab Gulf States in the Twenty-First Century.” Paper presented to Indian-Arab Cultural Center, Jamia Millia University, New Delhi, India, December 2010.

“Islam and the rise of liberty in the West.” Paper presented to the monthly speaker series at the International Institute for Muslim Unity, International Islamic University, Malaysia, Gombak (Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia, December 2010.

“Has America At Last Found God’s Way? The United States, the 1952 Hajj and the Cold War in the Middle East.” Paper presented to the Friday Night Lecture Series, The International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 2010.

“The sons of Anatolia return to the scorching sands: Turkey and the Gulf States in the 21st Century.” Paper presented to Izmir University, Izmir, Turkey, May 2010.

“Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam.” Paper presented to the Middle East Institute, Washington, DC, April 2010.

“When Only Women Will Work: Gender and Social Change in the Gulf.” Paper Presented to the MTSU Spring 2010 Honors Lectures Series, April 2010.

“Is Iran America’s Fifty-First Red State?” Paper presented to the American University of Beirut Social and Behavioral Science Department’s Brown Bag Series, Beirut, Lebanon, March 2010.

“Camels and Cadillacs: Down in the Depths on the Ninetieth Floor – New Perspectives on Politics and Society in the Gulf.” Paper presented at the American University of Beirut Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, Beirut, Lebanon, March 2010.

“The Middle East and World War II.” Paper presented to MTSU’s Adventures in Learning Program for Adults 50 and Older and to the 2009 MTSU Holocaust Conference, Murfreesboro, TN October 2009.

“The History of Iraq and the Region, Iraqi Culture, and Overview of Civil Law.” Paper presented to the International Human Rights Law Institute (DePaul University College of Law) and the Iraqi Civilian Advisor Support Project, National Conference Center, Leesburg, VA, May 2009. Sean Foley C.V., Page 10 SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS (continued)

“Revolution or Secular Tajdid: Islam, Thomas Jefferson, and the Rise of American Liberty.” Paper presented to the American University of Beirut, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz al-Saud Center for American Studies & Research, January 2009.

“The History of Modern Iraq.” Paper presented at the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Iraqi Law Symposium, Arlington, Virginia, November 2008.

“Women, Gender, and Islam.” Paper presented at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, November 2008.

“The Middle East and the Islamic World.” Paper presented to the ROTC Cadets, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, February 2008.

“Sufism, Global Networks, Gender, and Television.” Paper presented at Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, December 2007.

“The Middle East and Islamic World.” Paper presented to the ROTC Cadets, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, February 2007.

“The Religious, Ethnic, and Geographic Diversity of the Middle East.” Paper presented to the Fort Knox Staff Judge Advocate General Attorneys, Ft. Knox, KY, October 2006.

“Shaykh Khalid and the Naqshbandiyya-Khalidiyya, 1776-2006.” Paper presented as part of the Middle Tennessee State University’s Middle East Center’s Brown Bag Lecture Series, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, October 2006.

“History and U.S. Media Coverage of the Middle East.” Paper presented at a Panel Discussion Sponsored by Americans for Informed Democracy on U.S. Media Coverage of the 2006 Crisis in Lebanon, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, September 2006.

“Iran, the United States, and Nuclear Weapons.” Paper presented at Butler University to the Indiana Council on World Affairs, Indianapolis, IN, February 2006.

“North Africa’s Road to Independence: , , Tunisia, and France, 1830-1960.” Paper presented at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, February 2006.

“Saints, Shayks, and Satellites.” Paper presented at Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ, February 2006.

“History, Grammar, and a Backpack: Shaykh Khalid and Modern Islamic Sainthood.” Paper presented at Arizona State University, Tempe, AR, January 2006.

“World History as a Framework for Islamic and Middle East History.” Paper presented at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, November 2005.

“The Missing Link: Arab Nationalism and the History of the Modern Middle East, 1860-2005.” Paper presented at DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, March 2005.

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“Shaykh Khalid and the Naqshbandiyya-Khalidiyya: A Muslim Social Movement, 1776-2005.” Paper presented at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, February 2005.

“In the Eye of the Storm: My Life as a Fulbright Scholar, 2002-2003.” Paper presented to a Cultural Affairs Officers’ Course on the Fulbright Program sponsored by the George Shultz Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, VA, January 2004.

Muslims’ Influence on the History of America Before the] ”تـأثيرالمسلمين على تاريخ أمريكا قبل القرن التاسع عشر“ Nineteenth Century], (delivered in Arabic), Damascus University, March 12, 2003, under the joint sponsorship of the U.S. Cultural Center in Damascus and Damascus University.

Conference Presentations “Building a Creative Kingdom in Arabia: C3, Comedy, and the Future of Saudi Society.” Paper presented to John Voll: A Celebration of Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, April 2014.

“Legitimizing Transformation without Calling It Change: Tajdid, Islah, and Saudi Arabia’s Place in the Contemporary World.” Paper presented to International Conference: Understanding the Trajectories of Contemporary Islam, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, India, November, 2013.

“To Enjoy the Comfort of Opinion With the Discomfort of Thought: Saudi Arabia, the Arab Spring, and the West.” Paper presented to the 2013 Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, , July 2013.

“Identity, Politics, and the Gulf Region.” Paper presented to the United Kingdom’s Embassy in Kuwait’s Seminar on the Gulf Region, Kuwait City, Kuwait, February 2013.

“From Bahrain to Bukit Bintang: The Gulf’s New Strategic Partnership with Malaysia.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Denver, CO, November 2012.

“Re-Orientalizing the Gulf: The Arab Spring and the GCC’s New Strategic Partnership with Southeast Asia.” Paper presented at the “2012 Gulf Studies Conference: An Interdisciplinary Conference on the Gulf region (Arabia, Iran, and Iraq), past and present,” Exeter University Center for Gulf Studies, Exeter, United Kingdom, July 2012.

“We Don’t Know Where the Boys Have Gone To—Social Change in the Gulf in the Twenty-First Century.” Paper presented to the 2012 Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, July 2012.

“The Early Soviet State and Saudi Arabia.” Paper presented to “Russia’s Orient: An International Conference.” American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, June 2012.

“When the Qur’an was America’s Weapon for Freedom in the Middle East.” Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference: “Shifting Borders: America and the Middle East/North Africa.” Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Center for American Studies and Research, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, January 2012.

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“Periphery and Center: Southeast Asia’s Unique Role in the Rise of the Modern Muslim World.” Paper presented to the Annual World History Association Conference, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China, July 2011.

“Are the Chinese people of the book? Shaykh Tahir, Southeast Asia and the Rise of the Modern Muslim World.” Paper presented to the 3rd Mid Year Enrichment Conference for U.S. Scholars and Students in Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, March 2011.

“The ’s Wife: Gender, the Naqshbandiyya-Khalidiyya, and political authority in the Ottoman Empire during the Nineteenth Century.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), San Diego, CA, November 2010.

“‘If You Want A Future Baby, Why Don’t You Get a Past?’ Men, Women, and Twenty-First Century Gulf Society.” Paper presented at the “2010 Exeter Gulf Studies Conference. The 21st-Century Gulf: the Challenge of Identity.” Exeter University Center for Gulf Studies, Exeter, United Kingdom, July 2010.

“Journey to Allah: The United States, the Hajj, and the Cold War in the Middle East.” Paper presented at the Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society, Murfreesboro, TN, March 2010.

“Airlift for Allah: The United States and the 1952 hajj.” Paper presented at “America and the Middle East: An Interdisciplinary Conference.” The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Center for American Studies & Research, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, January 2010.

“Shaykh Khalid and the Naqshbandiyya-Khalidiyya: A Sufi Order and Social Movement in the Nineteenth-Century Ottoman World.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Boston, MA, November 2009.

“The Naqshbandiyya-Khalidiyya, Legitimacy, and Plague in the Ottoman Empire.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington, DC, November 2008.

“Social Movement Theory, Court Records, and Early-Modern Sufism.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montreal, Quebec, , November 2007.

“Thomas Jefferson, Keith Ellison, and African Muslims in Atlantic History.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora, St. Michael, Barbados, October 2007.

“Muslims in the History of the Atlantic Basin.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association in Conjunction with the National History Center, Atlanta, GA, January 2007.

“Sheikhs, Shiites, and Satellites: Strategic Interaction Theory and the Arab Gulf States.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), San Francisco, CA, November 2004.

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“It Would Surely Be the Second: Lebanon, Israel and the Arab-Israeli War of 1967.” Paper presented at “The United States, the Middle East, and the Arab-Israeli War of 1967,” a conference sponsored by the Historian’s Office of the U.S. State Department, Washington, DC, January 2004.

The post-secondary educational system in the United States of] ”نظام التعليم العالي في الواليات المتحدة األمريكية“ America], (delivered in Arabic), Syrian Educational and Technical Training Exposition, Damascus Fairgrounds, June 29, 2003, under the joint sponsorship of the U.S. Cultural Center in Damascus and the Syrian Ministry of Education.

SCHOLARLY WEB PUBLICATIONS

“Can the Eastern-Western ideology be reconciled through music and the power of social media?” Verse69: The Beat of the Third Culture, March 11, 2014.

“Malaysia Feature: Why a Mini-Crisis with the ‘Sultanate of Sulu’ Matters for the Nation and the World,” Enduring America, March 12, 2013.

“What ‘Lincoln’ Shows Us About Personal Politics in the Gulf,” Enduring America, February 24, 2013.

“Biography of Shaykh Khalid,” Encompassing Crescent Magazine, February 3, 2013.

“Spiritual Adventures of Shaykh Khalid (1776-1827): an interview with Professor Sean Foley by Fatih Seyhanoglu,” Encompassing Crescent, February 2, 2013.

“A Population Can Dismantle A Modern State on Its Own,” Enduring America, September 3, 2012.

“Turkey’s Leaders Face the Conundrum of History,” Enduring America, August 1, 2012.

“Egypt Analysis: Why This is not a Coup,” Enduring America, June 24, 2012.

“Bin Laden Feature: Why the Significance of His Death May Be in East Asia,” Enduring America, May 7, 2011.

“Global Insider: Iraq-GCC Relations,” World Politics Review, April 28, 2011.

“The new ‘disorder’ of hope: Gulf Arab states are being challenged to reform their political and social orders by a population high on hope,” al-Jazeera English Opinion, March 14, 2011.

“Will the Gulf Monarchs Keep Their Thrones?” Enduring America, March 11, 2011.

“Viewing the gulf states: Cadillacs, security, and the gender question,” Enduring America, March 24, 2010.

“Arabian-Persian Gulfs: An Introduction to Iran and the Gulf States,” Enduring America, February 8, 2010.

Sean Foley C.V., Page 14 MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

“Yemen: A Beginners Guide (to the Perils) of Intervention,” Enduring America, February 2, 2010.

“Sean Foley on Syria,” Konch Magazine, April 2013.

“Gunning for a Multicultural U.S.,” The New Straits Times Newspaper (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), January 4, 2013.

“America is still mighty,” The Tennessean, November 4, 2012.

“Friend Remembers Ambassador Stevens Fondly,” The Tennessean, September 15, 2012.

“Diversity as a Model for the Nation,” The Tennessean, September 6, 2012.

“How the Saudis Stopped the Soviets,” The New Straits Times Newspaper (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), June 2, 2012.

“U.S.-Saudi bond forged despite Soviets,” The Tennessean, May 30, 2012.

“An American reverend’s faith in Turks, Islamic science revolutionizes modern medicine,” Today’s Zaman (Istanbul, Turkey), September 12, 2011.

“Being Pious in the Heart of Modernity,” The New Straits Times Newspaper (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), August 26, 2011.

“Maher Zain’s Hip but Pious Soundtrack to the Arab Spring,” The Atlantic, August 10, 2011.

“Playing the US-China Balancing Game,” The New Straits Times Newspaper (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), June 9, 2011.

“U.S. Casts Eye on Asia in Post Osama World,” The New Straits Times Newspaper (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), May 14, 2011.

“Bin Laden's death may boost U.S-Arab relations,” The Tennessean, May 5, 2011.

“Letter from Kuala Lumpur,” Konch Magazine, Winter 2011.

“Islam and Freedom in the West,” The New Straits Times Newspaper (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), December 17, 2010.

“Malaysia: Islam coexists with modern mores,” The Tennessean, December 4, 2010.

“Turkey had influence in Israel,” The Tennessean, June 8, 2010.

“Meeting Gives U.S. A Unique Chance,” The Tennessean, September 24, 2009.

“Hybrid Government is at work in Iran,” The Tennessean, June 23, 2009.

Sean Foley C.V., Page 15 MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES (continued)

“Obama Lays the Groundwork to Take on the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict,” The Tennessean, June 7, 2009.

“U.S., Iraqi Leaders Perpetuate War Waste,” The Tennessean, September 9, 2008.

“U.S-Iraq Treaty Has Ominous Parallels to Events in the Iran Revolution,” The Tennessean, July 6, 2008.

“Our hand to Islam: 1952 airlift showed statecraft we now lack,” The Tennessean, March 30, 2008.

“Weak Leaders, Social Chasm Doom Accords,” The Tennessean, January 24, 2008.

“Key to Success is solving the political issues in Iraq,” The Tennessean, December 18, 2007.

“Lesson on immigration to be found in Arab gulf,” The Tennessean, November 4, 2007.

“Turkey’s balancing of Islam, secular reform offers model of democracy for Middle East,” The Tennessean, September 2, 2007.

“Carving up Iraq may unleash more chaos,” The Tennessean, July 14, 2007.

“U.S. Needs New Course in Regards to Hamas,” The Tennessean, June 26, 2007.

“Saudis may hold key to resolving conflict,” The Tennessean, March 8, 2007.

“Quran is Part of Our Heritage,” The Tennessean, February 4, 2007.

“Carter’s Warnings Must Be Heeded,” The Tennessean, January 14, 2007.

“History Shows Why Iraqis Would Fear a U.S. Stranglehold On Them,” The Tennessean, December 20, 2006.

“Pontiff’s Remarks Regrettably Show a Poor Grasp of History,” The Tennessean, September 23, 2006.

“Lebanon Has Shown its Desire for Peace,” The Tennessean, July 23, 2006.

.Syria, Syria], al-Tishreen, January 7, 2004] ”سورية—سورية“ (with Ahmad Barakat)

“Gulf Arabs: Window of Opportunity for Reform,” The Asian Times Online, July 31, 2003.

TELEVISION, INTERNET, AND RADIO APPEARANCES

“Saudi Arabian Sports’ Federation Elections,” (In Arabic) Line Sport Television (Saudi Arabia), August 27, 2013.

“Unrest in Egypt Not Unexpected,” Middle Tennessee Public Radio, 89.5 FM (Murfreesboro, TN), July 13, 2013.

“Malaysia—Truly Asia,”MTSU on the Record (WMOT FM, Murfreesboro, TN), July 16, 2012. Sean Foley C.V., Page 16 TELEVISION, INTERNET, AND RADIO APPEARANCES (continued)

“Post-Election Violence in Egypt,” al-Jazeera English Television, May 29, 2012.

“A discussion of Maher Zain,” Cover to Cover (KPFA FM, Berkeley, CA), January 11, 2012.

“Libya: Ongoing Developments,” al-Jazeera English Television, August 26, 2011.

“Libya: The Rebels, Tripoli, and Qaddafi,” al-Jazeera English Television, August 23, 2011.

“Coils of the Arab Spring: Interview with Dr. Sean Foley,” Dawah Films, August 5, 2011.

“Yemen: Generals and Diplomats Remove Their Support from the President,” al-Jazeera English Television, March 22, 2011.

“US-Iranian Relations and Turkish-Iranian Relations,” Voice of America Azerbaijani Service, August 19, 2010.

“Fulbright Fellowship,” MTSU on the Record (WMOT FM, Murfreesboro, TN), August 8, 2010.

“The Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam, Pt. 2,” Cover to Cover (KPFA FM, Berkeley, CA), July 14, 2010.

“The Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam, Pt. 1,” Cover to Cover (KPFA FM, Berkeley, CA), July 7, 2010.

“Obama’s New Policy in Afghanistan,” Inside Politics (News Channel 5+, WTVF, Nashville, TN), December 11, 2009.

“Tajdid and Revolution: Islam’s Influence on the West,” MTSU on the Record (WMOT FM, Murfreesboro, TN), May 10, 2009.

“Israel and Hamas,” Open Line (News Channel 5+, WTVF, Nashville, TN), January 14, 2009.

“Winning their hearts, minds, and prayers?” Cover to Cover (KPFA FM, Berkeley, CA), March 19, 2008.

“The Middle East, , and Iran,” Open Line (News Channel 5+, WTVF, Nashville, TN), January 8, 2008.

“Israeli and Middle-East Politics,” Morning Line with Nick Beres (News Channel 5+, WTVF, Nashville, TN), May 8, 2007.

“Reactions to the Iraq Report,” Fox 17 News at 9:00 PM (Fox 17 News, WZTV, Nashville, TN), December 6, 2006.

“The Pope’s Speech and Muslim Reaction,” Open Line with Ben Hall (News Channel 5+, WTVF, Nashville, TN), October 4, 2006.

Sean Foley C.V., Page 17 TELEVISION, INTERNET, AND RADIO APPEARANCES (continued)

“The Lebanon Crisis,” Morning Line with Nick Beres (News Channel 5+, WTVF, Nashville, TN), July 26, 2006.

“World History as a Framework for Islamic and Middle East History,” Cover to Cover (KPFA FM, Berkeley, CA), March 1, 2006.

REPORTS ON PRESENTATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIP

Research and scholarship cited by “MTSU Professor Visits Rarely Visited Region,” The Daily News Journal, October 4, 2013.

Opinion and scholarship cited by Gina Logue, “MTSU Professor Analyzes Egyptian Power Change,” MTSU News, July 9, 2013.

Opinion and scholarship cited by Emily West, “Immigrants become citizens, population more diversified,” MTSU SIDELINES, September 12, 2012.

Research and scholarship cited by Gina Logue, “Fulbright Trip Provides Insights,” The Daily News Journal, July 29, 2012.

Research and scholarship cited by Gina Logue, “Foley’s Fulbright Trip Reveals More about Asia’s Islamic Culture,” MTSU News and Media Relations, July 18, 2012.

Research and scholarship cited “US Fulbrighter Foley Discusses Maher Zain’s Music and Islam,” U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur Programs and Events, October 7, 2011.

Research and scholarship cited by Ong Max, “Message through song is strong,” The New Sarawak Tribune (Malaysia), September 23, 2011.

Research and scholarship cited by Lim How Pim, “Middle Easterners See Malaysia as a Model Country,” The Borneo Post (Malaysia), September 23, 2011.

Research and scholarship cited by “Rebels Tighten Grip in Libya,” al-Jazeera English Website, August 26, 2011.

Research and scholarship cited by Tom Tozer and Randy Weiler, “2 More MTSU Faculty Receive Fulbrights,” The Record (MTSU), Vol. 19 (22) (MTSU), May 23, 2011.

Research and scholarship cited “Malaysians Respond to President Obama’s Speech May 19th on Middle East and North Africa,” U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur Programs and Events, May 2011.

Opinion and scholarship cited “U.S. Fulbrigher in Kedah: America, a Nation of Immigrants, Includes Muslims,” U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur Programs and Events, May 2011.

Sean Foley C.V., Page 18 REPORTS ON PRESENTATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIP (continued)

Opinion and scholarship cited “Conference Report,” MAAS Newsletter (A Publication of the Malaysian Association for American Studies),” Vol. 26, No. 2 (March-April 2011).

Opinion and scholarship cited “Political Counselor McFeeters Explains U.S. Policy in the Middle East at American Studies Forum,” U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur Programs and Events, March-April 2011.

Opinion and scholarship cited “Tetamudari MACEE: FULLBRIGHT Program,” Perpustakaa Dar Nur al- Zahra’, April 2011.

Opinion and scholarship cited “Ceramah Islam dan Kebebasan di Barat - Dr Sean Foley,” Kelantan Library, April 2011.

Opinion and scholarship cited “U.S. Fulbrigher in Kelantan: America Resects Islam, Supports Religious and Other Diversity,” U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur Programs and Events, March-April 2011.

Opinion and scholarship cited “US Fulbrighter Sean Foley Spoke to Singapore Audiences,” U.S. Embassy Singapore Events, February 16, 2011.

Opinion and scholarship cited “Foley promotes MTSU abroad; enhances research in the Islamic world,” The Daily News Journal, January 20, 2011.

Opinion and scholarship cited “U.S. Fulbrighter Pens Article on Malaysia, Islam and Modernity,” US Embassy Kuala Lumpur: The Week in the Office of Public Affairs, Volume 2, Issue 42, December 1-7, 2010.

Research and scholarship cited by Gina K. Logue, “Professor’s Third Fulbright Takes Him to Malaysia,” The Record (MTSU), 19 (5), September 6, 2010.

Research and scholarship cited by “MTSU Professor’s Third Fulbright Takes Him to Malaysia,” The Daily News Journal, August 26, 2010.

Opinion and research cited by Ian Boudreau, “Middle East expert briefs Knox SJA team on culture, religion, and language,” The Turret [Ft. Knox, KY], October 19, 2006.

Opinion and research cited by Geoff Brashear, “Panel Examines Media Coverage of Mid-East,” Sidelines, September 21, 2006.

Opinion and research cited by Chip Ramsey, Cited by Ralph Loos, “MTSU Launches Center for Mideast Studies,” The Tennessean, August 28, 2006.

Opinion and research cited by Chip Ramsey, “MTSU Professor Shows Limits of America as a Peace Broker, Part 2,” The Saturday Daily Independent, July 29, 2006.

Opinion and research cited by Austin Arceo, “Former Israeli soldier reminded of past—even during visit to Terre Haute,” The Terre Haute Tribune-Star, July 26, 2006.

Sean Foley C.V., Page 19 REPORTS ON PRESENTATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIP (continued)

Opinion and scholarship cited “U.S. Fulbrigher in Kedah: America, a Nation of Immigrants, Includes Muslims,” U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur Programs and Events, May 2011.

Opinion and research cited by Austin Arceo, “Professor to Challenge Middle East Analysis in New Book,” The DePauw, March 17, 2006.

Opinion and research cited by Austin Arceo, “Bayh’s actions will speak louder than commencement message,” The DePauw, March 14, 2006.

Opinion and research cited by David C. Walsh, “Pundits debate causes of 1967 war,” The Daily Star [Beirut, Lebanon], January 16, 2004.

Opinion and research cited by Ivan Arguelles, “Local Scholar Talks to Students in Syria,” MacArthur Metro 15 (4), May 2003.

Opinion and research cited by Miller Crouch, “ECA Lead Story: Fulbright Scholar Inspires Dialogue in Damascus,” The State Department's ECA Weekly Report, March 27, 2003.

Opinion and research cited by David Hirsh, “Washington’s Slick Arms Salesmen Line up Multi-Billion Dollar Bonanza,” Weekly, April 27, 2000.

DETAILED TEACHING EXPERIENCE

MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, Murfreesboro, TN August 2006-Present  Middle East History (History 4440—Fall 07; Fall 09; Fall 2012): This lecture course surveys the factors that have shaped the political, economic, literary, religious, and socio-cultural features of the Middle East from 600 to the present. Its geographic scope comprises the central provinces and territories of the former Ottoman and Safavid empires: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, the Gulf, and Iran.  Middle East History (History 5440—Fall 09): This graduate course surveys the factors that have shaped the political, economic, literary, religious, and socio-cultural features of the Middle East from 600 to the twenty-first century. Its geographic scope comprises the central provinces and territories of the former Ottoman and Safavid empires: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, the Arabian Gulf states, and Iran. It also focuses on the leading scholarly texts in Middle East and Islamic studies.  Middle East History and Historical Literature (History 6304—Spring 2010): This graduate course provides an introduction to historical literature on Islam and the Middle East that has been produced from the turn of the twentieth century until the present. It investigates how leading scholars in Middle East studies have covered key historical issues from the seventh century until the present: the rise of Islam, Arab nationalism and formation of the modern states, the creation of Israel, oil and natural resources, social structures and family life, international diplomacy and peacemaking, problems of Westernization/modernization, and political Islam.

Sean Foley C.V., Page 20 DETAILED TEACHING EXPERIENCE (continued)

 Introduction to Middle East Studies (Middle East Studies 2100—Spring 07; Spring 08; Spring 09; Spring 2010): This course provides an introduction to the people, culture, geography, religions, and history of the Middle East. It covers history from the seventh century until the present including: the rise of Islam, Arab nationalism and formation of the modern states, the creation of Israel, oil and natural resources, religious traditions, social structures and family life, international diplomacy and peacemaking, problems of Westernization and modernization, and political Islam. In addition, the course examines the region’s cultural, literary, and social life.  Arab-Israeli Conflict (History 3080—Fall 06; Fall 08; Spring 2012): This lecture course examines the history, causes, evolution and main issues of the Arab-Israeli Conflict from the nineteenth century until the present. Among the key themes that the course discusses are Israeli and Arab nation and state building, exile, diaspora communities, and migration. It also examines how the conflict has shaped the cultural, literary, and social life of Israelis and Arabs since the late nineteenth century.  World History II (History 1120—Fall 06; Spring 07; Fall 08; Spring 09; Fall 2009; and Spring 2010; Spring 2012; Fall 2012) This course acquaints students with the expansive scope of human history from approximately 1500 to the present. It examines processes, trends, and other factors at the global level incorporated within the historical background of various regions and civilizations. It also emphasizes a series of evolving relationships: those between human beings and their physical environment, between different religious and political systems, between different ethnic groups, and between men and women.

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, Greencastle, IN August 2005-June 2006  Modern Middle East History (History Exp—Fall 05; History 122—Spring 06): This lecture course surveys the factors that have shaped the political, economic, literary, religious, and socio-cultural features of the modern Middle East from 1500 to the early twenty-first century. Its geographic scope comprises the central provinces and territories of the former Ottoman and Safavid empires: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, the Arabian Gulf states, and Iran.  Arab-Israeli Conflict (History 200D—Fall 05): This lecture course examines the history, causes, evolution and main issues of the Arab-Israeli Conflict from the nineteenth century until 2005. Among the key themes that the course discusses are Israeli and Arab nation and state building, exile, diaspora communities, religion, and migration. It also examines how the conflict has shaped the cultural, literary, and social life of Israelis and Arabs since the late nineteenth century.  Islam and Global Terrorism (History 300D—Fall 05): This upper-division seminar course puts the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the current war against global terrorism in historical perspective. It surveys the rise of militant Islamic groups from North Africa to Southeast Asia, their ideologies, strategies, tactics and track records. Special attention is given to America’s relationship with Islam and Muslim extremist groups and its prosecution of the war against global terrorism, internationally and domestically.  History of Iraq (History 290B—Spring 06): This lecture course explores the factors that have shaped the political, economic, and cultural life of the peoples of Iraq from the eighteenth century to the present. The readings focus on issues such as colonialism, who controls petroleum and other natural resources, ethnic and religious tensions, and Iraq’s role in regional affairs. While the course focuses on the contemporary history of Iraq, it also explores the legacy of the nation’s ancient and Islamic past.

Sean Foley C.V., Page 21 DETAILED TEACHING EXPERIENCE (continued)

 Gender and Identity in the Middle East (History 300F—Spring 06): This upper-division seminar course charts the development of women in the Middle East from the nineteenth century to the present. Among the topics covered are Middle Eastern women’s central roles in resisting colonialism, their struggle against patriarchy and other forms of discrimination, their assumption of agency and empowerment in many fields, and their efforts to transform their societies’(and religions’) attitudes towards gender roles. The readings focus on history, sociology, economics, political science, literature, religion, and women’s studies.

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC January 2005-June 2005 Royden B. Davis Fellowship  History of African Jihads in the Old and New Worlds (History 312): This upper-division undergraduate seminar introduces students to the modern history of Islam in Africa and to the role that African jihads have played in politics and in the history of Muslim peoples in African and beyond. The course explores the political and socio-economic causes of African jihads; the peoples and institutions, including women, who participated in jihads; and how European colonialism shaped the goals and manifestations of African jihads.  Won a competitive fellowship awarded to graduate students to teach a seminar course in spring 2005.

HONORS & AWARDS

Ph.D. comprehensive examination passed with distinction, 2001. Recipient, Hisham Sharabi Graduate Student Award for Historical Scholarship, 2000. M.A. comprehensive examination passed with distinction, 2000. Recipient, Taher Scholarship in Arab Studies for the 1998-1999 school year. Recipient, Best Article Award, Politica, Spring 1996.

UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Reviewer American Political Science Review Australia National University (Promotion) Austrian Science Foundation Contemporary Review of Middle East, Cooperation and Conflict Gayle Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (Doha, Qatar) History Studies: International Journal of History International Studies, Occasional Paper Series International Historical Review International Journal of Middle East Studies Journal of Arabian Studies Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence Mazda Publishing Palgrave Press

Sean Foley C.V., Page 22 UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (continued)

Middle East Studies Center (MTSU), 2006-Present  Organizer, Visits of Gregory Gause, John L. Esposito, Juan Cole, and Ozkul Cobanoglu to MTSU (Leading Middle East/Islamic scholars)  Contributor & Advisor, Middle East Research Webpage, James E. Walker Library  Participant, Middle East Studies Center Steering Committee

2009 MTSU Holocaust Conference  Delivered Public Lecture in Conjunction with MTSU’s Adventures in Learning Program for Adults 50 and Older, “The Middle East and World War II”  Participant, Holocaust Conference Steering Committee

2007 MTSU Holocaust Conference  Organizer & Chair, Panel on Muslim Reaction to the Holocaust in Turkey and the Balkans  Participant, Holocaust Conference Steering Committee

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Historical Association, 2002-present Middle East Studies Association (MESA), 1999-present Middle East Institute (Washington, DC), 1997-present World Historical Association, 2011-present

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Modern Standard Arabic: Proficient in reading, writing, and speaking Syrian Colloquial Arabic: Proficient in speaking German: Reading knowledge Bahasa Malaysian: Reading and Speaking Spanish: Basic knowledge