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   Dr. Luke Peterson

       Lecturer in History, Politics, Arabic, and Religious Studies
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PhD in Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Cambridge (King;s College)
  
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Education

PhD in Middle Eastern Studies (2012)
The University of Cambridge (King's College) 

MA in Middle Eastern Studies (2007)
The University of Texas at Austin

Master of Liberal Arts (2004)
St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX
 
BA in History, Minor in English   (1999)  The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Professorships

​Visiting Professor in Contemporary International Issues (Benter Fellow)
The University of Pittsburgh (2014 – 2015) 
Teaching appointment in History and the Graduate School of Policy and International Affairs focusing on history and policy related to the contemporary Middle East. 

Visiting Assistant Professor in History
The University of Pittsburgh (2014 – 2015) ​
Undergraduate teaching appointment in the 
Department of History focused on the contemporary politics and dynamics of the Middle East

Instructor – Arabic Language
The Aga Khan University, London (2011 – 2012)
Instructor for First Year Arabic and Assistant Instructor for Second Year Arabic in the Master’s Program in Muslim Cultures at AKU. 

Supervisor – Contemporary Middle Eastern Politics & Society
The University of Cambridge (2010)
Lecturer in the Contemporary Middle East, the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. 

 

Related Experience 

​Reviewer: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies
Appointed by Editor,
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Reviewer: Journal of Media, War, & Conflict
Appointed by Editor.

Pittsburgh Cable News Channel Mid-East Expert 
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Doctoral Research    
Bethlehem, Beit Sahour, and Jerusalem 
 
Research Assistant for Peter Avery, OBE         
The University of Cambridge (King’s College)
 
Volunteer Researcher                                           
Beit Jala Municipal Offices, Beit Jala, Palestine

Select Publications 

  • “Neoliberalism: The Mind-Flayer,” Islamic Horizons, Vol. 47 (1), pp. 58—57, January / February 2018;​https://issuu.com/isnacreative/docs/ih_january-february_18

  • Palestine-Israel in the Print News Media: Contending Discourses (2014). London: Routledge.
 
  • Palestine in the American Mind. (2010). Saarbrücken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishers. 
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  • “Kidnapped: The Discourse on Palestine in the Contemporary United States” in McGreevy, P. and Eileen Lundy (eds.). (2014). American Studies in the Middle East, a Decade of Questions: 1998 – 2008. Austin, Texas: The University of Texas Press.
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  • Origins of the Suez Crisis: Postwar Development Diplomacy and the Struggle over Third World Industrialization, 1945—1956. (Review). Review of Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 48 (1- 2), Fall 2014.

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