Eugene Rogan | |
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Born | Eugene Lawrence Rogan October 31, 1960 |
Nationality | American |
Education | Columbia University (BA), Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
Occupation | Historian |
Notable work | The Arabs: A History |
Spouse | Ngaire Woods |
Eugene Lawrence Rogan, FBA (born 31 October 1960) is an American historian of the Middle East and North Africa from the late Ottoman era to the present. He is currently Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford.
After completing his undergraduate degree at Columbia University in economics, [1] he pursued a masters degree in Middle Eastern studies at Harvard University, graduating in 1984, after which he completed a doctorate in Middle Eastern studies at the same university in 1991. [2] Rogan joined the University of Oxford's Faculty of Oriental Studies as a lecturer in 1991. Since 1991, he has been a Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, and Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford since 2015. [3] [4] [5]
In July 2017, Rogan was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. [6]
Rogan is married to Oxford professor Ngaire Woods, who is also the founding dean of the Blavatnik School of Government. [7]
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