Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History

B.A. (1990) University of Iceland, Reykavik, Iceland

M.A.R. (1992) Yale University, Divinity School

Ph.D. (1999) Yale University

Magnus.T.Bernhardsson@williams.edu

Stetson H14

413.597.2223

External Website

 

Office Hours

Tuesdays 11:00-12:00, Fridays 1:00-2:30

Courses

HIST 111: Movers and Shakers in the Middle East

HIST 207: The Modern Middle East

HIST 208: Encountering the Other? The Middle East and the West

HIST 310: Iraq and Iran in the Twentieth Century

HIST 311: The United Starch and the Middle East

HIST 408: Archaeology, Politics, and Heritage in the Middle East

HIST 476: Apocalypse Now and Then: A Comparative History of Millenarian Movements

Taught a winter-study travel course (Hist029) in January 2005, "Cool Iceland: The Art of Cultural Survival"

 

Research

Modern Iraqi history, US-Iraqi relations 1900-2000, archaeology and nationalism in the modern Middle East

Thesis Students

James Bierman, Jr. '08. The US Marines in Beirut, 1983.

Karl Naden '06. Oil and Superpower Rivalry in Iraq, 1910-1930

Zachary Ulman, '06. The Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin. Memory and History

Marissa Doran '05. "'Pulling teeth' : Energy and Crisis in the Carter era, 1976-1981"

Sarah Whitton, '05 "Fighting the Dead Hands of Sarah. Premillennialists, Arabs, and Islam from Balfour to Babylon"

Selected Publications

Books:

Co-editor: US-Middle Eastern Encounters: A Critical Survey (University of Florida Press, 2007)

Reclaiming a Plundered Past: Archaeology and Nation Building in Modern Iraq (University of Texas Press, 2005).

Píslarvottar nútímans. Samspil trúar og stjórnmála í Íran og Írak (in Icelandic) (Martyrs of Modernity. Religion and Politics in Iraq and Iran) (Mál og Menning, 2005)

Co-editor Imagining the End: Visions of Apocalypse from the ancient Middle East to Contemporary America (London: IB Tauris, 2001)