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Sarah Gualtieri
Associate Professor of History and American Studies and Ethnicity
Contact Information
E-mail:
gualtier@usc.edu
Phone: (213)740-5374
Office: SOS 165
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Education
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B.A. History, McGill University
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M.A. Middle East Studies, University of Chicago
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Ph.D. Middle East History, University of Chicago
Description of Research
Summary Statement of Research Interests
Sarah Gualtieri holds a joint appointment in the Departments of History and
American Studies and Ethnicity. She is a scholar of the modern Middle East whose work focuses on questions of race, gender, and migration. Her book "Between Arab and White" (University of California Press, 2009) examines the history of Arab racial formation in the United States with a particular focus on the problematic of “whiteness.” Specifically, the work explores how Arabs came to be officially classified as white by the U.S. government, and how different Arab groups interpreted, accepted, or contested this racial classification over the course of the 20th century. Gualtieri was on academic leave for 2008-09 while she worked on a new project entitled "The Lebanese in Los Angeles: Migration and Transnationalism in a Multi-racial Landscape." This project is funded by the American Council of Learned Societies.
At USC, Prof. Gualtieri teaches undergraduate courses on Women and Revolution in the Middle East, the Modern Middle East, Race and Class in Los Angeles, and a graduate seminar in Critical Studies of Whiteness. She is developing a new course on Arabs in America for Spring 2010. She is also Faculty Advisor to the Middle East Studies Program at USC.
Research Specialties
Arab Americans, Middle Eastern Diasporas, Race and Ethnicity, Gender Studies, Modern Middle Eastern History, Islamic History
Conferences and Other Presentations
Conference Presentations
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""Who is an Arab? Religious Dimensions of a Pan-Ethnic Identity in the United States"", Organization of American Historians, Talk/Oral Presentation, Paper, New York City, Invited,
Spring
2008
Other Presentations
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""Performing Orientalism, Inscribing Whiteness."", Seminar, University of California Los Angeles, School of Law,
Spring
2008
Publications
Book
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Gualtieri, S. M.
(2009).
Between Arab and White: Race and Ethnicity in the Early Syrian American Diaspora. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Read about this book here
Book Chapter
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Gualtieri, S. M.
(2008).
Strange Fruit?: Syrian Immigrants, Extralegal Violence, and Racial Formation in the United States. pp. 22. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. Read about this article here
Book Review
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Gualtieri, S. M.
(2000).
Elizabeth Thompson, Colonial Citizens: Republican Rights, Paternal Privilege and Gender in French Syria and Lebanon; Colonial Effects:The making of National Identity in Jordan. Radical History Review..
Journal Article
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Gualtieri, S. M.
(2004).
Gendering the Chain Migration Thesis: Women and Syrian Transatlantic Migration. Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. pp. 69-80.
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Gualtieri, S. M.
(2001).
Becoming "White": Race, Religion, and the Formation of Syrian/Lebanese Ethnicity in the United States. Journal of American Ethnic History, University of Illinois Press. pp. 29-58.
Honors and Awards
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American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship Recipient, Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship, 2008-2009
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USC Provost's Arts and Humanities Initiative ("Visions and Voices"), 2007-2008
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USC Zumberge Research and Innovation Fund Award, 7/1/2006-7/1/2007
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Fulbright Award, 1996-1997
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