Profile
Joshua Thew

Joshua THEW

PhD Researcher in International History and Politics
Areas of expertise
  • History of development
  • Rural History
  • History of Education
  • History of Modernization
  • History of Racism
Geographical Region of Expertise
  • North America
  • Middle East

PhD Thesis

 

PhD Supervisor & 2nd Reader: Davide Rodogno and Cyrus Schayegh

Expected completion date: 2022

 

Profile

 

Joshua's research focuses on how American attitudes and ideas about race, ethnicity, and religion influenced and determined rural education and development practices in the Middle East, in the 20th century. His broader research interests reside in the fields of community organization, agriculture – and particularly agrarian outreach – health, and recreation as vehicles for knowledge exchange.

 

Research Interests

 

  • History of Education
  • Rural History
  • History of Development
  • History of Modernization
  • History of Racism
  • USA
  • Middle East (Near East)

 

Fellowships, Grants and Awards

 

Rockefeller Archives Center (2020)

 

Links


Email

Joshua THEW

Office Hours