Orit Bashkin

Orit Bashkin is a historian and a professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. She is the Mabel Greene Myers Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History.

Career

Bashkin received her her B.A. and M.A. degrees in 1995 and 1999 from Tel Aviv University, and her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2004. As of 2023 she is the Mabel Greene Myers Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History.^[1] Bashkin began her research on Iraq in the mid-1990s.^[2]

Works

• Bashkin, Orit (2009). The Other Iraq: Pluralism and Culture in Hashemite Iraq. Stanford University Press.^[3]
• Bashkin, Orit (2012). New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern Iraq. Stanford University Press.^[4]
• Bashkin, Orit (2017). Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel. Stanford University Press.^[5]

References

1. "Orit Bashkin | Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations | University of Chicago". nelc.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
2. Bombardieri, Marcella. "A talk with Orit Bashkin". boston.com. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
3. Reviews of The Other Iraq

   • Bahoora, Haytham (2010). "Review of THE OTHER IRAQ: PLURALISM AND CULTURE IN HASHEMITE IRAQ". The Arab Studies Journal. 18 (1): 362–365. ISSN 1083-4753. JSTOR 27934095.
   • Zubaida, Sami (2012). Davis, Eric; Dodge, Toby; Bashkin, Orit (eds.). "Iraq: History, Memory, Culture". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 44 (2): 333–345. doi:10.1017/S0020743812000116. ISSN 0020-7438. JSTOR 41475025.
4. Reviews of New Babylonians

   • Beinin, Joel (2013). "Review of New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern Iraq". Middle East Journal. 67 (1): 146–147. ISSN 0026-3141. JSTOR 23361703.
   • Bet-Shlimon, Arbella (2015). "Review of New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern Iraq". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 47 (1): 198–200. doi:10.1017/S0020743814001688. ISSN 0020-7438. JSTOR 43997946.
   • Dakhli, Leyla (2015). "Review of New Babylonians. A History of Jews in Modern Iraq". Le Mouvement Social (252): 208–211. ISSN 0027-2671. JSTOR 26322269.
   • Sluglett, Peter (2013). "Review of New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern Iraq". The American Historical Review. 118 (4): 1288–1289. doi:10.1093/ahr/118.4.1288. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 23785597.
5. Reviews of Impossible Exodus

   • Saadoun, Haim (2019). "Review of Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel". Israel Studies Review. 34 (2): 162–165. ISSN 2159-0370. JSTOR 48563846.
   • Ülgen, Övgü (2019). "Review of Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel". Shofar. 37 (3): 372–375. ISSN 0882-8539. JSTOR 10.5703/shofar.37.3.0372.
   • Divine, Donna Robinson (2018). "Review of Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel". Middle East Journal. 72 (1): 162–163. ISSN 0026-3141. JSTOR 26932938.