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Jonathan Smolin
Assistant Professor (Arabic)
B.A. and M.A. University of Chicago; M.A. Harvard
University; Ph.D. Harvard University
- Teaching at Dartmouth since 2005
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Academic Interests
- Modern Arabic language and literature, Francophone literature, crime and police fiction, illegal immigration, translation, North African cinema and mass media.
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Selected Courses
- Arabic 1, 2, 3: First Year Courses in Arabic
- Arabic 11: Modern Morocco: Literature, Film and Politics
- Arabic 61: Modern Arabic Fiction
- Comparative Literature 39: The Global Detective
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Selected Publications
- "Sensationalism and the State: Police, Mass Media, and Political Transition in the Arab World" (book manuscript under revision)
- Translation of The Final Bet by Abdelilah Hamdouchi (AUC Press and Arabia Books, 2008)
- "Political Malaise and the New Arabic Noir" (South Central Review, 27.1 & 2 (Spring and Summer 2010): 82-90)
- "Burning the Past: Moroccan Cinema of Illegal Immigration" (South Central Review, Forthcoming)
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