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 Professor of History
Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor of Asian Studies
Office: 311 Carson Hall
Office Phone: (603) 646-2594
Fax: (603) 646-3353
Email: Gene.Garthwaite@Dartmouth.edu
Address:
- Department of History
Dartmouth College
6107 Carson Hall
Hanover, NH 03755
Courses
- 5.2: The Eye of the Beholder: Introduction to the Islamic World
- 6: The Arab World in the Twentieth Century
- 70: Topics in Middle East History: History of the Middle East, 622-1258 or
1258-1914
- 71: Social History of the Contemporary Middle East
- 96: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
But for a chance opportunity to join an archaeological expedition headed for
Iran, I would probably be teaching English literature. As the result of a year
in Iran, I gave up my pursuit of a Ph.D. in English at the University of
Chicago and journeyed west to study with von Grunebaum and Keddie at UCLA.
Although Iran continues to be the center of my research, I cover all the
Islamic Middle East in my teaching. My courses span the seventh century to the
present. History 71, Contemporary Social History of the Middle East, examines
recent change and the structure of society from a variety of sources and
perspectives. My research deals with Iranian social history and culture,
particularly the Bakhtiyari, one of Iran's great tribal confederations, and I
have just published The Persians (Blackwell's, Oxford, 2005) a history
of Iran from Cyrus the Great to Khomeini some 2,500 years of Iran's rich
history. My purpose in teaching is to imbue my students with an understanding
of, and an appreciation for, one of the world's great, but little-known,
cultures and with critical thinking.
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