Dena Al-Adeeb

Education:

B.A., International Relations, San Francisco State University; M.A., Sociology-Anthropology, American University in Cairo; Ph.D., Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University

Dissertation:

The Architecture of War: U.S. Invasion of Iraq and its Cultural Engineering Project

Thesis Advisor:

Ella Shohat, Professor of Art & Public Policy, Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, New York University

Research Topic:

I investigate the relationship between architecture, archaeology, art, and the politics of militarized visual culture, as they relate to violent neo-cononial and imperial processes in the Middle East.

Mentor:

Caren Kaplan, Professor of American Studies, University of California, Davis

Current Position:

Visiting Scholar, Department of American Studies, University of California, Davis

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