Courses and relevant research:

For more information regarding any of the below research, please contact Claire at 

claireelyseanderson@gmail.com.

Master’s Thesis Colloquium

“Be a Man: The Exploration of Expressions and Practices of British Masculinity; a Comparison 

of Transjordan and Mesopotamia” (2013) (Read More)

History of Modern Iraq

“Challenging Iraq’s Gender Discourse under the British Mandate: The Creation of the “Women’s 

Awakening Club”” (2013)

Gender and Empire

“Be a Man: The influence of masculinity in the British Transjordan colonies” (2012)

Orientalism and the Human

“Beyond Philology: The Extension of Words into Action, A Discussion of Orientalism and

Habitus” (2012)

History of Arab Intellectuals

“Preaching Sufi Islam: The Role of Morocco’s Mourchidate” (2012)

Women, Islam and Social Change

“The Muslim Woman Issue as a Product of the Western Publishing Industry: A Literary 

Comparison of Jan Goodwin’s Price of Honor and Isobel Coleman’s Paradise Beneath Her

Feet” (2012)

Women and the Qur’an

“Alternative Marriages in Islam: A Comparison of Mut’ah and Misyar Practices” (2012)

Culture and Society of the Arab World

“Keeping Connected: A Comparative Analysis of Transmigration and Habitus” (2012)

Palestinian Culture and Society

“Female-Headed Households in Camps: A Demographic Study of the West Bank and Gaza”

(2011)

The Arab World

“Orientalism, Masculinity and the British Colonial Project in Egypt”