Researching and teaching the history of families in Egypt, I have encountered methodological, social, and emotional obstacles. In this talk, I will go back to the drawing board and reexamine findings related to naming practices and transfers of wealth. I will present some surprising discoveries from the classroom, and I will share the early stages of my exploration of my own family histories.
Pascale Ghazaleh is Associate Professor of history at the American University in Cairo. She teaches courses on family history, cultural heritage, and urban history, among others. Her research interests include property relations and state formation in the Ottoman Empire. She was a EUME Fellow at the Forum Transregionale Studien in 2017/18, and returned in 2019 as a EUME-FU Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Currently she is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Forum Transregionale Studien.
Lamia Moghnieh is a medical anthropologist and mental health practitioner and an associate professor at the center for culture and the mind at the University of Copenhagen. She was a EUME Fellow in 2017/18 and returned as EUME Fellow of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation in 2019-21.
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