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Nabil Al-Tikriti Discusses Recent Iraqi Developments, Military-NGO Relations

Nabil Al-Tikriti Discusses Recent Iraqi Developments, Military-NGO RelationsAssociate Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti appeared on Los Angeles based KPFK’s “Radio Uprising” program on Wednesday, April 15, to discuss the latest developments in Iraq and the region. Al-Tikriti has now appeared on this program, hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar, at least three times in the past two years.
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Al-Tikriti Publishes Article on 16th Century Captives

Al-Tikriti Publishes Article on 16th Century Captives
The Turkish History Foundation [TTK: Türk Tarih Kurumu], recently published the conference proceedings from the “International Piri Reis and Turkish Maritime History Symposium” [“Uluslararası Piri Reis ve Türk Denizcilik Tarihi Sempozyumu”], which Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti participated in at Istanbul in September, 2013. The title of this peer-reviewed volume is Findings in […] Continue reading

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Al-Tikriti Writes Book Chapter

Al-Tikriti Writes Book ChapterNabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history, recently published a chapter in an edited volume entitled “Hall Ishkal al-Afkar: An Ottoman Royal’s Shari’a Argument For Imperial Control Over Sea Ghazi Plunder.”
This segment of an edited volume originated as a chapter in Al-Tikriti’s dissertation, and was then expanded and refined for a presentation for the “La Frontiere […] Continue reading

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Nabil Al-Tikriti Presents Paper on Ottoman Cultural History

Nabil Al-Tikriti Presents Paper on Ottoman Cultural HistoryOn Nov. 23, 2014, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History Nabil Al-Tikriti presented a paper at the 2014 Middle East Studies Association Conference in Washington, D.C. The paper, entitled  “Greatness Denied: Firdevsi-yi Rumi on the Cusp of Ottoman Sunnism,” was part of an Ottoman History panel, entitled “The Sunnification of the Ottoman Ideology and Polity, […] Continue reading

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Al-Tikriti Lectures on Ottoman Intellectual and Maritime History

Al-Tikriti Lectures on Ottoman Intellectual and Maritime HistoryOn Nov. 14, Associate Professor of Middle East History Nabil Al-Tikriti presented a lecture entitled “Ottoman and Safavid Religious Identities of the 16th Century” to the Philosophy Department at Texas State University, in San Marcos, Texas. In the course of this lecture, Al-Tikriti outlined the effects of the Safavid rise to power on religious identities […] Continue reading

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Al-Tikriti Discusses Military-NGO Relations and Recent Middle Eastern Developments

Al-Tikriti Discusses Military-NGO Relations and Recent Middle Eastern DevelopmentsIn this past month, Associate Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti discussed both military-NGO relations and contemporary Middle East politics at three public forums, each invited appearances.
On Oct. 6, in his capacity as a member of the MSF/Doctors Without Borders USA Board of Directors, Al-Tikriti addressed U.S. Army staff at Missouri’s Fort Leonard […] Continue reading

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Nabil Al-Tikriti Discusses Iraq on KPFA and KPFK Pacifica Radio Stations

Nabil Al-Tikriti Discusses Iraq on KPFA and KPFK Pacifica Radio StationsOn Friday, June 13, 2014, Associate Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti appeared on Los Angeles based KPFK’s “Radio Uprising” program to discuss the latest developments in Iraq. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar, Al-Tikriti was also joined by Matt Howard of the NGO “Iraq Veterans Against the War.”
The segment lasted just over 18 minutes, […] Continue reading

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Nabil Al-Tikriti Monitors Ukrainian National Elections

Nabil Al-Tikriti Monitors Ukrainian National ElectionsOn May 19 to 29, 2014, Associate Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti served as an election monitor for the Ukrainian national elections. One of around 90 Americans joining the 900 strong OSCE (Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe) delegation, Al-Tikriti spent the first two days in Kiev before joining the rest […] Continue reading

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Nabil Al-Tikriti Discusses MSF at UVA and Quantico Forums

Nabil Al-Tikriti Discusses MSF at UVA and Quantico ForumsIn his capacity as a member of the Board of Directors for Doctors Without Borders/MSF USA, Nabil Al-Tikriti discussed MSF at two recent forums. In the first, he addressed the University of Virginia International Relations Organization and Middle Eastern Leadership Council on 16 April, at Jefferson Hall off the main quads. In this presentation, […] Continue reading

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Al-Tikriti Participates in NGO Debate, Speaks at Stafford Rotary Club

Al-Tikriti Participates in NGO Debate, Speaks at Stafford Rotary ClubIn his capacity as a board member of the United States section of  MSF/Doctors Without Borders, Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history and American studies, participated in the annual Field Associative Debate (FAD) for MSF staff serving throughout Afghanistan, in Kabul on March 10 – 11.
This year’s international FAD topic covered the use of new […] Continue reading

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