Ralph M. Coury, Ph.D.
- Professor of History
- B.A. Hamilton College
- M.A., Ph.D. Princeton University
Department of History
North Benson Road
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT 06824-5195
Office: CNS 310
rcoury@mail.fairfield.edu
(203) 254-4000 x2110
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Fields of Interest:
- Middle Eastern and North African history since the rise of Islam
- Arab political ideology and practice
- The representation of Arabs and Muslims in the West
- Arab-Jewish and Muslim-Christian relations
- The Arab-Israeli conflict
- Literary theory and criticism
- Modern philosophy and critical theory in the West and the Middle East and Northern Africa
- Marxism
Courses Currently Taught:
HI 30: Europe and the World in Transition: 1500-1870
HI 280: The West and the Middle East
HI 281: Portrait of the Arabs
HI 370: The Jews of the Middle East and Northern Africa
HI 371: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
HI 397: The Meaning of History
HN 200: Challenges of the Western Tradition
For a list of publications and other scholarly activity, see brief Curriculum Vitae | 
