Southwest Asia and North Africa Working Group

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The Shah Mosque, also known as the New Abbasi Mosque or Royal Mosque, is a mosque located in Isfahan, Iran. Wikimedia Commons, 2017.

The Southwest Asia and North Africa Studies (SWANA) working group at the University of Notre Dame is an interdepartmental, interdisciplinary initiative devoted to the responsible exchange of ideas, research and scholarship relevant to the SWANA region. The group consists of faculty members with expertise in various subject areas, including modern and ancient Middle Eastern history, Islamic thought, Islamic law, comparative literature, public policy, and peace studies.

For more information on how to join and share your work, please contact:

 Perin Gürel
Associate Professor, American Studies
Concurrent Associate Professor, Gender Studies
Liu Institute Faculty Fellow
pgurel@nd.edu


Eskandar Attallah
Ph.D. student, International Peace Studies
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

eataalla@nd.edu

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