New Mashriq & Mahjar Co-Editor

Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Stacy Fahrenthold as the journal’s new co-editor. The appointment is effective immediately.

Fahrenthold is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Davis, where she is also affiliated with the UCD Global Migration Center. She received her Ph.D. in History in 2014 from Northeastern University. Fahrenthold’s research blends migration and borderlands approaches to social history, drawing on informal archives to critique the production of place-based histories. Her debut book, Between the Ottomans and the Entente, received the 2019 Khayrallah Prize in Migration Studies and the 2019 Syrian Studies Association Book Award. Her work appears in the International Journal of Middle East Studies, Journal of Global History, Journal of American Ethnic History, and Mashriq & Mahjar.

Fahrenthold brings to the journal her wide-ranging and highly-regarded scholarship, editorial experience, and innovative ideas. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Fahrenthold to Mashriq & Mahjar!