Arbella Bet-Shlimon

Modern Middle East history, Iraq, the Gulf, urban history, and oil in the Middle East.

Arbella Bet-Shlimon is a historian of the modern Middle East and an adjunct faculty member in the Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures Department and an affiliate of the Jackson School’s Middle East Center. In her research and teaching, she focuses on the politics, society and economy of twentieth-century Iraq and the broader Persian Gulf region, as well as Middle Eastern urban history. In addition to specialized courses on these topics, she offers general introductory courses on the modern Middle East, including a survey of the Middle East since the nineteenth century.