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Stacy Holden
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Office: UNIV 126
Office Phone: (765) 494-7765
Office Fax: (765) 496-1755
Email: sholden@purdue.edu
Specialization: Global History. Islamic Civilization History.
Professor Holden completed her Ph.D. in History at Boston University in 2005. Her professional activities have provided her with opportunities to study Arabic in Tunisia, work for the US Embassy in Mauritania, examine historic preservation projects in Egypt, and research colonial architecture in Mali. Since arriving at Purdue University, she also assembled and directed a team of undergraduate and graduate students, who collected social and economic data for a computer simulation of life in Baghdad, Iraq. Professor Holden is particularly interested in architecture and urbanism as well as the interconnections between politics and the environment in the Arab-Islamic Middle East and North Africa. She has recently published The Politics of Food in Modern Morocco and is now completing the editing of a collection of primary sources that trace Iraqi history. Her current research addresses the political undertones of Islamic holidays in Morocco.