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{{Short description|American historian of the Near and Middle East (born 1960)}}
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| caption = Rogan at the 2024 Chiswick Book Festival
| birth_name = Eugene Lawrence Rogan
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| occupation = Historian
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| workplaces = [[St Antony's College, Oxford]]
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'''Eugene Lawrence Rogan''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|FBA|FRE}} (born 31 October 1960) is an American historian of the Middle East and North Africa from the late Ottoman era to the present. Since 1991, he has been a Fellow at [[St Antony's College, Oxford]], and Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the [[University of Oxford]] since 2015. After completing his undergraduate degree at Columbia University and his [[doctorate]] at [[Harvard University]], Rogan joined the University of Oxford's Faculty of Oriental Studies as a lecturer in 1991.<ref name="WhWaWh">{{cite book|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-289676|title=Rogan, Prof. Eugene Lawrence|work=Who's Who|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|date=December 2017|isbn=978-0-1995-4088-4|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U289676}}</ref><ref name="prof">[https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/people/eugene-rogan "Professor Eugene Rogan"], ''St Antony's College, Oxford''. Retrieved 22 December 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-eugene-rogan "Professor Eugene Rogan"], ''British Academy''. Retrieved 22 December 2018.</ref>
'''Eugene Lawrence Rogan''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|FBA|FRE}} (born 31 October 1960) is an American historian of the [[Middle East and North Africa]] from the late [[Ottoman era]] to the present. He is currently Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the [[University of Oxford]].

==Education and career==
After completing his undergraduate degree at [[Columbia University]] in economics,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bookshelf {{!}} Columbia College Today |url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/spring15/bookshelf |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=www.college.columbia.edu |archive-date=2023-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612192632/https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/spring15/bookshelf |url-status=dead }}</ref> he pursued a master's degree in Middle Eastern studies at [[Harvard University]], graduating in 1984, after which he completed a doctorate in Middle Eastern studies at the same university in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/news/qa-eugene-rogan|title = Q&A with Eugene Rogan}}</ref> Rogan joined the [[Faculty of Oriental Studies|University of Oxford's Faculty of Oriental Studies]] as a lecturer in 1991. Since 1991, he has been a Fellow at [[St Antony's College, Oxford]], and Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the [[University of Oxford]] since 2015.<ref name="WhWaWh">{{cite book|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-289676|title=Rogan, Prof. Eugene Lawrence|work=Who's Who|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|date=December 2017|isbn=978-0-1995-4088-4|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U289676}}</ref><ref name="prof">[https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/people/eugene-rogan "Professor Eugene Rogan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716160003/https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/people/eugene-rogan |date=2020-07-16 }}, ''St Antony's College, Oxford''. Retrieved 22 December 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-eugene-rogan "Professor Eugene Rogan"], ''British Academy''. Retrieved 22 December 2018.</ref>


==Honours==
==Honours==
In July 2017, Rogan was elected a [[Fellow of the British Academy]] (FBA), the United Kingdom's [[national academy]] for the humanities and social sciences.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/elections-british-academy-celebrate-diversity-uk-research|title=Elections to the British Academy celebrate the diversity of UK research|publisher=British Academy|date=21 July 2017|accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref>
In July 2017, Rogan was elected a [[Fellow of the British Academy]] (FBA), the United Kingdom's [[national academy]] for the humanities and social sciences.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/elections-british-academy-celebrate-diversity-uk-research|title=Elections to the British Academy celebrate the diversity of UK research|publisher=British Academy|date=21 July 2017|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Rogan is married to Oxford professor [[Ngaire Woods]], who is also the founding dean of the [[Blavatnik School of Government]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-02-15 |title=At home: Ngaire Woods |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4ce23df8-7136-11e2-9b5c-00144feab49a |access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref>


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
*Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 1999).
*''Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999).
*The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948 (Cambridge University Press, 2001).
*''The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948'' (Cambridge University Press, 2001).
*Outside In: On the Margins of the Modern Middle East (I.B. Tauris, 2002).
*''Outside In: On the Margins of the Modern Middle East'' (I.B. Tauris, 2002).
*The Arabs: A History (Penguin, 2009).
*''The Arabs: A History'' (Penguin, 2009).
*The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914–1920 (Penguin, 2015).
*''The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914–1920'' (Penguin, 2015).
*''The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World'' (Penguin, 2024).


==References==
==References==
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Professor
Eugene Rogan
FBA
Rogan at the 2024 Chiswick Book Festival
Born
Eugene Lawrence Rogan

(1960-10-31) October 31, 1960 (age 64)
Burbank, California
NationalityAmerican
OccupationHistorian
SpouseNgaire Woods
Academic background
EducationColumbia University (BA), Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Academic work
InstitutionsSt Antony's College, Oxford
Notable worksThe Arabs: A History

Eugene Lawrence Rogan, FBA (born 31 October 1960) is an American historian of the Middle East and North Africa from the late Ottoman era to the present. He is currently Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford.

Education and career

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After completing his undergraduate degree at Columbia University in economics,[1] he pursued a master's degree in Middle Eastern studies at Harvard University, graduating in 1984, after which he completed a doctorate in Middle Eastern studies at the same university in 1991.[2] Rogan joined the University of Oxford's Faculty of Oriental Studies as a lecturer in 1991. Since 1991, he has been a Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, and Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford since 2015.[3][4][5]

Honours

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In July 2017, Rogan was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[6]

Personal life

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Rogan is married to Oxford professor Ngaire Woods, who is also the founding dean of the Blavatnik School of Government.[7]

Selected works

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  • Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 1999).
  • The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948 (Cambridge University Press, 2001).
  • Outside In: On the Margins of the Modern Middle East (I.B. Tauris, 2002).
  • The Arabs: A History (Penguin, 2009).
  • The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914–1920 (Penguin, 2015).
  • The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World (Penguin, 2024).

References

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  1. ^ "Bookshelf | Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  2. ^ "Q&A with Eugene Rogan".
  3. ^ Rogan, Prof. Eugene Lawrence. Oxford University Press. December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U289676. ISBN 978-0-1995-4088-4. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ "Professor Eugene Rogan" Archived 2020-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, St Antony's College, Oxford. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Professor Eugene Rogan", British Academy. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Elections to the British Academy celebrate the diversity of UK research". British Academy. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  7. ^ "At home: Ngaire Woods". Financial Times. 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
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