Chair and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Anthropology
ashryock@umich.eduOffice Information:
101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107
phone: 734.764.2319
Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies; CMENAS Faculty; GISC Faculty; Global Islamic Studies Center
Education/Degree:
B.A., Georgia Southern College 1984; M.A., University of Michigan 1986; Ph.D., University of Michigan 1993
Highlighted Work and Publications
History and the Pre
Andrew Shryock, Daniel Smail
Name of Periodical: American Historical Review
Volume Number: 118
Issue Number: 3
Year of Publication: 2013
Page Numbers: 709-737
Thinking about Hospitality, with Derrida, Kant, and the Balga Bedouin
Andrew Shryock
Name of Periodical: Anthropos
Volume Number: 103
Year of Publication: 2008
Page Numbers: 405-421
The New Jordanian Hospitality: House, Host, and Guest in the Culture of Public Display
Name of Periodical: Comparative Studies in Society and History
Volume Number: 46
Issue Number: 1
Year of Publication: 2004
Page Numbers: 35-62
Cracking Down on Diaspora: Arab Detroit and America's War on Terror
Andrew Shryock, Sally Howell
Name of Periodical: Anthropological Quarterly
Volume Number: 76
Issue Number: 3
Year of Publication: 2003
Page Numbers: 443-462
Deep History: The Architecture of Past and Present
Publisher: University of California Press
Year of Publication: 2011
Location: Berkeley, CA
Arab Detroit 9/11: Life in the Terror Decade
Andrew Shryock
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Detroit's large and nationally prominent Arab and Muslim communities have faced heightened prejudice, government surveillance, and political scapegoating, yet they have also enjoyed unexpected gains in economic, political, and cultural influence. Museums, festivals, and cultural events flourish alongside the construction of new mosques and churches, and more Arabs are being elected and appointed to public office. Detroit's Arab population is growing even as the city's non-Arab sectors, and the state of Michigan as a whole, have steadily...
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Islamophobia/Islamophilia: Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend
Andrew Shryock
"Islamophobia" is a term that has been widely applied to anti-Muslim ideas and actions, especially since 9/11. The contributors to this provocative volume explore and critique the usefulness of the concept for understanding contexts ranging from the Middle Ages to the modern day. Moving beyond familiar explanations such as good Muslim/bad Muslim stereotypes or the "clash of civilizations," they describe Islamophobia's counterpart, Islamophilia, which deploys similar oppositions in the interest of fostering public acceptance of Islam. Contributors address topics such as conflicts over...
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Citizenship and Crisis: Arab Detroit After 9/11
Andrew Shryock, Wayne Baker, Sally Howell, Amaney Jamal, Ann Chih Lin, Andrew Shryock, Ron Stockton, Mark Tessler
Is citizenship simply a legal status or does it describe a sense of belonging to a national community? For Arab Americans, these questions took on new urgency after 9/11, as the cultural prejudices that have often marginalized their community came to a head. Citizenship and Crisis reveals that, despite an ever-shifting definition of citizenship and the ease with which it can be questioned in times of national crisis, the Arab communities of metropolitan Detroit continue to thrive. A groundbreaking study of social life, religious practice, cultural values, and political views among Detroit...
See MoreOff Stage/On Display: Intimacy and Ethnographyin the Age of Public Culture
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Year of Publication: 2004
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream
Andrew Shryock
Metropolitan Detroit is home to one of the largest, most diverse Arab communities outside the Middle East, yet the complex world Arabic-speaking immigrants have created there is barely visible on the landscape of ethnic America. In this volume, Nabeel Abraham and Andrew Shryock bring together the work of twenty-five contributors to create a richly detailed portrait of Arab Detroit. The book goes behind the bulletproof glass in Iraqi Chaldean liquor stores. It explores the role of women in a Sunni mosque and the place of nationalist politics in a Coptic church. It follows the careers...
See MoreNationlism and the Geneological Imagination: Oral History and Textual Authority in Tribal Jordan
Andrew Shryock
Publisher: University of California Press
Year of Publication: 1997
Location: Berkeley, CA
Citizenship and Crisis: Arab Detroit after 9/11
DAAS Research Team
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Location: New York, NY
