Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History
jrcole@umich.edu
Office Information:
2527 Haven Hall
Middle East ;
Asia;
Intellectual & Cultural History ;
Religion;
History
Education/Degree:
M.A., American University in Cairo 1978
Ph.D., UCLA 1984
About
Affiliation(s)
- History
- Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
- Center for South Asian Studies
- Islamic Studies Program
- Arab and Muslim American Studies Program (American Culture)
Fields of Study
- Middle East and Islamic History
- Muslim South Asia
- Transregional currents
- Social and cultural history
Awards
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, Center for Gulf Studies, Qatar University, Spring 2018
- Resident at Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, December 2016
- Appointed John W. Kluge Chair of Countries and Cultures of the South at the Library of Congress, May-August 2016
- Hudson Professorship for the Department of History at UM, Winter 2003
- Research Excellence Award from LSA at UM, 1997
