Yuen-Gen Liang
Assistant Professor of History
Office: Knapton Hall 325
Email: ygliang@wheatonma.edu
Degrees
Ph.D., Princeton University
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
Arabic study at the Institut Français d'Études Arabes à Damas (Damascus, Syria)
Main Interests
The Early Modern World
Early Modern Europe/Spain
Ottoman Empire
The Middle East in the Islamic Period
Research Interests
Spain in the 15-17th centuries
Family history
History of the European nobility
Christian and Muslim interaction in the Mediterranean world
Spanish colonization of the America
Space and social structure
Teaching Interests
FALL 2007 COURSES:
FYS How the Middle East Views the West
H251 Early Islamic Societies
SPRING 2008 COURSES:
H252 Modern Middle East
H352 Social Movements in Modern Islam
H398 War and Peace in the Mediterranean World
Other Interests
I enjoy traveling and have visited many countries in the Middle East and Europe. I hope to travel more extensively in Latin America and Africa in the coming years. You'll see photographs from these travels in my courses.
Student Projects
I would be excited to work with students doing research projects using historical documents from 15th- to 18th-century Europe and students who want to explore aspects of Middle Eastern/Islamic history.
Since April 2005 I have been working with students in the Wheaton College Model Arab League Club. Wheaton will represent one of the 22 members of the Arab League at a model in Spring 2006. Please contact me if you are interested in joining! I am also active in the "Peace in the Middle East" theme group at Beard Hall 2006-2007 and the Middle East Students Association.
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
AWARDS:
IIE-Fulbright Grant to Syria (1996-1997)
SSRC International Dissertation Research Fellowship (2000-2001)