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Vivian Ibrahim

Associate Professor of History and Director of the Office of National Scholarship Advisement

Vivian Ibrahim

Dr. Vivian Ibrahim is an Associate Professor of History in the Department of History at the University of Mississippi. She is also the Director of the Office of National Scholarship Advisement.

Research Interests

  • Modern Egypt, Modern Middle East 
  • Religion and Political Culture
  • Museum Studies 

Dr. Ibrahim's current book project is entitled "Détente Shows: Tutankhamun and the Global Cold War."

Biography

Dr. Ibrahim, who earned her PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, joined the University of Mississippi in 2011 as a Croft Associate Professor of History and International Studies specializing in the Middle East. Dr. Ibrahim was named the Howell Family Outstanding Teacher of the Year in 2020.

Dr. Ibrahim is the Director of the Office of National Scholarship Advisement (ONSA) where she oversees nationally competitive scholarship and fellowship opportunities by encouraging students to explore their intellectual autonomy, passions and possibilities. 

Publications

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2010, I.B. Tauris; Second Edition 2013, Bloomsbury Publishing

The Copts of Egypt

Challenges of Modernization and Identity

From the publisher:

The Copts of Egypt, who consist of 10-15% of the population, have traditionally been viewed as a 'beleaguered and persecuted minority'. Using newly discovered Coptic archival sources Vivian Ibrahim presents a fresh and vivid alternative reading of the community during the twentieth century. Avoiding the established portrayal of a monolithic entity headed by the Coptic Pope, Ibrahim examines the multifaceted dimensions of the Coptic community, assessing Coptic-State relations on one hand and Coptic intra-communal dimensions on the other. Examining the impact of the British Occupation of Egypt on the making of new national identities, she explores the emergence of a new politically active Coptic class; highlighting popular Coptic grassroots mobilization during the 1919 revolution through the case-study of the Coptic priest Qommus Sergius.

Selected Book(s):

Muslims in Ireland: Past and Present, co-authored with Scharbrodt, Sakaranaho, Khan and Shanneik (University of Edinburgh Press, 2014) 

Political leadership Nations and Charisma, co-edited with Margit Wunsch (Routledge, 2012) 

Courses Taught

  • HIST 3520 The Middle East Since 1914
  • HIST 3550 Water in the Middle East
  • HIST 3990 Special Topics: Religion and Society in the Twentieth Century Middle East
  • HIST 3990 Special Topics: Race, Religion and Representations of the Islam in the West After 9/11
  • HIST 5850 Historiography of the Modern Middle East
  • HIST 5680 Special Topics: Gender in the Middle East
  • HIST 5680 Special Topics: Egyptian Nationalism
  • HIST 5680 Special Topics: Colonial Subjects in the Middle East
  • HST 7850 Research Seminar in Modern Middle Eastern History
  • INST 2090 Middle Eastern Studies
  • INST 3150 Special Topics: Resources, Labor and Governance in the Middle East
  • INST 3180 Special Topics: The Water, Energy and Food Nexus
  • INST 3180 Special Topics: Revolts, Rebellions and Revolutions

Education

Ph.D. History, University of London (2003)

Latest News

Vivian Ibrahim lands National Endowment for the Humanities grant, researches upcoming book, "Détente Shows: Tutankhamun and the Global Cold War."
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Faculty News / Honors & Awards / Research News

Professor Studies Tutankhamun's Travels in America

OXFORD, Miss. – Pharaoh Tutankhamun's greatest act of diplomacy actually happened more than 3,000 years after his death, a University of Mississippi researcher contends in her upcoming book.