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Elizabeth Saylor

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Asst Professor

Assistant Professor of Arabic

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Withers Hall NA

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Bio

Elizabeth Saylor is Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University and holds degrees from Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley. An award-winning teacher of Arabic language, Elizabeth’s research focuses on Arab women’s literature, mahjar literature, the early Arabic novel, and early Syrian immigration to North and South America.

Projects

Yallah Al-Quds Virtual Language and Culture Exchange Program

Mapping Women Writers in the Mahjar Digital Humanities Project

Website

https://ncsu.academia.edu/ElizabethSaylor

 

Education

B.A. Comparative Literature and Society Columbia University 2005

M.A. Arabic Literature University of California, Berkeley 2008

Ph.D. Arabic Literature University of California, Berkeley 2015

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