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| '''Ira M. Lapidus''' is an Emeritus Professor of History, Islamic Social History at ].<ref>{{cite web|title=CMES Affliated Faculty Profile|url=http://cmes.berkeley.edu/about/FacultyProfile.asp?ID=464|work=berkeley.edu|accessdate=19 December 2010}}</ref> He is the author of ''A History of Islamic Societies'', and ''Contemporary Islamic Movements in Historical Perspective'', among other works. | '''Ira M. Lapidus''' is an Emeritus Professor of History, Islamic Social History at ].<ref>{{cite web|title=CMES Affliated Faculty Profile|url=http://cmes.berkeley.edu/about/FacultyProfile.asp?ID=464|work=berkeley.edu|accessdate=19 December 2010}}</ref> He is the author of ''A History of Islamic Societies'', and ''Contemporary Islamic Movements in Historical Perspective'', among other works. His personal interests include travel and photography.<ref name=Interview/> | ||
| Lapidus was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He was born to immigrant parents who instilled a sense of the value of education in him and his brother. He attended Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, where a history teacher helped him prepare for admissions tests and suggested he pursue Asian history studies.<ref name=Interview>{{cite web|title=UC Berkeley interview|url=http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Lapidus/lapidus-con1.html|accessdate=19 December 2010}}</ref> | Lapidus was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He was born to immigrant parents, who instilled a sense of the value of education in him and his brother. He attended Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, where a history teacher helped him prepare for admissions tests and suggested he pursue Asian history studies.<ref name=Interview>{{cite web|title=UC Berkeley interview|url=http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Lapidus/lapidus-con1.html|accessdate=19 December 2010}}</ref> | ||
| Lapidus went on to college and graduate school at ]. As an undergraduate at Harvard, he took a course in Middle Eastern history taught by ]. He enjoyed the class and liked the instructor, who encouraged him to pursue social sciences in addition to history. Lapidus continued taking classes in Middle Eastern history, and upon graduation entered a career in academia.<ref name=Interview/> | Lapidus went on to college and graduate school at ]. As an undergraduate at Harvard, he took a course in Middle Eastern history taught by ]. He enjoyed the class and liked the instructor, who encouraged him to pursue social sciences in addition to history. Lapidus continued taking classes in Middle Eastern history, and upon graduation entered a career in academia.<ref name=Interview/> | ||
| ==Fellowships, Honors and Awards== | |||
| His personal interests include travel and photography.<ref name=Interview/> | |||
| Lifetime Achievement Award, Middle East Medievalists, 2001<ref>]</ref> | |||
| American Philosophical Society, elected member, 1994<re>[[http://www.amphilsoc.org/public-profile/AB6C7794-D697-DE11-A8C4-0013724C588C</ref> | |||
| Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Study Center, 1990<ref>]</ref> | |||
| ==Professional associations== | |||
| ==Books== | |||
| Muslim Cities in the Later Middle Ages, 1967, 1984 | |||
| Contemporary Islamic Movements in Historical Perspective, 1984 | |||
| A History of Islamic Societies, 1988, 2002 | |||
| Middle Eastern Cities, editor, 1969 | |||
| Islam, Politics and Social Movements, editor (with Edmund Burke), 1988 | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Ira M. Lapidus is an Emeritus Professor of History, Islamic Social History at The University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of A History of Islamic Societies, and Contemporary Islamic Movements in Historical Perspective, among other works. His personal interests include travel and photography.
Lapidus was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He was born to immigrant parents, who instilled a sense of the value of education in him and his brother. He attended Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, where a history teacher helped him prepare for admissions tests and suggested he pursue Asian history studies.
Lapidus went on to college and graduate school at Harvard. As an undergraduate at Harvard, he took a course in Middle Eastern history taught by Sir Hamilton Gibb. He enjoyed the class and liked the instructor, who encouraged him to pursue social sciences in addition to history. Lapidus continued taking classes in Middle Eastern history, and upon graduation entered a career in academia.
Fellowships, Honors and Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award, Middle East Medievalists, 2001
American Philosophical Society, elected member, 1994<re>[[http://www.amphilsoc.org/public-profile/AB6C7794-D697-DE11-A8C4-0013724C588C</ref>
Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Study Center, 1990
Professional associations
Books
Muslim Cities in the Later Middle Ages, 1967, 1984
Contemporary Islamic Movements in Historical Perspective, 1984
A History of Islamic Societies, 1988, 2002
Middle Eastern Cities, editor, 1969
Islam, Politics and Social Movements, editor (with Edmund Burke), 1988
References
- "CMES Affliated Faculty Profile". berkeley.edu. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ "UC Berkeley interview". Retrieved 19 December 2010.
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