New Book Co-edited by EPOL Professor Linda Herrera | Global Middle East: Into the 21st Century
by lherrera@illinois.edu (Linda Herrera) / Feb 1, 2021
Linda Herrera, EPOL professor in Global Studies in Education, has co-edited (with A. Bayat) the volume Global Middle East: Into the 21st Century, just published by University of California Press.
Written in short and accessible essays by prominent experts on the region, Global Middle East covers topics including God, Rumi, food, film, fashion, music, sports, science, and the flow of people, goods, and ideas. The text explores social and political movements from human rights, Salafism, and cosmopolitanism to radicalism and revolutions. Using the insights of global studies, students will glean new perspectives about the region.