Emily Gottreich

Associate Adjunct Professor, History and Middle Eastern Studies and Vice Chair CMES, UC Berkeley. Vice President, American Institute for Maghrib Studies

Areas of Interest: North Africa, Sephardic Studies, Jewish History, Islamic Urban Studies
Emily Gottreich received her Ph.D. in History and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University in 1999. Her research focuses on Moroccan Jewish history and Muslim-Jewish relations in the broader Arab-Islamic context. She is author of The Mellah of Marrakesh: Jewish and Muslim Space in Morocco’s Red City (2006) and co-editor (with Daniel Schroeter) of the forthcoming book: Rethinking Jewish Culture and Society in North Africa. Her current research focuses on historicizing the idea of “the Arab Jew, exploring Jews’ identification with Arabness in settings ranging from 7th century Arabia to present-day Israel. The courses she teaches regularly include “Jews and Muslims,” (History 100/MES 130), and Scope and Methods of Research in Middle Eastern Studies (MES 102).