Ellen McLarney, Associate Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Please note: Ellen has left the "Duke Middle East Studies Center" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	2204ERWIN Road Room 226, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:
Web Pages:	https://dukeperformances.duke.edu/building-bridges-muslims-in-america/#:~:text=In%20Spring%202018%2C%20Duke%20Performances,Muslim%20culture%20in%20this%20country http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn4WUdH99AE&list=PLwpIhcP1Fqo5zs4kY6GUCxekORyg_KgBG

Teaching (Spring 2024):

• AMES 295S.02, BLACK MUSLIMS Synopsis

  SEE INSTRU, MW 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

  (also cross-listed as AAAS 295S.02, GSF 296S.02, ICS 222S.02, RELIGION 295S.02, RIGHTS 295S.02)

• AMES 329S.01, ISLAMIC MEDIA Synopsis

  Perkins 060, TuTh 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

  (also cross-listed as CINE 258S.01, ICS 331S.01, RELIGION 379S.01, VMS 342S.01)

• AMES 620S.01, GENEALOGIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST Synopsis

  Perkins 070, Th 04:55 PM-07:25 PM

  (also cross-listed as CULANTH 526S.01)

Office Hours:

By appt only

Education:

Ph.D.	Columbia University	2004
M.A.	Columbia University	1998
B.A.	Brown University	1992

Specialties:

Arabic

Research Interests: Arabic literature, Islamic Studies, Gender

Keywords:

Islam • Liberalism • Secularism

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. McLarney, E; Idris, S, Black Muslims and the Angels of Afrofuturism, Black Scholar, vol. 53 no. 2 (January, 2023), pp. 30-47, Informa UK Limited [doi]
2. McLarney, E, Malcolm X's Gospel, Black Perspectives (March, 2022), African American Intellectual History Society
3. McLarney, E, The Literary Qurʾan: Narrative Ethics in the Maghreb. Hoda El Shakry (New York: Fordham University Press, 2020). Pp. 235. $28.00 paper. ISBN: 9780823286355, International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. 54 no. 1 (February, 2022), pp. 190-191, Cambridge University Press (CUP) [doi]
4. McLarney, E, The Burning House: Revolution and Black Art, Souls, vol. 23 no. 3-4 (January, 2022), pp. 185-210 [doi]  [abs]
5. McLarney, E, Agency versus Insurgency, Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, vol. 17 no. 2 (July, 2021), pp. 256-264, Duke University Press [doi]