Participant Info
- First Name
- Karine
- Last Name
- Walther
- Country
- Qatar
- State
- kvw@georgetown.edu
- Affiliation
- Georgetown University Qatar
- Website URL
- https://www.qatar.georgetown.edu/profile/karine-walther
- Keywords
- islamophobia, American empire, missionaries, aramco, oil history, modernization theory, American Muslims, American Orientalism
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Karine Walther is an Associate Professor of History at the School of Foreign Service in Qatar. She holds a PhD in history from Columbia University, a Maîtrise and Licence in Sociology from the University of Paris VIII and a BA in American Studies from the University of Texas, Austin. She is currently working on her second book: Spreading the Faith: American Missionaries, Aramco and the Birth of the US-Saudi Special Relationship, 1890-1955, forthcoming with University of North Carolina Press in 2019. Her first book, Sacred Interests: The United States and the Islamic World, 1821-1921 was published by UNC Press in August of 2015.
- Recent Publications
Sacred Interests: The United States and the Islamic World, 1821-1921
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- Middle East, United States, Saudi Arabia
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Colonialism, Diplomacy, Medicine, Migration & Immigration, Religion
