Name: Michael Bonner
Title(s):

• Professor of Islamic History

Contact Information: mbonner@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• ASP
• CMENAS

Department Affiliation(s):

• Near Eastern Studies

Education Background: B.A., Harvard University 1974; M.A., Princeton University 1984; Ph.D., Princeton University 1987

Research/Teaching Specialization: History of the Medievil Islamic World; Poverty and Social Justice; Jihad and Warfare; Arabic Historical Writing

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Peoples of the Middle East; The First Millennium of the Islamic Near East; Rise of Islam; Age of the Maghrib, 600-1500; Islamic Intellectual History; Medievil Arabic Geographical, Histories, and Biographical texts; Proseminar on Arabic Historiography; Mapping Arabia; Geographies and Cartographies: Shaping the Pre-modern World

Language(s) and Proficiency Level(s):

• French (5)
• Italian (5)
• Arabic (4)
• German (4)
• Russian (2)