Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies

Sebastian Maisel

Brooks College Member Information

 

Sebastian Maisel

Assistant Professor

maisels@gvsu.edu

Affiliations

Primary College
Mondern Languages and Literatures

Brooks College Partnership
Middle East Studies

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RESEARCH FOCUS

Arabic Language and Culture, Social Anthropology of the Middle East, Minority Groups in the Middle East, Yezidis, Bedouins, Tribal Communities.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2nd Ed.), with David Long, University of Florida Press, Gainesville, FL (forthcoming)

An Encyclopedia of Life in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States. With John Shoup. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 2009

Das Yezidentum - Religion und Leben, With Chaukeddin Issa und Telim Tolan.  Denge Ezidiya Publishers, Oldenburg, 2007.

Das Geqohnheitsrecht der Beduinen: Zum Stellenwert von urf in den Rechtsyorstellungen tribaler Gruppen im Norden der Arabischen Halbinsel (Customary Law of the Bedouins in Northern Arabia).  Peter-Lang- Verlag Frankfurt, New York, 2006.

INTEREST AREAS

Interdisciplinary studies on social, political and economical developments in the Arabian Peninsula.

 

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