History
Julia Shatz
Associate Professor
Office: Social Science 126
Email: jshatz@csufresno.edu
Office Phone: 559-278-8815
Education:
Ph.D - University of California, Berkeley (2018)
M.A. - University of California, Berkeley
B.A. - Vassar College
Fall 2026
| Course | Days/Times |
|---|---|
| HIST 13 - Empires of the Middle East | M/W/F 11:00am - 11:50am |
| HIST 21 - World History II | M/W/F 1:00pm - 1:50pm |
| HIST 113 - Israel and Palestine | T/Th 2:00pm - 3:15pm |
| HIST 230T - Israel/Palestine from the Margins | Th 6:00pm - 8:50pm |
Spring 2027
| Course | Days/Times |
|---|---|
| HIST 20 - World History I | T/Th 11:00am - 12:15pm |
| HIST 20 - World History I | T/Th 12:30pm - 1:45pm |
| HIST 114 - Gender, Sex, and Family in the Middle East | M/W/F 11:00am - 11:50am |
- Modern Middle East
- British Empire/History of Colonialism
- Transnational History
- History of Childhood/child welfare
- Global Humanitarianism
Articles and Book Chapters:
“A Politics of Care: Local Nurses in Mandate Palestine,” International Journal of Middle East Studies, 50 (2018): 1-21.
“Governing Jerusalem’s Children, Revealing Invisible Inhabitants: The American Colony Aid Association, 1920s-1950s,” in Ordinary Jerusalem 1840-1940, ed. Angelos Dalachanis and Vincent Lemire, Leiden: Brill, 2018.
Undergraduate:
- Modern Middle East
- Special Topics in Middle East History
- World History to 1500
- World History from 1500
Graduate:
- Creating the Global South
- Britain and the World
My current research project examines child welfare and humanitarian governance in
interwar Palestine. A related research project will look at the role of American capital
and corporate philanthropy in social welfare initiatives in Palestine and the Middle
East in the 1920s-1940s.