The University of Utah Press is excited to announce a new series, Transregional Middle Easts. The series welcomes manuscripts addressing the traditionally defined Middle East, including Egypt, the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey and Iran. We also invite innovative approaches that situate the specificities of the Middle East within global, comparative and connective frameworks, addressing topics such as diasporas, mobility and the flow of ideas, as well as issues related to disease, environmental change and technological exchange.
Reflecting the University of Utah Press’ location in the American West and its established strengths, our acquisitions team and editorial board are especially interested in manuscripts and proposals focused on environmental issues, arid landscapes, water, religious history and traditions and other United States-Middle East connections. This series is made possible with generous support from the University of Utah College of Humanities. Press director Glenda Cotter expressed excitement about the many possible points of connection between the disparate geographies and their global relations.
“We are so pleased by this new partnership with Michael Christopher Low, the director of the University’s Middle East Center, and the extremely fine board that he has assembled and look forward to the books we’ll be publishing together,” said Cotter.
“The launch of Transregional Middle Easts marks the latest chapter in the University of Utah Middle East Center’s six-plus-decade history as a leading center of Middle East scholarship. We are extremely proud to have assembled a truly world-class editorial board to support this series. As one of the few Middle East book series published by a public state university press, we hope to offer prospective authors a trusted platform for their writing,” said Low. “We look forward to nurturing the works of both early career and more-established scholars. We aim to bring the best of traditional Middle Eastern and more transregional scholarship to both academic and public-facing audiences at affordable prices.”
Visit our website for upcoming books or to learn more about the series.
For media inquiries, please contact Jedediah Rogers or Michael Christopher Low.