S1E13 Annie Tracy Samuel - University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

Today's guest is a junior scholar who just published her first book, with Cambridge no less! Annie Tracy Samuel is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. (magna cum laude) in history from Tel Aviv University and a B.A. in history and political science from Columbia University. She specializes in the modern history of Iran and the Middle East.

Annie's scholarship has been published in International Security, Diplomatic History, and Harvard’s International Security Discussion Papers series, and her commentary on current events has been featured by The Hill, Lawfare, CNN, The Atlantic, and ABC News Channel 9. She has presented her work at the Middle East Studies Association, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, and the American Historical Association, and she has participated in policy briefings at the U.S. Departments of Defense and State. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Annie served as a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. She has been interviewed by numerous media outlets, including The Huffington Post and the Harvard Political Review.

Her book on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Iran-Iraq War, entitled The Unfinished History of the Iran-Iraq War: Faith, Firepower, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, was just published by Cambridge University Press in November 2021. She is neck-deep into her second book project, titled The Long Road to Jerusalem: Iran, the Revolutionary Guards, and Israel-Palestine.

Annie is also president of the Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society and has earned several teaching and research awards, including a Ruth S. Holmberg Grant for Faculty Excellence at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Visiting Fellow at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, and a research grant from the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa and the Moroccan-American Cultural Center.

A sport-climbing enthusiast and gear-head with a Prius, Annie brings a fresh and new perspective to Middle Eastern studies and the neglected Iran-Iraq War and its impact on the Middle East. Join us!

Rec. 01/05/2022