Dr. Peter Garretson

Associate Professor
442 Bellamy Building
(850) 644-9516
(850) 622-6402 (FAX)
E-mail: pgarret@mailer.fsu.edu
http://www.fsu.edu/%7Ehistory/facpages/garretsp.htm

College: Arts and Sciences

Department: History

Dr. Garretson is an Associate Professor who graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London, and specialized in North African History. His thesis was on the History of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. His first teaching position was at the University of Khartoum. He then taught at Brooklyn College and Swarthmore College before coming to Florida State University in 1980. He has taught Middle Eastern History at Florida State University ever since, except for eight years when he was also the Associate Vice President for International Programs. Dr. Garretson is co-director of the Middle East Center, and he teaches survey courses on Middle Eastern Civilization, Middle Eastern History and Northern African History. He also holds graduate seminars on Minorities in the Middle East, Islam in the Middle East, Frontiers in the Middle East and North Africa, Biographies in the Middle East, and The Modern History of Israel. Please visit his web site for more information, including his publications.


				Dr. Peter Garretson Associate Professor 442 Bellamy Building (850) 644-9516 (850) 622-6402 (FAX) E-mail: pgarret@mailer.fsu.edu http://www.fsu.edu/%7Ehistory/facpages/garretsp.htm College: Arts and Sciences Department: History Dr. Garretson is an Associate Professor who graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London, and specialized in North African History. His thesis was on the History of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. His first teaching position was at the University of Khartoum. He then taught at Brooklyn College and Swarthmore College before coming to Florida State University in 1980. He has taught Middle Eastern History at Florida State University ever since, except for eight years when he was also the Associate Vice President for International Programs. Dr. Garretson is co-director of the Middle East Center, and he teaches survey courses on Middle Eastern Civilization, Middle Eastern History and Northern African History. He also holds graduate seminars on Minorities in the Middle East, Islam in the Middle East, Frontiers in the Middle East and North Africa, Biographies in the Middle East, and The Modern History of Israel. Please visit his web site for more information, including his publications.