Febe Armanios: Women in Islam, History and Religions of the Middle East

Febe Armanios is an assistant professor of history at Middlebury College. She joined the faculty in 2004 and teaches courses on the early Islamic and medieval history of the Middle East; the politics, religion and culture of the modern Middle East; women in Islam; as well as Islam and human rights.

Armanios’ research focuses on Christian-Muslim relations in Ottoman and modern Middle Eastern history. Recent publications include “Patriarchs, Archons and the Eighteenth-Century Resurgence of the Coptic Community” (2008); “A Christian Martyr under Mamluk Justice: The Trials of Salib (d. 1512) according to Muslim and Coptic Sources,” co-authored with Boğaç Ergene (2006); and “‘The Virtuous Woman’: Images of Gender in Modern Coptic Society” (2002). She is preparing a monograph titled "Beyond Persecution and Tolerance: Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt."

Currently, she serves on the Steering Committee for the Middle Eastern Christianity Consultation at the American Academy of Religion. She has done interviews with the New York Times, the New York Daily News, and National Geographic News.

Armanios received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University.