Edmund Burke III

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Edmund Burke III
Edmund Burke III
Born	1940
Known for	Research on Islamic history, orientalism, and imperialism
Awards	Presidential Chair at UC Santa Cruz (2003–2007)
Academic background
Education	Princeton University (PhD)
Academic work
Institutions	University of California, Santa Cruz
Notable works	Islam and World History: The Ventures of Marshall Hodgson, The Ethnographic State: France and the Invention of Moroccan Islam

Edmund Burke III (born 1940) is Professor Emeritus of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research areas include Islamic history, modern Middle Eastern and North African history, Mediterranean history, French history, orientalism, European imperialism, and world history. From 2003–2007 he was presidential chair and director of the Center for World History. He received his PhD from Princeton University.