James L. Gelvin | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 12, 1951 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA, MA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Sub-discipline | History of the Middle East |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
James L. Gelvin (born February 12, 1951) is an American scholar of Middle Eastern history.[1] He has been a faculty member in the department of history at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) since 1995 and has written extensively on the history of the modern Middle East, with particular emphasis on nationalism and the social and cultural history of the modern Middle East.