Sana Tannoury-Karam
Biographic Data
| ID | 6713337 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sana Tannoury-Karam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sana |
| FAMILY NAME | Tannoury-Karam |
| SIGNATURE | TANNOURY-KARAM S |
| AFFILIATIONS | EUME, Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin, Germany |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9262-523X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Cornerstone for Building a New World: The Soviet Union and the Futurity of Leftist Arab Intellectuals, 1920–1948
For a generation of Arab leftist intellectuals active during the interwar years, particularly during World War Two, the Soviet Union represented a ‘miraculous’ case of modernization, a success story of a country that managed to rapidly modernize and even exceed the levels of progress and sophistication of Western nations. Its trajectory since 1917 represented a model for progress achieved through socialism and internationalism. Standing firmly ag…
On the Vulnerability of Memory and the Power of Storytelling, or How My Grandmothers Made Me a Historian
The deaths of both my grandmothers, at different intervals, created for me a crisis of memory. While one grandmother died before I could preserve enough memories of her, the other died following a long battle against memory loss. As I reflect upon memory, particularly as a matrilineal inheritance, I also ask what else do we inherit as women from our grandmothers and mothers. We inherit the stories along with the illnesses. We inherit trauma as we…
The League Against Imperialism: Lives and Afterlives
The League Against Imperialism: Lives and Afterlives explores the dramatic and engaging story of a global institution that brought together activists across geographical and political borders for the goal of eradicating colonial rule worldwide. The League against Imperialism (LAI) attracted anticolonial activists like India’s Jawaharlal Nehru, Indonesia’s Sukarno, and Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta, as well as prominent figures such as Albert Einstein, Er…
A Cornerstone for Building a New World: The Soviet Union and the Futurity of Leftist Arab Intellectuals, 1920–1948
For a generation of Arab leftist intellectuals active during the interwar years, particularly during World War Two, the Soviet Union represented a ‘miraculous’ case of modernization, a success story of a country that managed to rapidly modernize and even exceed the levels of progress and sophistication of Western nations. Its trajectory since 1917 represented a model for progress achieved through socialism and internationalism. Standing firmly ag…
The League Against Imperialism: Lives and Afterlives
The League Against Imperialism: Lives and Afterlives explores the dramatic and engaging story of a global institution that brought together activists across geographical and political borders for the goal of eradicating colonial rule worldwide. The League against Imperialism (LAI) attracted anticolonial activists like India’s Jawaharlal Nehru, Indonesia’s Sukarno, and Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta, as well as prominent figures such as Albert Einstein, Er…
On the Vulnerability of Memory and the Power of Storytelling, or How My Grandmothers Made Me a Historian
The deaths of both my grandmothers, at different intervals, created for me a crisis of memory. While one grandmother died before I could preserve enough memories of her, the other died following a long battle against memory loss. As I reflect upon memory, particularly as a matrilineal inheritance, I also ask what else do we inherit as women from our grandmothers and mothers. We inherit the stories along with the illnesses. We inherit trauma as we…
A Cornerstone for Building a New World: The Soviet Union and the Futurity of Leftist Arab Intellectuals, 1920–1948
For a generation of Arab leftist intellectuals active during the interwar years, particularly during World War Two, the Soviet Union represented a ‘miraculous’ case of modernization, a success story of a country that managed to rapidly modernize and even exceed the levels of progress and sophistication of Western nations. Its trajectory since 1917 represented a model for progress achieved through socialism and internationalism. Standing firmly ag…
History (3 works) · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Anti-imperialist movements (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)