Abraham Labe Udovitch (born 31 May 1933) is Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East, Emeritus, and Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, both at

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Early life

Abraham Labe Udovitch was born in

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, Canada, in 1933. He received his B.S. from

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in 1958 and his M.A. in 1959. He received his Ph.D. from

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in 1965.

Career

Udovitch taught at

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and at

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before joining Princeton University in 1968. He is Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization, in the Near East, Emeritus, and Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, both at Princeton.Abraham Udovitch.
Department of Near Eastern Studies. Princeton University. Retrieved 25 November 2015. The former chair is funded by the Khedouri Zilkha Fund for the Study of the History of Jewish Civilization in the Near East established by

Ezra Zilkha Ezra Khedouri Zilkha (July 31, 1925 – October 2, 2019) was an American financier and philanthropist. Early life Ezra Zilkha was born on July 31, 1925, in Baghdad, the son of the banker Khedouri Zilkha. He grew up in Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo, an ...

in memory of his father Khedouri Zilkha. He is co-editor of the journal '' Studia Islamica'' and was associate editor of the ''

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'', prepared for the

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. Since 1978, he has been a member of the Executive Committee of the ''

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''. Udovitch is a member of the World Executive Committee of the International Center for Peace in the Middle East. In 2010, Brill published ''Histories of the Middle East: Studies in Middle Eastern society, economy and law in honor of A.L. Udovitch'', edited by Roxani Eleni Margariti, Adam Sabra, and Petra M. Sijpesteijn.Histories of the Middle East.
Brill. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

Selected publications

* ''Partnership and profit in medieval Islam''. Princeton, 1970. * ''The Middle East: Oil, conflict and hope''. Lexington, 1976. (Editor) * ''The Islamic middle east, 700-1900: Studies in economic and social history''. Princeton, 1981. (Editor) * ''The last Arab Jews: The communities of Jerba, Tunisia''. New York, 1984. (Editor with

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) * ''The Islamic world from classical to modern times: Essays in honor of Bernard Lewis''. Princeton, 1988. (Editor)

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*http://www.wrmea.org/2005-march/new-york-city-and-tri-state-news-princeton-professors-ponder-post-arafat-prospects-for-peace.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Udovitch, Abraham 1933 births Living people People from Winnipeg Yale University alumni Columbia University alumni Princeton University faculty Cornell University faculty Brandeis University faculty Canadian expatriate academics in the United States

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