Joel Gordon
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Also affiliated: University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1998); University of Nebraska at Omaha (1998–1999); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1997); Franklin & Marshall College (1990–1995); Skidmore College (1989); University of Otago (2016)
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Joel Gordon's research interests encompass the social and religious history of the ancient world, with a particular focus on Greco-Roman eschatological thought. His work examines how these concepts were understood within ancient societies, often at the intersections of literature, landscape, and memory. Gordon has published on topics including the development of these ideas in Homeric epic, shifting conceptualizations of geography and topography related to deathscapes, and the role of cultural and collective memory.
Complementing his historical research, Gordon investigates reception studies, analyzing how ancient societies and their concepts engage with modern media. This includes exploring the interaction of socio-cultural phenomena with evolving understandings of deities and heroes. He is also interested in the reception of classical mythology within Aotearoa, New Zealand, specifically its connections with Te ao Māori, and the integration of Te Reo into ancient language acquisition pedagogies.
Gordon holds a PhD from the University of Otago and possesses a broad academic background, including degrees in Theology, Classics, and Music. He is recognized as a highly cited researcher with 140 publications and 2,025 citations, and leads a research group. His scholarly metrics include an h-index of 24.
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- h-index: 9
- Publications: 83
- Citations: 589
Selected Publications
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Palestina/Israel (2026)
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Egypt: Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo , by Yoram Meital (book review) (2025)
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Iran: Revolution of Things: The Islamism and Post-Islamism of Objects in Tehran , by Kusha Sefat (book review) (2024)
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Egypt: The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: Legacies and Consequences of the Fight for Independence , edited by H. A. Hellyer and Robert Springborg and Egypt 1919: The Revolution in Literature and Film, by Dina Heshmat (2024)
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Middle East Update (2021)Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science OpenAlex
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Dancing with the Pharaohs/Egypt's Modern Pharaohs: Nasser (Egypt). 2013. Color, Black and White, 58 min. In Arabic and English with English subtitles. Director: Jihan el-Tahri. Distributor: Films Media Group, https://www.films.com/ecTitleDetail.aspx?TitleID=121782./Egypt's Modern Pharaohs: Sadat (Egypt). 2013. Color, Black and White, 57 min. In Arabic and English with English subtitles. Director: Jihan el-Tahri. Distributor: Films Media Group, https://www.films.com/ecTitleDetail.aspx?TitleID=121783./Egypt's Modern Pharaohs: Mubarak (Egypt). 2015. Color, Black and White, 60 min. In Arabic and English with English subtitles. Director: Jihan el-Tahri. Distributor: Films Media Group, https://www.films.com/ecTitleDetail.aspx?TitleID=121784. (2019)
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No Exit: Arab Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre & Decolonization, written by Yoav Di-Capua (2019)
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Zeinab Abul-Magd. Militarizing the Nation: The Army, Business, and Revolution in Egypt (New York: Columbia University Press, 2017). Pp. 336. $60.00 cloth. ISBN 9780231170628. (2018)
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POP CULTURE ROUNDUP (2018)
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Viewing Backwards: Egyptian Historical Television Dramas in the 1990s (2018)
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ISIS: A History (2017)
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Preaching Islamic Renewal: Religious Authority and Media in Contemporary Egypt (2017)
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Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt . 2016, Color, Available in two versions: Festival (82 minutes), Broadcast (56 minutes). In English. Director/Producer: Michal Goldman; Distributor: Icarus Films. (2016)
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Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman, eds., Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema (Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press, 2014). Pp. 282. $29.99 paper. ISBN: 9780814339374 (2016)
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Three Tales of Obsession: Crosscutting Boundaries in Middle Eastern Film (2016)
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