Joel Gordon

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University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2023); University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1998); University of Nebraska at Omaha (1998–1999); University of Iowa (1988–2015); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1997); Franklin & Marshall College (1990–1995); Washington University in St. Louis (2022); Skidmore College (1989); Glasgow Royal Infirmary (1967); University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (1992); University of Colorado Health (1982–1984); Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (1967); Illinois CancerCare (2005); Horse Hospital (1994); French University of Egypt (1993); University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (1982); The Ohio State University (1994); University of Otago (2016–2025); Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (1984–1986); The University of Texas at Austin (1994); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (1984)

Faculty Researcher

24 h-index 140 pubs 2,021 cited

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Joel Gordon's research interests lie in the social and religious history of the ancient world, with a particular focus on Greco-Roman eschatological thought and its reception in ancient societies. His work explores the intersections of literature, such as Homeric epic, with landscape conceptualizations and cultural memory. Gordon also investigates the reception of classical mythology in contemporary media and contexts, examining how ancient socio-cultural phenomena interact with modern understandings of deities and heroes.

Complementing his work on reception studies, Gordon is interested in the reception of classical mythology within Aotearoa, New Zealand. This research specifically considers the intersection of classical traditions with Te ao Māori and explores the integration of Te Reo into ancient language acquisition pedagogies. His scholarship has resulted in a significant body of work, reflected in an h-index of 24 and over 2,000 citations across 141 publications. He is recognized as a high-impact, highly cited researcher and leads a research group.

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h-index: 24
Publications: 140
Citations: 2,021

Selected Publications

Palestina/Israel (2026)

Exilium Revista de Estudos da Contemporaneidade DOI OpenAlex
Egypt: Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo , by Yoram Meital (book review) (2025)

The Middle East Journal DOI OpenAlex
Iran: Revolution of Things: The Islamism and Post-Islamism of Objects in Tehran , by Kusha Sefat (book review) (2024)

The Middle East Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
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)

The Middle East Journal DOI OpenAlex
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)

Review of Middle East Studies DOI OpenAlex
No Exit: Arab Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre & Decolonization, written by Yoav Di-Capua (2019)

Journal of Arabic Literature DOI OpenAlex
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)

Review of Middle East Studies DOI OpenAlex
POP CULTURE ROUNDUP (2018)

International Journal Middle East Studies DOI OpenAlex
Viewing Backwards: Egyptian Historical Television Dramas in the 1990s (2018)

Review of Middle East Studies 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
ISIS: A History (2017)

The European Legacy DOI OpenAlex
Preaching Islamic Renewal: Religious Authority and Media in Contemporary Egypt (2017)

The European Legacy 27 citations DOI OpenAlex
<scp>Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt</scp>. 2016, Color, Available in two versions: Festival (82 minutes), Broadcast (56 minutes). In English. Director/Producer: Michal Goldman; Distributor: Icarus Films. (2016)

Review of Middle East Studies DOI OpenAlex
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)

International Journal Middle East Studies DOI OpenAlex
Three Tales of Obsession: Crosscutting Boundaries in Middle Eastern Film (2016)

History Compass 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
“Stuck with Him”: Bassem Youssef and the Egyptian Revolution’s Last Laugh (2014)

Review of Middle East Studies 13 citations DOI OpenAlex