Marie Grace Brown
Ph.D. Student
brownma@sas.upenn.edu
Education
A.B., Bryn Mawr College (2004)
Research Interests
Representations of women in 19th/20th Egypt and the Sudan; Nationalism and citizenship; Orientalism and Western encounters with the Middle East; Feminist movements in Egypt and the Sudan
Personal Statement
Entering my third year at Penn, I still have a strong affection for the department and my peers. This year promises to be eventful; I am teaching (History of the Modern Middle East Since 1800) and preparing for my exams in the spring. I've combined most of my research interests in a project which examines how leaders of the Sudanese women's movement created a national costume to symbolize women's dual connections to Sudan's cultural past as well as the newly developing nation. I will be presenting my research at the 2008 MESA Conference in Washington, DC.
