Jere L. Bacharach (November 18, 1938 – April 9, 2023) was a

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, in the Department of History,

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, Seattle, Washington.

Academia

Born in New York, Bacharach attended

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, receiving his B.A. in 1960,

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receiving his M.A. in 1962, and the

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where he received his Ph.D. in 1967. He was a member of the University of Washington faculty from 1967-2023 having officially retired in 2004 although he taught his last class in the fall term, 2007. While a member of the University of Washington faculty, Bacharach served as Chair, Department of History; Director, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies; and Interim Chair, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization. He has also been President,

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, President, Middle East Medievalists (twice), and President,

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. He has served in Cairo as Interim Director,

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and has held numerous other positions in various professional organizations.

Publications

His publications have ranged from the architecture of power in the Islamic world to the use of African slaves in military Muslim armies. His primary work has been in the field of Islamic

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where he has published numerous articles on fifteenth century Circassian monetary developments and tenth century

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coinage. The latter appeared as “Islamic History through Coins” airo: AUC Press, 2006 which was the co-winner of the 2007

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of the Royal Numismatic Society of Great Britain for the best book in Islamic numismatics during the preceding two years.

Awards

Bacharach has twice been a Samir Shamma Fellow at the

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, Oxford and at St. Cross College, Oxford University and in 2008 received a

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Emeritus Fellowship.

Death

Jere L. Bacharach died on April 9,2023.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bacharach, Jere L. 1938 births 2023 deaths Educators from New York City Harvard University alumni University of Michigan alumni University of Washington faculty American Islamic studies scholars American medievalists American numismatists Historians from New York (state) Trinity College (Connecticut) alumni American expatriates in Egypt