Maya Shatzmiller is a historian whose scholarship focusses on the
economic history
Economic history is the academic learning of economies or economic events of the past. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and i ...
of the
Muslim world
The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs and laws of Islam or to societies in which Islam is practiced. In ...
. She became a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2003. She received her PhD from the
University of Provence in 1973, and was a visiting scholar at the
Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States, is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholar ...
in 1992. Shatzmiller is a professor of history at the
University of Western Ontario
The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thames Ri ...
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Shatzmiller has critiqued the views of
Timur Kuran, arguing that his scholarship paints a negative picture of Islam but does not show why some Muslim countries experience economic difficulties.
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Profileat the
University of Western Ontario
The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thames Ri ...
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21st-century Canadian historians
20th-century Canadian historians
Canadian women historians
Economic historians
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars
University of Provence alumni
University of Western Ontario faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century Canadian women writers
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