About Aaron Hagler

Aaron M. Hagler is an associate professor of history at Troy University.

NBN Episodes hosted by Aaron:

James E. Lindsay and Suleiman Mourad, "Muslim Sources of the Crusader Period: An Anthology" (Hackett, 2021)

August 4, 2021

Muslim Sources of the Crusader Period

James E. Lindsay and Suleiman Mourad
Hosted by Aaron Hagler

In the West, the study of the phenomenon known as the Crusades has long been dominated by European concerns: European periodization, European selectio…

Jeremy Pressman, "The Sword is Not Enough: Arabs, Israelis, and the Limits of Military Force" (Manchester UP, 2020)

January 7, 2021

The Sword is Not Enough

Jeremy Pressman
Hosted by Aaron Hagler

Jeremy Pressman is Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of Middle East Studies at the University of Connecticut. Jeremy is the a…

Farzaneh Hemmasi, "Tehrangeles Dreaming: Intimacy and Imagination in Southern California's Iranian Pop Music" (Duke UP, 2020)

October 12, 2020

Tehrangeles Dreaming

Farzaneh Hemmasi
Hosted by Aaron Hagler

Farzaneh is the author of Tehrangeles Dreaming: Intimacy and Imagination in Southern California's Iranian Pop Music (Duke UP, 2020). The title obvious…

Najam Haider, "The Rebel and the Imam in Early Islam" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

November 6, 2019

The Rebel and the Imam in Early Islam

Najam Haider
Hosted by Aaron Hagler

In the absence of any real certainty about the nature and intention of the early sources that tell us the story of the early Islamic period, how can w…

Michael Lower, "The Tunis Crusade of 1270: A Mediterranean History" (Oxford UP, 2018)

August 12, 2019

The Tunis Crusade of 1270

Michael Lower
Hosted by Aaron Hagler

Why was a Crusade that was initially meant for Syria end up in Tunis? How did the aspirations of the King of France and the Mamluk Sultan, the King of…

Mimi Hanaoka, "Authority and Identity in Medieval Islamic Historiography: Persian Histories from the Periphery" (Cambridge UP, 2017)

May 31, 2019

Authority and Identity in Medieval Islamic Historiography

Mimi Hanaoka
Hosted by Aaron Hagler

How do peripheral places assert the centrality of their identity? Why are fanciful events, like dreams and myths, useful narrative elements for identi…