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'''Philip S. Khoury''' (born October 15, 1949) is Ford International Professor of History and Associate Provost at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).<ref>[http://web.mit.edu/khoury/www/khoury.htm Mit - Khoury]</ref> He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the [[American University of Beirut]].<ref>[http://www.aub.edu.lb/main/about/Pages/bot.aspx List of trustees of the American University of Beirut]</ref>
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'''Philip S. Khoury''' (born October 15, 1949) is Ford International Professor of History and Vice Provost at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]].<ref>[http://web.mit.edu/khoury/www/khoury.htm Mit - Khoury]</ref> He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the [[American University of Beirut]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/main/about/Pages/bot.aspx |title=List of trustees of the American University of Beirut |access-date=2011-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125085658/http://www.aub.edu.lb/main/about/Pages/bot.aspx |archive-date=2010-11-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
Khoury was born on October 15, 1949, in Washington, D.C. the son of Shukry E. Khoury, a naturalized American lawyer, and [[Angela Jurdak Khoury]], a Lebanese diplomat and educator. He was educated at the [[Sidwell Friends School]] (1953–1967) in Washington and then at the [[American University of Beirut]], [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] (BA, 1971), and [[Harvard University]] (PhD, 1980). In 1981, he joined MIT as an assistant professor of history, rising to the rank of professor.
Khoury was born on October 15, 1949, in Washington, D.C. the son of Shukry E. Khoury, a naturalized American lawyer, and [[Angela Jurdak Khoury]], a [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] diplomat and educator. He was educated at the [[Sidwell Friends School]] (1953–1967) in Washington and then at the [[American University of Beirut]], [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] (BA, 1971), and [[Harvard University]] (PhD, 1980). In 1981, he joined [[MIT]] as an assistant professor of history, rising to the rank of professor.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}


From 1991-2006, Khoury served as Dean of the [[MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences]]. During his deanship, he helped to maintain the national leadership of his school's doctoral programs, {{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} introduced new master's programs in Comparative Media Studies and Science Writing, expanded its international studies faculty and programs, and raised considerable new endowment.,{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} In 2002, he was appointed the first Kenan Sahin Dean of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT. He left the dean's office in 2006 to become Associate Provost responsible for overseeing MIT’s non-curricular arts programs and initiatives, including the [[MIT Museum]] and the [[List Visual Arts Center]], strategic planning for international education and research, the promotion of the public understanding of science and technology, and the [[OpenCourseWare]] Publishing Initiative.
From 1991-2006, Khoury served as Dean of the [[MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences]]. During his deanship, he helped to maintain the national leadership of his school's doctoral programs, introduced new master's programs in Comparative Media Studies and Science Writing, expanded its international studies faculty and programs, and raised considerable new endowment. In 2002, he was appointed the first Kenan Sahin Dean of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT. He left the dean's office in 2006 to become Vice Provost responsible for overseeing MIT’s non-curricular arts programs and initiatives, including the [[MIT Museum]] and the [[List Visual Arts Center]], strategic planning for international education and research, the promotion of the public understanding of science and technology, and the [[OpenCourseWare]] Publishing Initiative.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}


Khoury established in 1985, and has chaired ever since, the [[Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar]], an MIT forum focused on contemporary Middle Eastern affairs. He also co-founded in 1986 and chaired until 2006, the John E. Burchard Scholars Program, MIT's undergraduate society of fellows in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.,{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}}
Khoury established in 1985, and has chaired ever since, the [[Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar]], an MIT forum focused on contemporary Middle Eastern affairs. He also co-founded in 1986 and chaired until 2006, the John E. Burchard Scholars Program, MIT's undergraduate society of fellows in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}


Khoury has been awarded fellowships from the [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright-Hays Foundation]], [[Social Science Research Council]], [[Andrew W. Mellon Foundation]], [[Aspen Institute|Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies]], and [[Thomas J. Watson Fellowship|Thomas J. Watson Foundation]]. He has been a Visiting Associate of [[St. Antony's College]] in the [[University of Oxford]] and a Faculty Associate of Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. He has received the Distinguished Alumni Medal of the [[American University of Beirut]] and the Alumni Medal of Excellence of [[Trinity College, Hartford|Trinity College]].
Khoury has been awarded fellowships from the [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright-Hays Foundation]], [[Social Science Research Council]], [[Andrew W. Mellon Foundation]], [[Aspen Institute|Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies]], and [[Thomas J. Watson Fellowship|Thomas J. Watson Foundation]]. He has been a Visiting Associate of [[St. Antony's College]] in the [[University of Oxford]] and a Faculty Associate of Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. He has received the Distinguished Alumni Medal of the [[American University of Beirut]], the Alumni Medal of Excellence of [[Trinity College, Hartford|Trinity College]], and the Distinguished Alumni Award of the [[Sidwell Friends School]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}


== Honors ==
== Honors ==
*1987; [[George Louis Beer Prize]] of the [[American Historical Association]]
*1987; [[George Louis Beer Prize]] of the [[American Historical Association]], ''Syria and the French Mandate''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/past-recipients/george-louis-beer-prize-recipients |title=George Louis Beer Prize Recipients |publisher=[[American Historical Association]] |author= |date= |accessdate=December 24, 2017}}</ref>
*1998; elected President of the [[Middle East Studies Association]] (MESA)<ref>[http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/Bulletin/Pres%20Addresses/khoury.htm MESA 1998 Presidential Address]</ref>
*1998; elected President of the [[Middle East Studies Association]] (MESA)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/Bulletin/Pres%20Addresses/khoury.htm |title=MESA 1998 Presidential Address |access-date=2007-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050318105725/http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/Bulletin/Pres%20Addresses/khoury.htm |archive-date=2005-03-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2002; elected Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>[http://www.amacad.org/news/induct2002release.aspx 2002 American Academy Inductions]</ref>
*2002; elected Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amacad.org/news/induct2002release.aspx |title=2002 American Academy Inductions |access-date=2007-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426190927/http://www.amacad.org/news/induct2002release.aspx |archive-date=2012-04-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2008; elected Fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]
*2008; elected Fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]
*2016; Honorary Degree, [[Universidad EARTH]]
*2021; Honorary Degree, [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]]


==Other positions==
==Other positions==


*Chairman of [[The World Peace Foundation]],<ref>[http://www.worldpeacefoundation.org/ The World Peace Foundation: Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 2004-- (Trustee since 1999)
*Chairman, Board of Trustees, [[World Peace Foundation]],<ref>[http://www.worldpeacefoundation.org/The World Peace Foundation: Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 2004-15 (Trustee, 1999-2018)
*Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the [[American University of Beirut]],<ref>[http://www.aub.edu.lb/about/bot.html American University of Beirut; Board of Trustees]</ref> July 2009-- (Trustee since 1997)
*Chairman, Board of Trustees, [[American University of Beirut]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aub.edu.lb/about/bot.html |title=American University of Beirut; Board of Trustees |access-date=2007-09-03 |archive-date=2008-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327061033/http://www.aub.edu.lb/about/bot.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> July 2009-- (Trustee since 1997)
*Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] (Hartford CT),<ref>[http://www.trincoll.edu/AboutTrinity/leadership/trustees.htm Trinity College; College Leadership]</ref> 2007-- (Trustee since 2000)
*Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] (Hartford CT),<ref>[http://www.trincoll.edu/AboutTrinity/leadership/trustees.htm Trinity College; College Leadership]</ref> 2007-- (Trustee, 2000-2019)
*Trustee, [[Underwriters Laboratories]], 2018--
Khoury is also a trustee and/or member of:
*the Toynbee Prize Foundation, 1997--
*Trustee, [[Toynbee Prize Foundation]], 1997-2019
*the [[National Humanities Center]] in Research Triangle Park, [[North Carolina]].,<ref>[http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/about/trustees.htm National Humanities Center; Trustees of the Center]</ref> 2007--
*Trustee, [[National Humanities Center]].,<ref>[http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/about/trustees.htm National Humanities Center; Trustees of the Center]</ref> 2007-2019
*Board of Overseers of [[Koç University]] in Istanbul, Turkey.,<ref>[http://www.ku.edu.tr/ku/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=998 Koç University; Board of Overseers]</ref> 2006--
*Board of Overseers, [[Koç University]]<ref>[http://www.ku.edu.tr/ku/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=998 Koç University; Board of Overseers]</ref> 2006--
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*Trustee, [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], 2006-2009.
*Academic Research Council, [[Singapore]], 2008--
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*the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], 2006-2009.
*Director of the [[Harvard Cooperative Society]], 1998-2003.


== Publications (partial list) ==
== Publications (partial list) ==
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Latest revision as of 00:39, 25 November 2023

Philip S. Khoury
Born(1949-10-15)October 15, 1949
Washington, D.C.
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationAmerican University of Beirut
Trinity College (BA, 1971)
Harvard University (Ph.D. 1980)
OccupationProfessor
Known forFord International Professor of History and Vice Provost at MIT, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at AUB

Philip S. Khoury (born October 15, 1949) is Ford International Professor of History and Vice Provost at MIT.[1] He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Beirut.[2]

Life[edit]

Khoury was born on October 15, 1949, in Washington, D.C. the son of Shukry E. Khoury, a naturalized American lawyer, and Angela Jurdak Khoury, a Lebanese diplomat and educator. He was educated at the Sidwell Friends School (1953–1967) in Washington and then at the American University of Beirut, Trinity College (BA, 1971), and Harvard University (PhD, 1980). In 1981, he joined MIT as an assistant professor of history, rising to the rank of professor.[citation needed]

From 1991-2006, Khoury served as Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. During his deanship, he helped to maintain the national leadership of his school's doctoral programs, introduced new master's programs in Comparative Media Studies and Science Writing, expanded its international studies faculty and programs, and raised considerable new endowment. In 2002, he was appointed the first Kenan Sahin Dean of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT. He left the dean's office in 2006 to become Vice Provost responsible for overseeing MIT’s non-curricular arts programs and initiatives, including the MIT Museum and the List Visual Arts Center, strategic planning for international education and research, the promotion of the public understanding of science and technology, and the OpenCourseWare Publishing Initiative.[citation needed]

Khoury established in 1985, and has chaired ever since, the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar, an MIT forum focused on contemporary Middle Eastern affairs. He also co-founded in 1986 and chaired until 2006, the John E. Burchard Scholars Program, MIT's undergraduate society of fellows in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.[citation needed]

Khoury has been awarded fellowships from the Fulbright-Hays Foundation, Social Science Research Council, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, and Thomas J. Watson Foundation. He has been a Visiting Associate of St. Antony's College in the University of Oxford and a Faculty Associate of Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. He has received the Distinguished Alumni Medal of the American University of Beirut, the Alumni Medal of Excellence of Trinity College, and the Distinguished Alumni Award of the Sidwell Friends School.[citation needed]

Honors[edit]

Other positions[edit]

Publications (partial list)[edit]

  • Urban Notables and Arab Nationalism (Cambridge University Press, 1983, 2003) ISBN 0-521-53323-6;
  • Syria and the French Mandate (Princeton University Press, 1987), ISBN 0-691-05486-X, received the George Louis Beer Prize [11] of the American Historical Association.

Khoury is co-editor of:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mit - Khoury
  2. ^ "List of trustees of the American University of Beirut". Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  3. ^ "George Louis Beer Prize Recipients". American Historical Association. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  4. ^ "MESA 1998 Presidential Address". Archived from the original on 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
  5. ^ "2002 American Academy Inductions". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
  6. ^ World Peace Foundation: Home
  7. ^ "American University of Beirut; Board of Trustees". Archived from the original on 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  8. ^ Trinity College; College Leadership
  9. ^ National Humanities Center; Trustees of the Center
  10. ^ Koç University; Board of Overseers
  11. ^ George Louis Beer Prize Recipients
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