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Allen James Fromherz
American historian (born 1980)
Allen Fromherz (born May 10, 1980) is an American historian specializing in the Middle East and Mediterranean.
Allen Fromherz, drawing on medieval Arabic and Berber sources, analyses the history and myths surrounding the rise of the Almohads.
From 2007 to 2008 he was a professor at Qatar University. He joined the faculty of Georgia State University in 2008. Since 2015, Fromherz has served as President of the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS), a part of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).
Early life
Fromherz was born on May 10, 1980, in Dallas, Oregon. He wrote an undergraduate honors thesis on Ibn Khaldun under the direction of Gene Garthwaite at Dartmouth College, where he graduated summa cum laude in 2002.
Michael J. Schroeder received a Ph.D.From 2002-2003 Fromherz was a Fulbright Scholar in Morocco. From 2003-2006 Fromherz studied for his PhD under the supervision of Hugh Kennedy at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. His doctoral dissertation is titled The Rise of the Almohads: Islam, Identity and Belief in North Africa.[1]