Department of History

Dr. Malczycki earned his BA (History, 1997) from the University of Arkansas and his MA (Middle East Studies, 2001) and PhD (History 2006) from the University of Utah. Before joining the Department of History at AU, he worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations at the American University in Cairo (AUC) from 2005-8.

His research area is Arabic papyrology, which is the study of the oldest extant Arabic primary source documents. Most of his current research centers on religious texts such as fragments of the Quran and parts of hadith works. His current courses at AU are HIST 1010 (World History I), HIST 2130 (Survey of Middle East History), HIST 3970 Intro to Islamic History, and HIST 3970 (Crusade and Jihad in History). He will introduce new Middle East and Islam-related courses in the future.

• 1997 BA, University of Arkansas
• 2001 MA, Middle East Studies, University of Utah
• 2006 PhD, University of Utah

Articles

• "A Variant Version of the Qur'an, an Early Prayer Book, or a Careless Copyist? P.Utah.Atiya.Ar. 342," in Documents and the History of the Early Islamic World, eds. Petra Sijpesteijn and Lennart Sundelin (Leiden: E. J. Brill, forthcoming).
• "A Page from An Aspiring Muhahit's Personal Notes" in Documents et histoire Islam VIIe-XVIe siècle, ed. Anne Regourd (Paris: Musée du Louvre/École Pratique des Hautes Études, forthcoming).

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