Philip Hoffman

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Philip Hoffman

Philip Hoffman

Graduate Student

Email: phoffman1@g.ucla.edu

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Biography

Philip Hoffman is a third-year PhD student, researching the framing of land reform in twentieth-century Syria. Before coming to UCLA, he worked as a researcher in support of humanitarian aid programs in Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq.

Current/Former HGSA Member

Field of Study

Middle East

Subfield

Modern Middle East (20th Century Syria)

Publications

  • “Skewed Recovery: Minority Assistance Programs to Iraq in Historical Perspective”, Luskin Center for History and Policy, June 2021.
  • “The Syrian Political Opposition’s Path to Irrelevance”, Carnegie Middle East Center, May 2020.

Awards & Grants

  • Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)- Turkish Language Award
  • Fulbright Fellowship, Amman, Jordan

Advisor(s)

James Gelvin

Degrees

  • MA, History, University of California, Los Angeles
  • BA, Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic Language, Tufts University