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Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Ibrahim Al-Marashi was one of the first professors at IE University, hired in 2008, and having taught for the Bachelor in Communication and the Masters in International Relations. 

Since 2017 he has been a visiting professor for the School of Politics, Economics, & Global Affairs, and in 2025 began teaching the course “The Big History of Ideas and Innovation” in the School of Science and Technology.  He primarily researches Middle East history and the history of technology. His publications include A Concise History of the Middle East, 13th edition (Routledge, 2024), The Modern History of Iraq, 4th edition (Routledge, 2017), and Iraq’s Armed Forces: An Analytical History (Routledge, 2008).

Academic Experience

  • Associate Professor, Department of History, California State University San Marcos (CSUSM), San Marcos, California, 2016-Present
  • Assistant Professor, CSUSM, San Marcos, California, 2011-2015
  • Assistant Professor of Contemporary History, IE University, Madrid, Spain, 2008-2011
  • Research and Teaching Fellow, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Arts & Social Sciences Faculty, Sabanci University, Istanbul, 2004-2006
  • School of Science and Technology, IE University (Madrid, Spain), 2025-Present 
  • Art History Program, Department of Visual Studies, University of California San Diego, 2024-Present
  • Department of Journalism & Media Studies, San Diego State University (SDSU), 2024-Present
  • Department of Political Science & International Relations, University of San Diego, 2024 
  • Summer School on Pandemics, University of Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2021 
  • School of Politics, Economics, & Global Affairs, IE University, Madrid, Spain, 2017-Present
  • Department of American Studies, Ivan Franko University, Lviv, Ukraine, 2016-2018
  • Department of International Relations, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy, 2016-Present 
  • History Program, Department of Humanities, John Cabot University (JCU), Rome, Italy, 2015-Present
  • Department of Communication, JCU, Rome, Italy, 2014-Present
  • Department of Political Science & International Affairs, JCU, Rome, 2013-Present
  • Department of History, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007 
  • Department of International Relations, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007 
  • Department of Peace & Conflict Studies Department, United Nations University for Peace, San Jose, Costa Rica, 2006
  • Department of International Policy Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA, 2002-2013

Corporate Experience

  • Academic Director, Center for the Global Gulf, San Diego, CA, 2025-Present 
  • Biodefense and Middle East Researcher, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA, 2002-2003 
  • Middle East Researcher, Child Soldiers International, London, 2000-2001

Academic Background

  • University of Oxford, St. Antony’s College, Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Modern History, 2004 
  • Georgetown University, MA, Arab Studies, 1998
  • University of California Los Angeles, BA, History, & BA, Near Eastern Studies (summa cum laude), 1995
Name
Ibrahim
Last name
Al-Marashi
Contact
ial-marashi@faculty.ie.edu