Elizabeth Perego

Elizabeth Perego is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Appalachian State University, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on cultural history in the modern Middle East and Africa, particularly Algeria’s Maghreb region, emphasizing intersections of gender, politics, and culture. She teaches courses on Islamic, Middle Eastern, and North African histories, employing an active learning approach that engages students with historical artifacts and diverse regional scholarship.

Her work critically examines methodologies for recovering historical narratives, with a focus on humor’s role in political and social contexts, including Algeria’s Hirak movement and its civil war periods. Key themes include colonial legacies, gender dynamics, and memory studies. She advocates for inclusive pedagogy that highlights marginalized voices and fosters historical thinking in contemporary global contexts.

Perego’s research outputs analyze humor as a sociopolitical tool during conflict, colonial-era gender politics, and omissions in cultural heritage representations. Her studies span from the interwar period to postcolonial Algeria, reflecting a commitment to interdisciplinary historical inquiry.