Omar Cheta عمر شتا
@omarcheta.bsky.social
Historian • Alexandria/Syracuse • "How Commerce Became Legal" (Stanford UP, 2025)
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*How Commerce Became Legal* is finally out with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped along the way.
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(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
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(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
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Historians and legal scholars: please submit your articles for the Burbank Global Legal History prize! Any article published in 2025 is eligible. The deadline is June 1.
I am chairing the committee this year so reach out with any questions!
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I am chairing the committee this year so reach out with any questions!
aslh.net/award/jane-b...
Jane Burbank Global Legal History Article Prize | American Society for Legal History
The Jane Burbank Article Prize in global legal history will be awarded annually to the best article in regional, global, imperial, comparative, or transnational legal history published in the previous...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Historians and legal scholars: please submit your articles for the Burbank Global Legal History prize! Any article published in 2025 is eligible. The deadline is June 1.
I am chairing the committee this year so reach out with any questions!
aslh.net/award/jane-b...
I am chairing the committee this year so reach out with any questions!
aslh.net/award/jane-b...
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Grateful to @nfyahaya.bsky.social for agreeing to read 'How Commerce Became Legal,' and excited to discuss it with her as part of #ASLH Making Connections: New Works in Legal History on January 21 via Zoom.
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I'll be in conversation with @omarcheta.bsky.social on his wonderful new book 'How Commerce Became Legal' (Stanford UP) on January 21st over Zoom. RSVP to attend.
January 21: ASLH Making Connections: New Works in Legal History Series Event: Cheta / Yahaya
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January 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Grateful to @nfyahaya.bsky.social for agreeing to read 'How Commerce Became Legal,' and excited to discuss it with her as part of #ASLH Making Connections: New Works in Legal History on January 21 via Zoom.
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Grateful to @nfyahaya.bsky.social for agreeing to read 'How Commerce Became Legal,' and excited to discuss it with her as part of #ASLH Making Connections: New Works in Legal History on January 21 via Zoom.
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I'll be in conversation with @omarcheta.bsky.social on his wonderful new book 'How Commerce Became Legal' (Stanford UP) on January 21st over Zoom. RSVP to attend.
January 21: ASLH Making Connections: New Works in Legal History Series Event: Cheta / Yahaya
mailchi.mp
January 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Grateful to @nfyahaya.bsky.social for agreeing to read 'How Commerce Became Legal,' and excited to discuss it with her as part of #ASLH Making Connections: New Works in Legal History on January 21 via Zoom.
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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When Egypt's markets opened to private capital in the 1840s, a new infrastructure of commercial laws & institutions emerged. How Commerce Became Legal by @omarcheta.bsky.social considers how modern laws redefined the commercial sphere, shaping a mode of market governance
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September 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When Egypt's markets opened to private capital in the 1840s, a new infrastructure of commercial laws & institutions emerged. How Commerce Became Legal by @omarcheta.bsky.social considers how modern laws redefined the commercial sphere, shaping a mode of market governance
www.sup.org/books/middle...
www.sup.org/books/middle...
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The Histories of Capitalism and Race series
@soasuni.bsky.social is back with a stellar line-up! Join us for exciting book discussions with @esmat.bsky.social, Catherine Hall, @omarcheta.bsky.social, Nicky Falkof, Tithi Bhattacharya, Françoise Verges, and Hafsa Kanjwal.
@soasuni.bsky.social is back with a stellar line-up! Join us for exciting book discussions with @esmat.bsky.social, Catherine Hall, @omarcheta.bsky.social, Nicky Falkof, Tithi Bhattacharya, Françoise Verges, and Hafsa Kanjwal.
September 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The Histories of Capitalism and Race series
@soasuni.bsky.social is back with a stellar line-up! Join us for exciting book discussions with @esmat.bsky.social, Catherine Hall, @omarcheta.bsky.social, Nicky Falkof, Tithi Bhattacharya, Françoise Verges, and Hafsa Kanjwal.
@soasuni.bsky.social is back with a stellar line-up! Join us for exciting book discussions with @esmat.bsky.social, Catherine Hall, @omarcheta.bsky.social, Nicky Falkof, Tithi Bhattacharya, Françoise Verges, and Hafsa Kanjwal.
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*How Commerce Became Legal* is finally out with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped along the way.
www.sup.org/books/middle...
(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
www.sup.org/books/middle...
(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
September 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
*How Commerce Became Legal* is finally out with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped along the way.
www.sup.org/books/middle...
(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
www.sup.org/books/middle...
(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
*How Commerce Became Legal* is finally out with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped along the way.
www.sup.org/books/middle...
(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
www.sup.org/books/middle...
(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
September 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
*How Commerce Became Legal* is finally out with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped along the way.
www.sup.org/books/middle...
(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
www.sup.org/books/middle...
(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
April 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My review of Aaron Jakes's outstanding and ambitious book, "Egypt's Occupation." doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...
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Aaron G. Jakes. Egypt’s Occupation: Colonial Economism and the Crises of Capitalism.
New historical scholarship usually aims to fill historiographical gaps and revise widely held assumptions about the past. Aaron G. Jakes’s Egypt’s Occupati
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March 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My review of Aaron Jakes's outstanding and ambitious book, "Egypt's Occupation." doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...
@aaronjakes.bsky.social
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
@aaronjakes.bsky.social
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Beth Baron and Jeffrey Culang edited an important book. It features studies by some of the best scholars of Egyptian history, including Kathryn Schwartz, who left our world too soon. Her chapter on al-Waqa’i’ al-Misriyya is a testament to her brilliance. May her scholarship keep her memory alive.
March 8, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Beth Baron and Jeffrey Culang edited an important book. It features studies by some of the best scholars of Egyptian history, including Kathryn Schwartz, who left our world too soon. Her chapter on al-Waqa’i’ al-Misriyya is a testament to her brilliance. May her scholarship keep her memory alive.