Nabil Matar holds the Samuel Russell Chair in the Humanities at the University of Minnesota. His most recent book is The United States through Arab Eyes, 1876–1914 (Edinburgh: UP, 2019). His forthcoming books are Mediterranean Captivity through Arab Eyes, 1517–1798 (Leiden: Brill, 2020), and Luther and the Papacy through Arab Eyes, 1517–1798 (London: Palgrave, 2022).