My Favourite Historian

I would have to say that my favourite historian would have to Edward Said. I looked at his work Orientalism for one of my gender history classes in undergrad and really found his perspective on post-colonialism really interesting and noteworthy. Said's perspective on the prejudicial attitudes that the West has had of the Middle East in the past brings to light the other false assumptions that the West has today of the same region. I am also really fascinated the way that Said amalgamates cultural notions, as well as political and social perspectives in Orientalism. These multifaceted perspectives on one subject area added depth and breadth to his arguments. Said allows his readers to truly look back and re-analyze the consequences and aftermath of Western colonization of not only the Middle East, but of other colonized regions of the world.