Middle Eastern Studies

Deren Ertas is a PhD Candidate in the joint History and Middle Eastern Studies program at Harvard University. She is currently completing her dissertation entitled “Geos and Empire: Mining, Labor, and Environment in the Ottoman Empire, 1720s-1820s.” Her...

Ida Beckett is currently a Master's student at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. She is interested in the history of early modern Istanbul and hopes to study the history of perceived and proscribed deviance and unbecoming behavior, from coffee...

• Regions: Atlantic World; Britain; Eastern Mediterranean; Egypt; England; Eurasia; Europe; Mediterranean; Middle East; Ottoman Empire
• Times: 17th to 18th centuries
• Themes: Economic History; History of Empire; Political History

Ellen Nye is an...

• Region: Europe; Middle East; Ottoman Empire
• Time: 16th Century; 17th Century; 18th Century
• Theme: Social History; History of Religion; Ottoman Literature; Poetry and Poetics

Gayane Ayvazyan entered the Joint PhD Program in History and Middle Eastern Studies in 2021. At Harvard, her aim is to analyze and explain the transformations of the interconnected networks and organization of Armenians within the Ottoman Empire, Safavid...

Francesco Anselmetti is a PhD candidate in the joint program in History and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. He holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and the American University of Beirut. His dissertation draws on archival work...

• Region: Ottoman Empire; Middle East; Eastern Mediterranean
• Time: 15^th Century; 16^th Century; 17^th Century; 18^th Century
• Theme: Cultural History; Social History; Urban History; Architectural History; Ottoman & Turkish Literature

Jordan Cannon...

• Region: Europe; Middle East; Mediterranean
• Time: 15th Century; 16th Century; 17th Century
• Theme: Cultural History; History of Science; History of the Book; Intellectual History