# Ellen M. Nye The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies person email laptop\_windows [University Website](https://academy.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/ellen-m-nye) - 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 historian of early modern trade, money, and empire. Her current book project, *Empires of Obligation: Monetary Governance in a Globalizing World*, examines the relationship between interstate private credit and domestic public finance in early modern England and the Ottoman Empire. She is an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. - ## People: Department Search [The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies](/people-department-search/harvard-academy-international-and-area-studies) [History](/people-department-search/history) [Middle Eastern Studies](/people-department-search/middle-eastern-studies) - ## People: Filtered Search [Visitors and Associates](/people-filtered-search/visitors-and-associates) - ## People: Theme Search [Economic History](/people-theme-search/economic-history) [History of Empire](/people-theme-search/history-empire) [Political History](/people-theme-search/political-history) - ## People: Region Search [Atlantic World](/people-region-search/atlantic-world) [Britain](/people-region-search/britain) [Eastern Mediterranean](/people-region-search/eastern-mediterranean) [Egypt](/people-region-search/egypt) [England](/people-region-search/england) [Eurasia](/people-region-search/eurasia) [Europe](/people-region-search/europe) [Mediterranean](/people-region-search/mediterranean) [Middle East](/people-region-search/middle-east) [Ottoman Empire](/people-region-search/ottoman-empire) - ## People: Time Period Search [17th Century](/people-time-period-search/17th-century) [18th Century](/people-time-period-search/18th-century)