- History of Religion and of Irreligion
- Historiography
- Late Antique Religious, Symbolic and Imperial Transitions
- The Muslim East Mediterranean from Late Antiquity to the Present
Ottoman and Middle Eastern studies at CEU focus on the social, cultural, gender, religious and intellectual history. Ottoman Studies courses range from the beginning of the empire to the emergence of the modern Turkish Republic, while Middle Eastern Studies cover the history from late antiquity to the configuration of the modern Middle East. Faculty study themes ranging from diplomatic history, religious politics and inter-communal relations, intellectual history and literature, social and political history, material culture and cultural heritage, comparative imperial structures and systems, migration, and gender dynamics. Complementary departmental expertise in Byzantine, Islamic and modern Balkan history, as well as in the history of the Romanov and Habsburg empires, enables students to pursue inquiries in both longue durée and trans-imperial perspectives.
Aziz Al-Azmeh (Emeritus)
Jan Hennings
- Early Modern Europe
- Muscovy and Imperial Russia
- History of Diplomacy and International Relations
- Russian-Ottoman Relations
- Travel Literature and Cultural Encounters
M. Brett Wilson
- Modernism
- Print Culture
- Islamic Studies
- State Relations with Religious Institutions
Nadia Al-Bagdadi
- Modern Arab and Middle Eastern Intellectual and Cultural History (18th -21st Centuries)
- Islamic Studies
- Gender in Arab and Mediterranean Studies in Comparative Perspective
- Global and Regional History
Robyn Dora Radway
- Habsburg Studies
- Early Modern Europe and the Ottomans
- History of Art and Material Culture
Tijana Krstić
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Early Modern Ottoman Social, Cultural and Intellectual History
- Religious Politics and Intercommunal Relations in Early Modern Eurasian Empires
- Islamic Studies
- Eastern Christian Studies
- Manuscript Studies
Tolga U. Esmer
- Crime, Corruption, and Imperial Governance
- Inter- and Intra-Confessional Relations and Nation-State Formation
- The Ottoman World and its Successor States
Hakan Yerebakan
- History of Humor
- Ottoman Elites
- History of Emotions
Mariya Kiprovska
- Frontier Elites
- Ottoman Policy Making
- State Formations
Muhammet Mazı
- Diplomatic History
Jack Wilson
- Mongol Empire and its Successor States
- History of the Eurasian Steppe
- Medieval Climate History
János Galamb
- Islamicate manuscript cultures
- Religiosity in the Ottoman Empire
- Early modern History
Jonas Czaika
- Intercultural Encounters: Europe and the World
- Muslims and Christians: the Mediterranean and Beyond
- Diplomacy, Conquest, and Empire in the Early Modern World
MA Students
As well as PhDs, our MA students study and publish in their chosen research fields. Click on the image above for a list of MA students working in the field of the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East.
Crisis and Renewal in the Late Ottoman World
Decentering EurAsian Empires and Geographies 1200s to the present (LAMS)
Ottoman Hungary
The Ottoman Empire, Islam, and the Republic of Letters (LAMS)
The Qur'an: History, Object, Text
Contested Conversions to Islam: Narratives of Religious Change and Communal Politics in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
Entangled Confessionalizations? Dialogic Perspectives on the Politics of Piety and Community Building in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-18th Centuries
Historicizing Sunni Islam in the Ottoman Empire, c. 1450-c. 1750
Nur Baba: A Sufi Novel of Late Ottoman Istanbul
Portraits of Empires: Habsburg Albums from the German House in Ottoman Constantinople
Secularism in the Arab World Contexts: Ideas and Consequences
Striking from the Margins: State, Religion and Devolution of Authority in the Middle East
