Middle East

Research interests: Global histories of revolution and counterrevolution; imperialism and colonialism; socialism, anticolonialism, and decolonization; the Arab world; sectarianism, racism, and colonial social difference; and the US in the world.

Hatice Yıldız is a Lecturer in Modern Gender History at the University of Edinburgh, and a former Fellow at Merton College, University of Oxford. Her research explores the questions of skill, technology, and temporality in the context of menial work...

Stephen Ortega is an Associate Professor of History and Director of the Graduate Program in History/Archives Management at Simmons College. He has published two books, one on cross-cultural exchange between Venice and Ottoman Empire, and the other a co...

Maral Jefroudi studied Political Science, Sociology and History at Bogazici University, Istanbul. She obtained her MA degree at the Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History, BU with her thesis entitled A Re-Politicized History of Iranian Transit...