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A. Tunç Sen
Columbia University
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
13th-18th Centuries
Islamic Thought
Ottoman Studies
Turkish Studies
History Of Science
Geographic Areas of Interest
Ottoman Empire
Turkey
Islamic World
Specialties
Occult Sciences
Ottoman Historiography
Cultural History
Languages
Turkish (native)
Ottoman (advanced)
Arabic (intermediate)
English (fluent)
Persian (intermediate)
Italian (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2016 | Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations | University of Chicago
MA | 2010 | Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations | University of Chicago
MA | 2008 | History | Sabanci University
Abstracts
Dreams, Anxiety and Intellectual Pursuits in the Post-Suleymanic Ottoman Empire: Veysi Efendi and His Dream Book The Science Kept in Silence: Historical and Historiographical Analysis of Astrology in the Early Modern Ottoman Context Astrologers at the Court of Bayezid II The Multiple Faces of the 16th century Ottoman scholars: the case of Zaifi (d. 1557) and his embittered voice Displaying Scientific Wealth and Erudition: A Portrait of Bayezid II (r. 1481-1512) as a Philosopher-King Rivalry of “Occult” Powers and Sufi Disdain for Astrologers in the Ottoman World The World-Fair Model of Global History of Science and Writing the Local History of Ottoman Astral Sciences