Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Department of Anthropology,
Northwestern University
1810 Hinman Avenue
Evanston
IL
60208
United States
Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
Ethnography
Historiography
Iranian Studies
Islamic Studies
Kurdish Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Ottoman Studies
Political Economy
Queer/LGBT Studies
State Formation
Transnationalism
Turkish Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Kurdistan
Mashreq
Ottoman Empire
Syria
The Levant
Turkey
Specialties
Historiography And Ethnography Of Borders
Ritual, Visitation, And Waqf Dhurri In Islam
Smuggling And Contraband In Global PE
Languages
English (fluent)
Turkish (native)
Persian (advanced)
German (fluent)
Arabic (intermediate)
French (intermediate)
Education
PhD
| 2016
| Social Anthropology & Middle East Studies
| Harvard University
MA
| 2011
| Social Anthropology & Middle East Studies
| Harvard University
MA
| 2007
| Cultural Anthropology
| Wesleyan University
BA
| 2005
| Anthropology & German Studies
| Wesleyan University
Abstracts
The Ways of Zaynab: Patrimony, Patronage and Property outside Damascus
Mutating Maps: Territory, Population Density, and Economies of Sovereignty in Post-Revolutionary Syria
