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Selim Kuru
University of Washington, Seattle
Occupation
Associate Professor
Contact
Secondary Phone: 206-543-0697
Fax: 206-685-7936
Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
University of Washington PO Box 353120, Denny Hall M-29
Seattle WA 98195-3120
United States
Discipline
Literature
Sub Areas
Cultural Studies
Gender/Women's Studies
Islamic Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Ottoman Studies
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
Turkish
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
Iran
Islamic World
Ottoman Empire
Turkey
Specialties
16th & 19th C Ottoman Turkish Lit
Genre Stds In Lit & Art Hist
Love & Sexuality In Lit
Languages
Arabic (elementary)
French (elementary)
German (intermediate)
Mongolian (elementary)
Ottoman (advanced)
Persian (intermediate)
Segdian (elementary)
Turkish (native)
Uzbek (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2000 | NE Lang & Civ | Harvard U
Abstracts
Reading Memories of Homosociality as Resistance against Histories of Modernity Literary texts and authorly imprints in the 19th century Ottoman Empire Poets at the Gates: Patrons as Readers of Poetry in the Age of Süleyman I Old Language Young Again: An Active Knowledge of Ottoman Turkish