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Erik Blackthorne-O'Barr
Columbia University
Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Turkish Studies
Theater
Iranian Studies
Ottoman Studies
Gender/Women's Studies
Queer/LGBT Studies
Sexuality
Urban Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Ottoman Empire
Turkey
Specialties
Kanto Musical Theatre In Late-Ottoman Istanbul
Late Ottoman-era Literary Culture And Linguistic Reform
19th Century Iranian-Ottoman Cultural Exchange
Languages
Turkish (advanced)
Persian (advanced)
English (native)
Ottoman (intermediate)
French (elementary)
Education
MPhil | 2021 | MESAAS | Columbia University
MA | 2020 | MESAAS | Columbia University
MA | 2018 | Turkish Studies | Sabanci University
BA | 2016 | Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations | University of Toronto
Abstracts
Genealogies of the “Çar-ebru”: Tracing the Queer Persianate in Late Ottoman Literature