Occupation
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Contact
Primary Phone: (814) 418-4887
ABOUT
Alison Terndrup (she/her) is a Post Graduate Teaching Fellow in Visual Studies at Northeastern University. She has served as a research fellow and course instructor at Boston University.
Her research spans the fields of Islamic and nineteenth-century art histories, focusing on the topics of Ottoman imperial and sub-imperial identities, cross-cultural encounters, and the use of visual arts in supporting ideologies of power. Terndrup is the recipient of multiple travel grants to Turkey, Serbia, and Romania.
Discipline
Art/Art History
Sub Areas
Ottoman Studies
Turkish Studies
Islamic Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Maghreb
Morocco
Ottoman Empire
Specialties
19th C Ottoman Sultan's Portraiture
Languages
Turkish (intermediate)
Arabic (elementary)
Persian (elementary)
Education
PhD
| 2021
| History of Art and Architecture
| Boston University
MA (Hons)
| 2015
| History of Art and Architecture
| University of South Florida
BA
| 2012
| Art & Art History
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania
BFA
| 2012
| Art & Art History
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Abstracts
Mapping the “Miracle-Showing” Portrait in Istanbul
Enamel and Brilliants: Snuffboxes in Ottoman Diplomatic Networks of the Nineteenth Century
