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Peter Kitlas
American University of Beirut
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Secondary Phone: +96178940065
American University of Beirut
P.O. Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh
Beirut
Lebanon
ABOUT
Peter Kitlas is a Ph.D. candidate in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. His dissertation project focuses on eighteenth century diplomatic and state developments in Morocco and the Ottoman Empire.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
13th-18th Centuries
Islamic Studies
Maghreb Studies
Mediterranean Studies
Ottoman Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Morocco
Mediterranean Countries
Ottoman Empire
Specialties
Ottoman North Africa
Pre-Colonial Moroccan History
Mediterranean Travel Narratives
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
Spanish (intermediate)
Moroccan (advanced)
Turkish (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2021 | Near Eastern Studies | Princeton University
MA | 2014 | MENAS | University of Michigan
BA | 2009 | Religion | Dartmouth College
Abstracts
Infra-Islamic Diplomacy in the Early Modern Mediterranean Defining Balad al-Sūdān in Mālikī Fiqh Ragusa in the Middle?: Exploring 18th Century Diplomatic Mediations between Morocco and the Ottoman Empire What is Moroccan about diplomacy in the 18th century Mediterranean? From Tercüman in North Africa to Consuls in Istanbul: Triangulating Imperial Knowledge Production across the 18th Century Mediterranean