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M. Fatih Calisir
Kirklareli University
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Kirklareli University, History Department
Turkey
ABOUT
Trained in Ottoman and environmental history, M. Fatih Çalisir completed his Ph.D. at Georgetown University in 2016. Before his doctoral studies, he studied history at Bilkent University in Ankara and Central European University in Budapest. He also worked as an assistant expert at the Topkapi Palace Manuscript Library and the Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology. His research includes science and politics in the early modern Ottoman Empire, Ottoman cultural history, and environmental history. Organizations. https://cevreseltarih.org
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
13th-18th Centuries
Islamic Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Ottoman Studies
Turkish Studies
Balkan Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Europe
Ottoman Empire
Turkey
Specialties
Köprülü Family
Ottoman Empire
Environmental History
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
German (intermediate)
Hungarian (elementary)
Slovak (elementary)
Turkish (native)
Persian (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2016 | History | Georgetown University
MA | 2009 | History | Central European University
MA | 2008 | History | Bilkent University
Abstracts
A New 'World Traveler'? Muhammed bin Ahmed of Edirne (d. ca. 1681) and His Travel Notes An English Scholar in the Ottoman Empire: Thomas Smith (1638-1710) and his Travel Accounts The Ottoman Response to the “Great Frost” of 1708-1709 in Europe