Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
ABOUT
Kate Pukhovaia is Assistant Professor at Utrecht University. Her research focus is on medieval state-building, elites, and concepts of legitimacy, specifically in Zaydi Yemen (13th-17th centuries).
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Middle East/Near East Studies
13th-18th Centuries
Ottoman Studies
State Formation
Arab Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Islamic World
Yemen
Ottoman Empire
Arabian Peninsula
Specialties
Early Modern States
Zaydi Yemen
Political And Social History
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
Persian (advanced)
Russian (native)
French (advanced)
German (advanced)
Turkish (advanced)
Ottoman (advanced)
Italian (advanced)
Dutch (advanced)
Education
PhD
| 2021
| Near Eastern Studies
| Princeton University
MA
| 2017
| Near Eastern Studies
| Princeton University
MA
| 2014
| Institute of Asian and African Studies
| Moscow State Univetsity
BA
| 2012
| Institute of Asian and African Studies
| Moscow State Univetsity
Abstracts
The rise of a local administrative class in Zaydi Yemen under Ottoman rule (1538-1635)
Innovating the Zaydi Political Order: The Will of Imam Yaḥyā Sharaf al-Dīn (d. 965/1557)
