Teaching & Research Interests

  • History of the Ottoman Empire

  • Middle Eastern/Islamic History

  • History of the Caucasus

  • Ottoman and Middle Eastern Institutions

  • Ottoman/Islamic Borderlands

  • Minorities in the Middle East

  • Islamic societies

  • History of the Eurasian Steppes

  • History of the Persian/Iranian Dynasties

  • Islam in Eastern Europe

  • Muscovy and the Russian Empire

  • Historical GIS

  • Digital Humanities