Dr. Ipek Yosmaoğlu

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Biography

İpek Kocaömer Yosmaoğlu is a historian focused on the Ottoman Empire. After earning a Ph.D. from Princeton in 2005, she held positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a member of the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton. Her book, 'Blood Ties: Religion, Violence, Politics Nationhood Ottoman Macedonia' (Cornell, 2014), explores the emergence of nationhood among Christian Orthodox peasants in Macedonia during the final decades of Ottoman rule. Yosmaoğlu served as the Director of the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program at Northwestern's Buffett Institute in Fall 2019 and was elected President of the Ottoman Turkish Studies Association in Fall 2023. She is also a co-editor of the publication 'Turkish Jews Diasporas: Entanglements Separations' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), which investigates Jewish communities in Turkey. She is currently writing a book about the migration of Russian and Romanian Jews to the Ottoman Empire in the late nineteenth century, and is affiliated with programs in Middle Eastern, North African Studies, Jewish Studies, and Modern Turkish Studies.

Research Interests

Experience

Crown Professor

2005-01-01 — Present

Northwestern University • Evanston, IL

Professor specializing in the history of the Ottoman Empire, focusing on nationalism, political violence, and related themes.

Awards

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Lise Meitner Fellowship

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Short list for Runciman Award

Requirements for Northwestern University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
U.S. Bachelor's degree or equivalent
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Specialization Notes

Standard PhD requirements for TGS departments including Chemistry, Physics, and Sociology.