Leyla Amzi-Erdogdular

Leyla Amzi-Erdogdular received her Ph.D. from the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University specializing in Middle Eastern and Islamic history. Her research focuses on the imperial, cultural, and intellectual history of the Ottoman Empire and Southeastern Europe. Presently, Leyla Amzi-Erdogdular is working on a book manuscript titled Many Lives of Empires that explores Ottoman continuities in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina and the imperial imprint on modern state institutions, citizenship and loyalty, and ethnic and religious diversity. She co-chairs the Columbia University Seminar in Ottoman and Turkish Studies and is cofounder of Makam New York, a non-profit organization for Ottoman music and arts.