Leslie P. Peirce is a professor

Professor

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 in history

History

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. Her research interests include early modern history of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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, gender, law, and society. She received her B.A. in History from Harvard College

Harvard College

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, her M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University

Harvard University

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, and her Ph.D. (1988) in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University

Princeton University

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. In 1988-1998 she was with the Cornell University

Cornell University

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. In 1998-2006 she was professor in the Departments of History and Near Eastern Studies the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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. Since 2006 she is with Department of History and the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies of the New York University

New York University

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, where she is the Silver Professor of History. She was honored with the 2006 Daughters of Atatürk "Woman of Distinction Award", a title bestowed annually upon selected women who have "demonstrated vision, leadership, innovation and professionalism" in "giving their talents to the international Turkish community". Other 2006 honorees include Güler Sabancı

Güler Sabanci

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, Caroline Finkel

Caroline Finkel

Caroline Finkel is a British historian and writer based in Turkey, with a doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London....

, Anastasia Ashman, and Jennifer Eaton Gokmen

Jennifer Eaton Gokmen

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