Leyla Amzi-Erdogdular is an Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers-Newark specializing in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. Her research focuses on the history of the Ottoman Empire and southeastern Europe. She is working on a book manuscript titled Afterlife of Empire that explores Ottoman continuities in Habsburg Bosnia and the imperial imprint on modern state institutions, identity, and allegiance. Her second book project will examine the Ottoman Migrants Commission, a first such institution in the world tasked with transport, housing, and settling refugees across the Ottoman domains in Europe, Middle East, and North Africa. She is the founder of the Rutgers Middle East Orchestra, and co-chair of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Seminar at Columbia University.
Awards & Distinctions
- Rutgers University Newark Chancellor's Seed Grant 2018-19