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In Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University, and her Doctor of Philosophy (1988) in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University.
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Leslie Peirce
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Her research interests include early modern history of the Ottoman Empire, gender, law, and society. She received her Bachelor of Arts in History from Harvard College, her Master of Arts In 1988-1998 she was with the Cornell University. In 1998-2006 she was professor in the Departments of History and Near Eastern Studies the University of California, Berkeley.
Since 2006 she is with Department of History and the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies of the New York University, where she is the Silver Professor of History.
1993: The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire, Oxford University Press
Koprulu Prize of the Turkish Studies Association for best book, 1993-1994. Turkish edition: Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda Hukümranlık ve Kadınlar (Istanbul, 1996).
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