İklil Selçuk is a graduate of the Economics Department of Middle East Technical University (1994). Selçuk holds a master’s degree from Harvard University (Regional Studies, 2003) and a Ph.D. from Harvard University (History and Middle Eastern Studies, 2009). Selçuk also has a master’s degree from Bilkent University (History) and has done three years of graduate work at McGill University (Islamic Studies). Having taught in several different Economics and History programs, she has joined Özyeğin University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences as an assistant professor. Dr. Selçuk’s areas of interest include Ottoman economic history, urban culture, crafts and towns; Middle Eastern, Islamic and Mediterranean history and history of olive production in the Mediterranean. Among Selçuk’s publications are “Tracing Esnaf in Late Fifteenth-Century Bursa Court Records” in Suraiya Faroqhi ed., Bread from the Lion’s Mouth: Artisans Struggling for a livelihood in Ottoman Cities. (New York: Berghann Press, 2014), and “State Meets Society: A Study of Bozahane Affairs in Bursa” in Amy Singer ed., Starting with Food: Culinary Approaches to Ottoman History (Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2011). She is a member of TITAP (Turkish Economic Historians Platform), MESA (Middle East Studies Association), and the NGO of Aegean Atelier (Ege’de Atölye), a platform for interdisciplinary learning.
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