Holly Shissler

A. Holly Shissler received her A.B. in Anthropology from Vassar College and her Ph.D. in History from UCLA.  She specializes in the history of the later Ottoman Empire and early years of the Turkish Republic.  Her particular interests are Ottoman and Turkish intellectual history, nationalism, and history of the Ottoman press. She teaches survey courses in modern Middle Eastern history, as well as advanced courses and seminars on the history of the early Turkish Republic, the history of the Ottoman Press, World War I in the Ottoman Empire, nationalism in the Ottoman Empire, and a variety of other topics in late Ottoman history. 

• NEHC 20503/30503 Islamic History and Society 3: The Modern Middle East
• NEHC 30891-30892 Seminar: Introduction to the Ottoman Press I-II
• NEHC 30914 History of Turkey and Iran in the 20th century