College:
St Antony's College
Course:
DPhil Oriental Studies
Thesis Title:
Blindness in Late Ottoman State and Society
Supervised by Professor Eugene Rogan
Contact:
irem.yildiz@sant.ox.ac.uk
Educational Background:
M.A. Istanbul Bilgi University, Cultural Studies
B.A. Bilkent University, Archeology and Art History
Research Interests:
Disability Studies, Medical Humanities, Cultural Studies
Recent Publications and/or Conferences:
December 2021 - "Spectacle of the Blind Beggar in Ottoman Istanbul: Disability in the Urban Setting during the Late Nineteenth Century" Ugh! Disgust, Repugnant Matters and the Construction of Difference, c. 1700-1900, Department of History at Universität Rostock.
November 2021 - "Blindness and Begging" 2021 Disability History Month Workshop, Faculty of History, University of Oxford.