Veysel Simsek

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About Veysel Simsek

I teach the modern Turkish and Ottoman Turkish language curriculum at McGill University. Previously, I taught Ottoman Turkish and modern Turkish to non-native speakers in Turkey and Canada. I also have considerable experience with analyzing, translating, and publishing documents, manuscripts, and printed material in Ottoman Turkish. As a historian, I am interested in the transformation of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman Worlds c.1750-1950. My research and teaching in Ottoman/Middle Eastern history engage and incorporate broader global and transnational themes, such as modern state-formation, identity, memory, and war and society. Education PhD: History, McMaster University, 2015 (Supervisor: Virginia H. Aksan) MA: History, Bilkent University, 2005 (Supervisor: Stanford J. Shaw) BSc: Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 2002 Academic Employment Lecturer in Turkish: Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, 2018-present Post-doctoral Research Associate: International Security Studies, Yale University, 2016-2018 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Indian Ocean World Center, McGill University, 2015-2016 Research Assistant (Chiefly MCRI Project), Indian Ocean World Center, McGill University, 2013-2015 Sessional Lecturer, McMaster University, 2012-2013 Teaching and Research Assistant, McMaster University, 2008-2013 Teaching and Research Assistant, Bilkent University, 2002-2008 Research and Teaching Interests - History of the late Ottoman Empire (18th–20th centuries)- Modern/Ottoman Turkish - Identities, regionalisms and nationalisms in the Middle East (c. 1750-1920)- War and society in world history - History and memory of the First World War - Digital Humanities: Arc-GIS and creating digital maps