MA in History- Ottoman Empire and Middle East in Stanford United States | Stanford University

The graduate program focusing on Ottoman Empire and Middle East studies provides specialized training in both Ottoman and contemporary Middle Eastern history, spanning from the 15th century to modern times. The OEME field's geographic coverage includes Southeast Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Black Sea region, Turkey, and the Arab world. This program actively redefines conventional geographic boundaries by exploring fluid borders, transnational linkages, and the circulation of people, concepts, and artifacts across and beyond the Ottoman realm and contemporary Middle East. Stanford's OEME program prepares graduate students for meticulous archival research, manuscript analysis, and critical engagement with historical theories and challenges in early modern and modern periods. While specializing in diverse aspects of Ottoman and/or Middle Eastern history within a global framework, students are urged to cultivate comprehensive perspectives that encompass socioeconomic changes, political systems, cultural dynamics, gender studies, and human-environment interactions. The OEME discipline additionally fosters research initiatives in digital humanities.