Ismail Noyan
I am a historian of the late Ottoman Empire, focusing specifically on the entangled intellectual histories of the 19th century that extend beyond the so-called Ottoman center, and cover the wider Ottoman territories and global Islamic networks.
Education
- Ph.D. Simon Fraser University, 2026
- M.A. Sabancı University, 2018
- M.Sc. London School of Economics and Political Science, 2016
- B.A. Bilkent University, 2015
Professional Experience
- University of Guelph, Department of History, 2026-
- Simon Fraser University, Department of History, 2023-2025
- Vancouver Island University, Department of History, 2024-2025
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Department of History, 2024
- Western Community College, Surrey, BC, Department of History, 2023-2025
Areas of Graduate Supervision
- history of the Middle East
- intellectual history of Turkey and the Ottoman Empire
Publications
Articles and Reviews
“When the Ottoman Empire Failed Its Subjects: Mükārī as the Root of the Protection Question in Liyubuşka in the 1860s,” British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, forthcoming.
Review - Democracy, Identity, and Foreign Policy in Turkey: Hegemony Through Transformation by Fuat Keyman in Review of International Law & Politics (January 2015).
Relected Recent Conference Papers
“The Concept of Civilization as a Tool to Imagine the Past and Prescribe the Future: A Comparative Study of 19th Century Non-European Intellectual History,” Middle East Association (MESA) 2025 Conference, Washington D.C., November 22-25, 2025.
“The Concept of Civilization as a Tool to Imagine the Past and Prescribe the Future: A Comparative Study of 19th Century Non-European Intellectual History,” Fifth European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies (Turkologentag 2025), University Mainz, September 18-20, 2025.
“Ahmet Cevdet Pasha (1823-1895) and Application of Tanzimat Reforms: The protégé issue at the Habsburg Ottoman border in the 1860s,” British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Conference, Lancaster July 1-3, 2024.
“Towards a more Entangled Ottoman Intellectual History: The Case of Mecelle (1868-1889),” Middle Eastern Association (MESA) 2023 Conference, Montreal November 2-5, 2023.
“Application of Tanzimat Reforms and Protégé issue at the Habsburg Ottoman border in the 1860s,” Middle Eastern Association (MESA) 2022 Conference, Denver Colorado from December 1-4, 2022.