Melis Hafez

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in History, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A. in History, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in History, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul.

Research Interests: Late Ottoman Empire, cultural and social history, morality and governance, nationalism, and modernization.

Appointments: Associate Professor of History, Virginia Commonwealth University; previously Visiting Assistant Professor at UCLA.

Publications:

• Inventing Laziness: The Culture of Productivity in Late Ottoman Society (Cambridge University Press, 2021).
• Articles in International Journal of Middle East Studies and Journal of Social History.

Additional Contributions: Regular presenter at Middle East Studies Association conferences; contributor to public history projects on Ottoman cultural heritage.