Emre Side

Emre Side is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University specializing in late medieval and early modern Ottoman Empire and Egyptian history. Her research focuses on the interplay between politics, religion, and Sufism in the pre-modern Muslim world, particularly examining the Khalwati-Gulshani Sufi order's socio-political impact. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2009) and has published extensively on Ottoman-Egyptian dynamics, mystical literature, and the influence of Ibn al-‘Arabi in Ottoman intellectual history.

Research interests include visual representations in Ottoman mystical texts, esoteric sciences in Ottoman culture, Anatolian Turkish literature, and the legal and heretical dimensions of early modern empires. Her work bridges Near Eastern, Mediterranean, and North African histories, engaging with scholars across medieval to modernist disciplines.

Key publications include her monograph Ibrahim-i Gulshani and the Khalwati-Gulshani Order: Power Brokers in Ottoman Egypt (2017) and articles on Ottoman governance in Egypt, Sufi literary culture, and Mamluk-era resistance narratives. Her recent scholarship explores Arab patriotism and modern reinterpretations of historical sources related to Ottoman mysticism.