Hande Yalnizoglu

Hande Yalnizoglu is a DPhil student at the University of Oxford and a Tutor in the Faculty of Oriental Studies. Her research focuses on Ottoman governance of disease and health in Baghdad during the 19th century, particularly examining epidemics like plague and cholera through the lens of environmental history, Ottoman studies, and imperial history.

Her broader research interests include the social histories of Arab provinces under Ottoman rule, intellectual histories of human-nature relationships, and 19th-century global knowledge networks. She received the Hadid Doctoral Scholarship from the Middle East Centre (University of Oxford) in 2019-2020.

Teaching Experience:

• Undergraduate tutor for Middle East in the Age of Empire, 1830-1971 (History Faculty)
• Undergraduate tutor for Ottoman History, 1300-1700 (Faculty of Oriental Studies)

Education:

• DPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies (Oxford University, ongoing)
• MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies (Oxford University, completed)
• Year of Arabic study (Cairo, Egypt)

Additional Background: Before her DPhil, she worked in international non-profit organizations, the Turkish parliament, and engaged in Arabic language training in Cairo.