Renée Worringer

Renée Worringer is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Guelph. Holding a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2001), she previously served as a Junior Lecturer at the University of Queensland (2003-2007), Woodrow Wilson Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota (2002-2003), and held visiting roles at Princeton, Lake Forest College, and University of Illinois at Chicago.

• Education: Ph.D. (2001) and M.A. (1992) from the University of Chicago; B.A. (1986) from St. Olaf College.

Her research interests span 19th-20th century Ottoman Empire, nationalism in the Arab and Turkish world, Pan-Asianism, Orientalism, and human-animal relationships in historical contexts. She specializes in Islamic history and Middle Eastern studies with a focus on non-Western modernity.

Her publications analyze Ottoman-Egyptian-Japanese interactions, Russo-Japanese War impacts on Turkish nationalism, and wolf symbolism in identity formation. Articles frequently explore intra-Asian intellectual exchange, colonial comparisons, and cross-civilizational modernization frameworks.

• Academic Leadership: Editor of The Islamic Middle East And Japan (2007), contributing to transnational historical discourse.

She supervises graduate work in Islamic history and Middle Eastern studies, with affiliations across multiple institutions including Princeton University's Near Eastern Studies department. Office located at 1004 MacKinnon Extension, University of Guelph.