Anna Ayse Akasoy

Anna Ayse Akasoy is a Professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, affiliated with the Comparative Literature, History, Liberal Studies, Medieval Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and Global Early Modern Studies departments. She holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt.

Her research focuses on

• Islamic intellectual history
• History of philosophy and science
• History of falconry and veterinary medicine
• Cultural and religious contacts
• Entangled and global history

Akasoys work bridges disciplines such as ethics, epistemology, and cultural history, with a particular emphasis on cross-cultural exchanges between the Islamicate world and other regions. Her recent projects include a cultural history of falconry in the Middle East, Muslim-Buddhist contacts, and philosophical narratives of decision-making in the Islamic world.

She has published extensively on medieval Islamicate literature, philosophy, and intellectual history, contributing to edited volumes and journals. Her collaborations with scholars like Charles Burnett and Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim highlight her interdisciplinary approach to historical and cultural studies.