Halit Serkan Simen

Halit Serkan Simen is a Researcher at the Department of History of the European University Institute (EUI). His research focuses on late 16th-century Ottoman Empire dynamics, including court politics, factional rivalry, and Mediterranean policies. His doctoral thesis, supervised by Giancarlo Casale, examines networks of power and elite divisions in this period. He contributed to a 2021 collaborative article advocating for equitable global historical narratives. Simen’s work bridges Ottoman studies with broader Mediterranean and early modern political history, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches.

Research interests include the intersection of court politics, diplomacy, and power structures in pre-modern empires. His scholarship challenges Eurocentric frameworks, aligning with the EUI’s global historical focus.