Hamed Bukhamseen is an architect whose research is concerned with the developmental projects undertaken by sovereign wealth funds and their socio-political impact within their host nations. Previously, he has worked as an architect in Germany, Japan, and...
Mehmet Durmaz is a master’s student in Middle Eastern studies. Before joining Harvard, he completed his undergraduate studies in economics and history at Boğaziçi University. Mehmet's research interests include historical political development and...
Fernando Casamayor Molina is a PhD student in the History of Art and Architecture and Middle Eastern Studies. He specializes in architectural archaeology, urbanism, and inequality in the early Islamic period, particularly in the Middle East. He earned...
Doğa Çınar is an AM candidate in Middle Eastern studies at Harvard University. She graduated from Boğaziçi University with a double major in economics and history and received the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) grant...
Guanyu Shao graduated from Peking University with a BA in Persian and a minor in Chinese language and literature, and has joined the AM program in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University since 2024. She is interested in studying rewriting, imitation...
Gayane Ayvazyan entered the Joint PhD Program in History and Middle Eastern Studies in 2021. At Harvard, her aim is to analyze and explain the transformations of the interconnected networks and organization of Armenians within the Ottoman Empire, Safavid...