Outstanding Ottomans in Early Twentieth-Century Istanbul as Keys to Lev Nussinbaum's Adoption of Muslim Identity

Esra Almas is a professor in translation studies at Istanbul Şehir University. As part of her focus on modern Turkish literature, she has concentrated her research on the diaspora, exile narratives, the urban imaginary, auto/biography, and Sufism. She has published extensively on Orhan Pamuk, one of Turkey’s most prominent novelists.

Almas earned her PhD at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam and has taught at the Netherlands Institute in Turkey as well as at Haliç University, Istanbul.