Denise Klein is a historian of the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East, with a PhD in history from the University of Konstanz (2014) and an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Munich (2005). She has been a Research Associate at the Leibniz Institute of European History since 2014. She has received several scholarships, including by the Gerda Henkel Foundation (2005–2007), the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations at Koç University (2012–2013), and the German Research Foundation (2019–now), and has lived in Istanbul, New York, and Athens. Her research focuses on the social, cultural, and urban history of the Ottoman world before 1800. She is currently finalizing her book, Narrating the Past in the Crimean Khanate, and working on a new book project exploring the history of Ottoman Istanbul as a city of migrants.
