Zeynep Nur Simsek

Zeynep Nur Şimşek is a PhD student in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Bologna and a researcher on the ERC-funded NONWESTLIT project. She received her MA in Turkish Literature from Bilkent University in 2021, with a thesis focusing on primate narratives in late Ottoman literature. During her master’s studies, she taught Turkish courses at Bilkent University and published articles in literary journals. Her recent work includes analyzing nineteenth-century Ottoman journals using digital humanities methods within the NONWESTLIT project, as well as collaborating on a database documenting literary debates from the late Ottoman period. Her dissertation in progress examines the reception of French Enlightenment thought in Ottoman literature. Her research interests include late Ottoman literature, conceptual history, animal studies, and minority literatures.