Busra Elif Ozcelik

Busra Elif Ozcelik is a Ph.D. candidate in History at Florida State University. She holds an M.A. in History from Florida State University, an M.A. in History from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, and a B.A. in Turkish Language and Literature from Boğaziçi University. Her research specializes in Middle Eastern and Ottoman history, with a particular focus on late Ottoman state-sponsored publishing, material book culture, and knowledge production in the Levant. Ozcelik is the recipient of the Cummings & Clemons Fellowship and the Leitch Wright Research Award (2025).