Leslie P. Peirce is an American

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. Her research interests include early modern history of the

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, gender, law, and society."Leslie Peirce"
a New York University profile She received her B.A. in History from

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, her M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from

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, and her Ph.D. (1988) in Near Eastern Studies from

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. In 1988–1998 she was with the

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. In 1998–2006 she was professor in the Departments of History and Near Eastern Studies the

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. Since 2006 she is with Department of History and the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies of the

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, where she is the Silver Professor of History."the Silver Dialogues"
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Bibliography

* 2003: ''Morality Tales: Law and Gender in the Ottoman Court of Aintab''. ''

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, 2004; Köprülü Prize of the Turkish Studies Association for best book, 2002–2003. **Turkish edition: ''Ahlâk Oyunları'' (Istanbul, 2005). *1993: ''The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire'',

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'' **Koprulu Prize of the Turkish Studies Association for best book, 1993–1994. **Turkish edition: ''Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda Hukümranlık ve Kadınlar'' (Istanbul, 1996). *2017: ''Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire.'' New York Basic Books. .

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