Ottoman medal paper topic at Middle East Studies Association conference

[ChrisW]

I was perusing the program of this year's Middle East Studies Association (North America) conference and was surprised and intrigued to see this paper among the otherwise highly arcane and specialized topics:

Doga Ozturk, Ohio State U–Ottoman Orders and Medals in Egypt: Symbols of Ottoman Consciousness, 1841-1909

https://mesana.org/pdf/19_preliminary_program-8-20-19.pdf (this is on p. 48 of the program)

I'm not planning to attend, but wonder if anyone is aware of the author or his work?

(cross-posted to Middle East forum)

Edited October 4, 2019 by ChrisW

[demir]

Thanks