Rabia Demir is a PhD candidate in History at İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Turkey, and currently a visiting research student at the University of Birmingham, supported by a TUBITAK 2214-A International Doctoral Research Scholarship. Her doctoral dissertation, “Diplomacy and Community: British Embassy Institutions and the British Presence in Ottoman Istanbul (17th Century),” explores Ottoman-British diplomatic relations through the lens of embassy institutions and the British community in Istanbul. Her research is grounded in a comparative archival approach, drawing on both British and Ottoman archival sources.

Her broader research interests include 17th-century Ottoman-European relations, Mediterranean history, Anglo-Ottoman diplomatic exchanges, consular networks in Ottoman territories, cross-cultural trade relations, British-Ottoman commercial interactions, and early modern diplomatic history.

More information about her research can be found at https://ikc.academia.edu/RabiaDemir. She tweets @rabiademiir.