Participant Info

First Name
Nora
Last Name
Lessersohn
Country
United States
State
DC District of Columbia
Affiliation
University College London
Website URL
https://harvard.academia.edu/NoraLessersohn
Keywords
U.S. history, Armenian history, Ottoman history
Availability
1
Additional Contact Information
PhD
other credentials

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About Me

I am a PhD Candidate in U.S. History at University College London. I earned my AM in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University (2015) and my AB in the Study of Religion at Harvard College (2009). I have published articles in the Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, Comparative Studies in Society and History, and Memory Studies.

Recent Publications

“Write to Return: The Memoir of Hovhannes Cherishian and the Restoration of the Armenian Hearth,” Memory Studies 12-5 (October 2019): 565-575

“A Life of Longing and Belonging: The Ottoman Armenian American Worldview of Christopher Oscanyan (1815-1895),” Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association 4-2 (November 2017): 261-285

“‘Provincial Cosmopolitanism’ in Late Ottoman Anatolia: An Armenian Shoemaker’s Memoir,” Comparative Studies in Society and History 57-2 (April 2015): 528-556

Media Coverage
https://www.amerikayidzayn.com/a/4550493.html
Country Focus
USA, Armenia, Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
Expertise by Geography
Middle East, United States
Expertise by Chronology
19th century
Expertise by Topic