Karen Barkey
| Karen Barkey | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959 (age 58–59) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Alma mater |
University of Chicago University of Washington Bryn Mawr College |
| Occupation | Sociology professor |
| Spouse(s) | Anthony Marx |
| Children | Josh Anna |
Karen Barkey is the Haas Distinguished Chair of Religious Diversity at the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and a Professor of sociology at University of California, Berkeley. She was previously a Professor of sociology and history at Columbia University.
Karen Barkey holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, an M.A. from the University of Washington, Seattle, and an A.B. from Bryn Mawr College.
Barkey was born in Istanbul, Turkey. She is married to Anthony Marx, the current president of the New York Public Library and former president of Amherst College, in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Barkey studies state centralization/decentralization, state control and social movements against states in the context of empires.
Her research focuses primarily on the Ottoman Empire and recently on comparisons between Ottoman, Habsburg and Roman empires.
She is engaged in different projects on religion and toleration. She has written on the early centuries of Ottoman state toleration and is now exploring different ways of understanding how religious coexistence, toleration and sharing occurred in different historical sites under Ottoman rule. She directs a web-based project on shared sacred sites.
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