Theorist

Zeynep Çelik

architectural history; postcolonial/Ottoman studies

Knowledge Power Migration

Details

Nationality: Turkish-American

Notes

Distinguished Professor Emerita, New Jersey Institute of Technology; adjunct professor of history, Columbia University; 2019 Giorgio Levi Della Vida Medal in Islamic Studies; former editor JSAH (2000–2003).

Connections

authored Europe Knows Nothing about the Orient: A Critical Discourse from the East (1872–1932)
associated with Global-turn architectural historiography
critiqued Global-turn historiography

Referenced by

Swati Chattopadhyay relates to
Edward W. Said influenced

Sources

Columbia University, Department of History. Çelik, Zeynep. 2024. https://history.columbia.edu/person/celik-zeynep/.
Çelik, Zeynep. The Remaking of Istanbul: Portrait of an Ottoman City in the Nineteenth Century. University of Washington Press, 1986.
in Crysler, Cairns & Heynen (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory, SAGE, 2012 — export p. 10-11 of 22

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Zeynep Çelik." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/zeynep-celik/. Accessed July 17, 2026.