Biography

Professor of Early Modern History of the Mediterranean

I am a historian of the early modern Ottoman empire and its connections with the early modern world. My current research explores intersections between the intellectual life of the Ottoman Empire and Renaissance Italy, with a particular interest in antiquarianism, cartography, cosmography, and other forms of early modern science. I also have a deep interest in the history of travel literature and ethnographic writing, early modern diplomacy, and the history of maritime technology, as well as the comparative study of early modern empires and early modern slavery. In addition to my teaching and research, I am currently serving as an executive board member of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, and on the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including Renaissance Quarterly, Medieval Encounters, and Arabic Humanities. Since 2011, I have also served as executive editor of the Journal of Early Modern History.

Supervisees

• Ela Bozok
• Fabian Riesinger
• Halit Serkan Simen
• Klaudia Ewelina Kuchno
• Konstantinos Poulios
• Matteo Calcagni
• Matthias Ebejer
• Natalia Woszczyk
• Siga Maguiraga
• Takuya Shimada
• Thomas Dumont
• Tunahan Durmaz
• Vuk Uskoković
• Yunus Doğan

Fields of expertise

• Cultural history
• Europe in the world
• Global history
• Colonialism
• Diplomatic History
• Early modern history
• Renaissance
• 16th century (Sixteenth century)
• 17th century (Seventeenth century)
• 18th century (Eighteenth century)
• Intellectual history
• History of medicine
• History of science
• Visual history
• European borderlands
• Islamic world
• Environmental history
• Ottoman Empire
• Modern history
• Indian Ocean history
• Mediterranean
• Africa

Recent research output

• SCHAYEGH, Cyrus; CASALE, Giancarlo (2022), Mobility, spatial thinking, and MENA’s global interconnectivity : a primary source roundtable, Article
• NOUWEN, Sarah (ed/s), CASALE, Giancarlo; DEGILA, Delidji Eric; SABARATNAM Meera (2022), Can the EU be a non-Eurocentric power in the world?, Video
• CASALE, Giancarlo (2022), Turkey and the future of Europe : a history, Article
• CASALE, Giancarlo (2021), Dobra dobra konuşalım : Amerika birleşik devletleri’nin gayri resmi kuşunun İsmini nasıl bir ortadoğu ülkesinden aldığının hikāyesi, Article
• CASALE, Giancarlo (2021), Time and the other : Ottoman encounters with Egypt’s ancient past, Contribution to book
• SALIH, Celalzade (2021), On the construction of the pyramids, ca. 1545, Contribution to book