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CoÅŸkun Tunçer is an economic historian with a focus on the history of financial markets and the Middle East. He received his PhD from the London School of Economics in 2011, after completing his BA, MSc and MPhil degrees in Turkey and Greece. Before joining ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº in 2013, he taught and conducted research at the London School of Economics and the European University Institute.

CoÅŸkun is currently working on a funded project investigating the urban wealth and religious segregation in the Ottoman Empire from 1600-1914. His other ongoing projects are on the stock exchange development in the Middle EastÌýand the history of domestic debt in emerging markets.

PhD supervision

CoÅŸkun is interested in receiving PhD proposals from prospective students on any aspect of economic and financial history. He particularly welcomes projects informed by social science methods. Ìý

Currently supervising:Ìý

• Dogukan Atmaca 'The Displacement of the Jewish Communities and Islamization of Ottoman Constantinople (1650-1685)’ (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, History)
• Theodosis Pipis, ‘An Escape from Eurocentrism and Hellenism: Cypriot History in an Arab Key, 1923-1974’ (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Hebrew & Jewish Studies, with Seth Anziska)Ìý

Completed:Ìý

• Johannes Hartmann, 'The German Notgeld, 1914-1924' (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, 2022).
• Yasin Arslantas, 'Confiscation by the ruler: A study of the Ottoman practise of Müsadere, 1700s-1839' (LSE, 2017)
• Tehreem Husain, 'Railway mergers in the early twentieth century: An exploratory study' (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, 2023).

Grants/projects

Current projects:Ìý

CoÅŸkun is currently involved in two collaborative funded projects:Ìý

• Urban wealth inequality in the Ottoman Empire, 1600-1914. This project with Dr Gürer Karagedikli (METU, Ankara) is supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (2021-24). The project also received initial financial support from ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Global Engagement Fund in 2020: Housing and urban inequality in the Ottoman Empire, c.1500-1914.Ìý
• Law and Finance in the Long Run: Australia and Argentina. This is a collaborative project with Rui Esteves (IHEID, Geneva) and Carsten Gerner-Beuerle (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, London) is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (2021-22).

Recently completed:

• Democracy, autocracy and sovereign debt: How polity shaped government-creditor relations in the first age of globalisation. This research project with Leo Weller (FGV, São Paulo) is supported by the British Academy Newton Fund (2016-2021).Ìý

Selected Publications

• Tunçer, C., & Weller, L. (2022). . Explorations in Economic History, 101449. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2022.101449
• Karagedikli, G. and C. Tuncer. 2020. . Economic History Review, 74 (1), 6-33.Ìý
• Esteves, R. P. and C. Tuncer. 2016. . Journal of International Money and Finance, 65, 46-68.ÌýÌý
• Tuncer, C. 2015. . Palgrave Macmillan.Ìý

For a full list of publications, see .

Teaching

• The City of London in the Age of Global Capital 1870-1914 (UG special subject)Ìý
• History that Counts: Methods and Cases in Quantitative History (UG advanced seminar)
• Topics in Economic History (MA seminar)
• Environment, State and Economy (MA core course)
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