Leslie P. Peirce is an American
professor in
history. Her research interests include early modern history of the
Ottoman Empire, gender, law, and society.[1] She received her B.A. in History from
Harvard College, her M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from
Harvard University, and her Ph.D. (1988) in Near Eastern Studies from
Princeton University.[2] In 1988–1998 she was with the
Cornell University. In 1998–2006 she was professor in the Departments of History and Near Eastern Studies the
University of California, Berkeley. Since 2006 she is with Department of History and the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies of the
New York University, where she is the Silver Professor of History.[2]