Emily Neumeier is Assistant Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture in the Department of Art History at Temple University. She specializes in the visual and spatial cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean, with a focus on the Ottoman Empire. Her research addresses issues of architecture, cultural heritage, the history of archaeology, and nationalist discourses through art, and she has published in the International Journal of Islamic Architecture and History and Anthropology. She is currently preparing a book-length study that will be an alternative history of Ottoman architecture from the view of the provinces during the Age of Revolutions.