Furkan Elmas

Furkan Elmas is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a B.A in History from Boğaziçi University and an M.A. in Comparative Studies in History and Society from Koç University. His master's thesis, titled "Monetization Processes and Changing Societal Relations in Bursa, 1739-1842" explores the monetization processes and its possible effects on society. By focusing on probate records of Bursa, Furkan's research emphasizes the broader global, transregional, and interregional monetization processes. 

Furkan's research spans the regional economies of the Ottoman Empire during the transition from the early modern period to modernity, and engages with the broader transregional socio-economic historiography of Eurasian regions. He plans to contextualize the monetization processes within the global history of capitalism, socioeconomic history, and labor history, discussing key aspects such as the transition from early modernity to modernity, commodification, remuneration practices, and credit-debt relations. His research seeks to explore how media of exchange shapes human relations.In addition to this, Furkan is also interested in business history and legal history, aiming to further develop his research on monetization.

Advisor: Marc Flandreau