(with Mustafa Batman): “The State Waqfs of Ottoman Istanbul, 1453–1923” (Social Science Research Network working paper, August 2026).
Category Archives: Publications
Working paper: “From Performance to Habit: How Preference Falsification Becomes Self-Reinforcing”
(with Fasih Zulfiqar): “From Performance to Habit: How Preference Falsification Becomes Self-Reinforcing” (Social Science Research Network working paper, August 2026).
Article: “Uneven Modernization in the Muslim World”
(with Fasih Zulfiqar) “Uneven Modernization in the Muslim World.” Annual Review of Economics, 18 (2026): 505–533.
Article: “Keeping while Giving: The Perpetuation of Inequalities through Private Islamic Waqfs”
(with Serkant Adıgüzel) “Keeping while Giving: The Perpetuation of Inequalities through Private Islamic Waqfs,” Journal of Economic History, 86 (December 2026): in press.
Interview: “Declining Islam in the Middle East?” Atlas Society, with Jennifer Grossman, 22 January 2025.
Interview: “Declining Islam in the Middle East?” Atlas Society, with Jennifer Grossman, 22 January 2025.
Podcast: “Timur Kuran on Why We Lie About Our Beliefs,” Persuasion, with Yascha Mounk, 30 August 2024.
Podcast: “Timur Kuran on Why We Lie About Our Beliefs,” Persuasion, with Yascha Mounk, 30 August 2024.
Interview: “Freedoms Delayed: Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East,” Cato Institute, with Mustafa Akyol and John Voll, 12 March 2024.
Interview: “Freedoms Delayed: Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East,” Cato Institute, with Mustafa Akyol and John Voll, 12 March 2024.
Podcast: “The Incredible Insights of Timur Kuran,” The Seen and the Unseen, with Amit Varma, 2 October 2023.
Podcast: “The Incredible Insights of Timur Kuran,” The Seen and the Unseen, with Amit Varma, 2 October 2023.
Podcast: “Political History of the Middle East,” Economic and Political History Podcast, with Javier Mejia, 9 September 2023.
Podcast: “Political History of the Middle East,” Economic and Political History Podcast, with Javier Mejia, 9 September 2023.
Podcast: “A Chat with Timur Kuran on Freedoms Delayed and Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East,” GrowthChat, with Marco Lecci and Sascha O. Becker, 6 August 2023.
Podcast: “A Chat with Timur Kuran on Freedoms Delayed and Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East,” GrowthChat, with Marco Lecci and Sascha O. Becker, 6 August 2023.
Podcast: “Timur Kuran Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio,” Trend Following Radio, with Michael Covel, 27 February 2023.
Podcast: “Timur Kuran Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio,” Trend Following Radio, with Michael Covel, 27 February 2023.
Book: Freedoms Delayed: Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), xviii+430 pp.
Book: Freedoms Delayed: Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023), xviii+430 pp.
Podcast: “Why the Lies We Tell in Public Are So Destructive,” Three Takeaways, with Lynn Thoman, 15 November 2022.
Podcast: “Why the Lies We Tell in Public Are So Destructive,” Three Takeaways, with Lynn Thoman, 15 November 2022.
Podcast: “The Peaceful Explosion of Rights in Ottoman Istanbul,” GrowthChat, with Marco Lecchi and Sascha Becker, 15 December 2021.
Podcast: “The Peaceful Explosion of Rights in Ottoman Istanbul,” GrowthChat, with Marco Lecchi and Sascha Becker, 15 December 2021.
