Bio

Dr. Sezim Sezer Darnault is an art and architectural historian. She received her Ph.D. from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey, and her master’s degree from Istanbul Technical University. Her research focuses on cross-cultural artistic encounters/exchanges, with a particular emphasis on the Ottoman Empire and Europe. Dr. Sezer Darnault is the author of Latin Catholic Buildings in Istanbul: A Historical Perspective and co-author of The Missak[ian] Ottoman Archives. Dr. Sezer Darnault was a visiting scholar at Cornell University. She also taught at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (Assistant Professor) and Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois. Based in the United States, Dr. Sezer Darnault currently conducts research as an independent scholar.