Metin Mustafa

Metin Mustafa is an art historian specialising in Ottoman and Islamic art. He holds a PhD in Ottoman Renaissance art from The University of Notre Dame Australia, and Bachelor of Education in Humanities from The University of Sydney. The author taught History, Religion and Teaching Methodology at The University of Notre Dame Australia, Charles Sturt University and Australian Catholic University. Metin Mustafa is the founding member of the Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and Civilisation. Between 2019 and 2023, he taught Ottoman and Renaissance art history courses at The University of Sydney Centre for Continuing Education. His research interests include the idea of many renaissances and cross-cultural interactions in the early modern Mediterranean world between the Ottomans and Europeans. Metin is the author of the monograph "The Ottoman Renaissance: A Reconsideration of Early Modern Ottoman Art, 1413-1575". He is also the author of "History of Ottoman Renaissance Art: From Mehmed I to Selim II", "Michelangelo meets Sinan: Representations of the Divine, Salvation and Paradise in Renaissance Art", "The Ottoman Renaissance and the Early Modern World, 1400-1699 (Essays Series Complete Edition)", "Oriental Imaginings, Occidental Refashioning: Turquerie, the Tulip Age and Ottoman Modernity, 1683-1867)", and "Perceptions of the Other: Eurocentrism in the Historiography of Islam from the Medieval Period to the Modern Era ~ Clash of Civilisations or Clash of Cultures?"