Palmira Brummett

Palmira Brummett is Professor Emerita of History at the University of Tennessee, where she was Distinguished Professor of Humanities, and Visiting Professor of History at Brown University. Her publications include Ottoman Seapower and Levantine Diplomacy in the Age of Discovery (1994); Image and Imperialism in the Ottoman Revolutionary Press, 1908-1911 (2000); The 'Book' of Travels: Genre, Ethnology and Pilgrimage, 1250-1700 (2009), for which she was the editor and a contributor; and...See more

Palmira Brummett is Professor Emerita of History at the University of Tennessee, where she was Distinguished Professor of Humanities, and Visiting Professor of History at Brown University. Her publications include Ottoman Seapower and Levantine Diplomacy in the Age of Discovery (1994); Image and Imperialism in the Ottoman Revolutionary Press, 1908-1911 (2000); The 'Book' of Travels: Genre, Ethnology and Pilgrimage, 1250-1700 (2009), for which she was the editor and a contributor; and Civilizations Past and Present (2000-5), for which she was the coauthor of multiple editions. She has also written numerous articles on Ottoman, Mediterranean, and world history. She has been the recipient of NEH and ACLS fellowships, a Phi Beta Kappa Faculty Award for Scholarly Achievement, and a Bunting Fellowship at Radcliff University. See less