Temple University

Ryan Mitchell specializes in the arts and architecture of Islam, specifically Ottoman visual, literary, and architectural cultures of the eastern Mediterranean in the long nineteenth century. In the 2020-21 award cycle, Ryan received a Fulbright Research Grant to Turkey in order to research the architecture of Istanbul’s late Ottoman school buildings constructed in Istanbul. A Temple University Grant in Aid (2022) and the Marcia Hall Research Award (2023) have also allowed Ryan to further his research interests in an array of topics ranging from Islamic influences in eclectic architecture of the nineteenth century to the architectural patronage of Egypt’s khedivial family, as well as his acquisition of Ottoman Turkish. In addition to his research, Ryan has assisted the artist Shahzia Sikander (b. 1969, Lahore) with research related to her artistic practice, and has previously held assistantships at the Istanbul Research Institute and the Library of Congress. Prior to entering the doctoral program at Tyler, Ryan worked for several years in business development in New York. He received his undergraduate degree in English Literature and History of Art from the Ohio State University in 2017.  

BA, History of Art and English Literature, Ohio State University, 2017 

Advisor: Emily Neumeier