--- title: Alan Mikhail | TIME description: Mikhail is Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Yale University. His new book is GOD’S SHADOW: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World (Liveright/W.W. Norton & Co.) canonical: https://time.com/author/alan-mikhail/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/alan-mikhail/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Alan Mikhail ## Alan Mikhail Mikhail is Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Yale University. His new book is [GOD’S SHADOW: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World](https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Shadow-Sultan-Ottoman-Empire/dp/163149239X/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?keywords=alan+mikhail+god%27s+shadow&qid=1581692583&sr=8-1) (Liveright/W.W. Norton & Co.) ## Alan Mikhail *  Sep 3, 2020 ### [Erdogan’s Worrying Love for Ottoman Empire](https://time.com/5885650/erdogans-ottoman-worry-world/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/alan-mikhail/","name":"Alan Mikhail"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/alan-mikhail/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/alan-mikhail/"},"name":"Alan Mikhail","jobTitle":null,"description":"Mikhail is Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Yale University. His new book is GOD’S SHADOW: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World (Liveright/W.W. Norton & Co.)","url":"https://time.com/author/alan-mikhail/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```