Kemal Karpat

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Kemal Haşim Karpat (born February 15, 1925 in Babadag , Romania ; † February 20, 2019 in Madison , Wisconsin ) was a Turkish historian with a focus on the Ottoman Empire . He was one of the most prominent scientists in his field in Turkey.

Life

Karpat was born in Romania in 1925 to Turkish parents. He studied law at the University of Istanbul ( LL.B. , 1947) and political science at the University of Washington (MA). A Ph.D. He graduated in Political and Social Sciences from New York University in 1957 .

He then worked for the United Nations Economic and Social Council . He taught u. a. at New York University, Montana State University - Bozeman , of Princeton University , the Bilkent University , the Technical University of the Middle East , the University of Ankara , the Harvard University , the Johns Hopkins University , the Columbia University , the Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and the University of Washington . He has also worked for the Turkish Studies Association and the Turkish Research Institution.

From 1970 he was a professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison , where he edited the International Journal of Turkish Studies , coordinated the Central Asian Studies Program and headed the Middle Eastern Studies Department. He also founded the Central Asian Studies Society.

He later worked as a professor of history at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi . He has published numerous books, translated into more than 20 languages. He died in February 2019, five days after turning 94.

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • Ottoman Population, 1830-1914. Demographic and Social Characteristics (= Turkish and Ottoman studies ). University of Wisconsin Press, Madison 1985, ISBN 978-0-299-09160-6 .
  • Ed .: Ottoman Past and Today's Turkey (= Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East , Vol. 76). Brill, Leiden u. a. 2000, ISBN 90-04-11562-5 .
  • The Politicization of Islam. Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State (= Studies in Middle Eastern History ). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001, ISBN 978-0-19-516543-2 .
  • Studies on Ottoman Social and Political studies. Selected articles and essays (= Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East , Vol. 81). Brill, Leiden u. a. 2002, ISBN 90-04-12101-3 .
  • Studies on Turkish Politics and Society (= Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East , Vol. 94). Brill, Leiden u. a. 2004, ISBN 978-90-04-13322-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Karpat, Kemal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karpat, Kemal Haşim (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Babadag , Romania
DATE OF DEATH 20th February 2019
Place of death Madison , Wisconsin