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CURRICULUM VITAE

SELÇUK AKŞĐN SOMEL

OFFICE
Sabancı University
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
34956 Orhanlı-Tuzla
Đstanbul-TURKEY
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E-mail : [email protected]

EDUCATION

Ph.D. : Bamberg University, 1993 (Turkology-History-Sociology)
M.A. : Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, 1987 (History)
B.A. : Ankara Üniversitesi, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Uluslararası Đlişkiler Bölümü, 1983
(Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations)

Ph.D.Thesis : Das Grundschulwesen in den Provinzen des Osmanischen Reiches während der
Herrschaftsperiode Abdülhamids II (1876-1908)
[Primary education in the Ottoman provinces during the reign of Abdülhamid II]
M.A.Thesis : Sırat-ı Müstakim: Islamic Modernist Thought in the Ottoman Empire (1908-
1912)

SCHOLARSHIPS

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Graduate Scholarship (1991-1993)

BOOKS

Das Grundschulwesen in den Provinzen des Osmanischen Reiches während der Herrschafts-
periode Abdülhamids II (1876-1908)(Egelsbach-Frankfurt-St.Peter Port: Hänsel-Hohenhausen
Verlag, 1995) (ISBN 3-8267-2115-2)

The Modernization of Public Education in the Ottoman Empire (1839-1908). Islamization,
Autocracy and Discipline (Brill Academic Publishers: 2001) (ISBN 90-04-11903-5)

Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire (Lanham, Maryland and Oxford : Scarecrow
Press, 2003) (ISBN 0-8108-4332-3)

(edited together with Amy Singer and Christoph Neumann): ReSounding Silences: Untold
Histories of the Middle East (forthcoming at the University of Utah Press (2009 ))

Yerel Tarih Araştırmaları Đçin Kılavuz (Đstanbul: Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı,
2000) [A guide to local historical research]
1885 Tarihli Đstanbul Đstatistikleri (in progress) [Statistics of Istanbul of 1885]

Ali Fuad Türkgeldi’nin “Maruf Simalar”ı (together with Mehmet Kalpaklı, in progress)
[Selected bureaucrats of the late Ottoman period, 1840-1877]

ARTICLES

“Osmanlı Tarihi-Çağdaş Dönem”, Yurt Ansiklopedisi-Türkiye Genel Cildi (Đstanbul: Yurt
Yayınları, 1982, 1983-1984), pp.8142-8145. [Ottoman history, modern period. Encyclopedia
article]

“Sırat-ı Müstakim: Islamic Modernist Thought in the Ottoman Empire”, The Journal of the
Middle East Studies Society at Columbia University, Vol.1 Nr.1 1987, 55-80.

“Arap Eyaletleri ve Günümüz Arap Devletleri: Tarihsel Bir Perspektiften Genel Bir Bakış”,
Yeni Türkiye Sayı 3 (Mart-Nisan 1995) [Ottoman Arab provinces and the present-day Arab
nation states: a general view]

“Osman Nuri Paşa‘nın 17 Temmuz 1885 Tarihli Hicaz Raporu”, Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi
(A.Ü.DTCF Tarih Bölümü) XVIII-29 (1996) [The Hijaz (Mecca & Medina) report of governor
Osman Nuri Pasha, dated 17 July 1885]

“Ottoman Islamic Education in the Balkans in the Nineteenth Century”, Islamic Studies. Special
Issue: Islam in the Balkans (Islamabad), 36;2, 3 (1997)

“Osmanlı’dan Cumhuriyet’e Türk Kimliği”, Cumhuriyet, Demokrasi ve Kimlik. Nuri Bilgin
(haz.) (Đstanbul: Bağlam, 1997) [Turkish ethnic identity from the Ottoman times to the
Republican era]

“Gericilik, Đlericilik ve Aydınlar”, Doğu Batı Düşünce Dergisi No.1/3 (Mayıs Haziran Temmuz
1998) [Reaction, progressivism, and Turkish intellectuals]

“Bahar ve Filiz Pastaneleri”, Yerel Tarih Nr.4 (Temmuz 1998) [The social-institutional histories
of two bakery-shops in Ankara]

“The Interwoven Relationship Between Religion, Nationalism and Education in the 19th
Century Balkans”, in Encounter or Conflict of Civilizations on the Balkans. International
Scientific Conference. December 10-12, 1997. Ed.by Slavenko Terzic (Belgrade: Historical
Institute of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1998)

“Yerel Tarih ve Tarihte Yerellik”, Yerel Tarih Nr.6 (Kasım 1999) [Local history and
provinciality in history]

“The Problem of Crypto-Christians in Albania during the Hamidian Period”, South East Europe
in History: the Past, the Present and the Problems of Balkanology (Ankara: Ankara
Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi, 1999)
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“Arnavut Milliyetçiliği, Bab-ı Âlî ve Đstanbul Ekümenik Patrikhanesi”, Tarih ve Milliyetçilik.
I.Ulusal Tarih Kongresi (Mersin: Mersin Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, 1999) [Albanian
nationalism, the Sublime Porte, and the Orthodox Patriarchate of Istanbul]

“Osmanlılarda Đslamiyet ve Modernleşme. Eğitim Tarihi Perspektifinden Kısa Bir Yeniden
Değerlendirme”, Türkiye Günlüğü 58 (Kasım-Aralık 1999) [Islam in the late Ottoman times and
the issue of modernization : an evaluation from the perspective of educational history]

“Osmanlı Modernleşme Döneminde Periferik Nüfus Grupları”, Toplum ve Bilim 83 (Kış
1999/2000) [Peripheral populations during the age of Ottoman reforms]

“Yanıbaşımızdaki Tarih”, Tarihçe. Yerel Tarih Grupları Bülteni (Türkiye Ekonomik ve
Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı) 1( Nisan 2000) [History at our frontdoor]

“The Period of Reform” and “The End” (together with Oktay Özel ve Özlem Çaykent), The
Ottomans. A Brief Story of a World Empire (Ankara: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Turkey, 2000).

“Osmanlı Modernleşme Döneminde Kız Eğitimi”, Kebîkeç. Đnsan Bilimleri Đçin Kaynak
Araştırmaları Dergisi 10 (2000) [The development of female education during the Ottoman
reform period]

“Rumî 1301 (1885) Tarihli Đstanbul Sayımı”, Osmanlı Devleti‘nde Bilgi ve Đstatistik. Data and
Statistics in the Ottoman Empire. Edited by Halil Đnalcık and Şevket Pamuk (Ankara: T.C.
Başbakanlık Devlet Đstatistik Enstitüsü, 2000) [An evaluation of the population census of
Istanbul of 1885]

“Đstanbul Đsveç Araştırma Enstitüsü'nün 15-17 Mart 2001 tarihleri arasında düzenlediği Ottoman
Intellectual Heritage başlıklı konferansa ilişkin gözlemler”, Türkiye Kültür Araştırmaları
Bülteni 2 (Nisan 2001) [Some observations concerning the conference titled “Ottoman
Intellectual Heritage”, organised by the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul (15-17 March
2001)]

“Osmanlı Reform Çağında Osmanlıcılık Düşüncesi (1839-1913)”, Modern Türkiye‘de Siyasî
Düşünce. Cilt 1: Cumhuriyet‘e Devreden Düşünce Mirası: Tanzimat ve Meşrutiyet‘in Birikimi
(Đstanbul: Đletişim, 2001) [The state ideology of Ottomanism during the age of reforms, 1839-
1913]

“Bir Malî Sorun Olarak Osmanlı Son Döneminde Eğitim Yatırımları ve Vergilendirme
Meselesi”, Doğu Batı. Düşünce Dergisi 4-17 (2001-2002) [The problem of taxation and
educational investment during the Hamidian era]

“Osmanlı Son Döneminde Đskat-ı Cenin Meselesi”, Kebîkeç. Đnsan Bilimleri Đçin Kaynak
Araştırmaları Dergisi 13 (2002) [The problem of abortion during the late Ottoman period. The
edict of 1838]

“Osmanlı Tarihi Sahasında Türkçe Başvuru Eserler : Akademik ve Siyasal Bir Durum
Tespiti”, Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi 1-2 (2003) [An academic and political
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evaluation of Turkish-language reference books on Ottoman history]

“The Religious Community Schools and Foreign Missionary Schools”, Halil Đnalcık and
Günsel Renda (eds.): Ottoman Civilization Vol.2 (Ankara: Republic of Turkey Ministry of
Culture, 2003).

“Osmanskaia Imperia : Mestniye Elitiy i Mehanizmiy ih Integratsii”, Aleksei Miller (ed.):
Rossiyskaia Imperiya v Sravnitel’noi Perspektive (Moscow: Novoe Izdatel’stvo, 2004)
[Ottoman Empire: Provincial elites and mechanisms of their integration]

(together with Milena B.Methodieva) “Keeping the bonds: The Ottomans and Muslim
Education in Autonomous Bulgaria, 1878-1908”, Turcica. Revıe d’Etudes Turques 36 (2004).

“Christian Community Schools During the Ottoman Reform Period”, in Elisabeth Özdalga
(editor), Late Ottoman Society: The Intellectual Legacy (London: RoutledgeCurzon Press,
2005).

“Sources on the Education of Ottoman Women in the Prime Ministerial Ottoman Archives”,
in Amira Sonbol (editor), Beyond the exotic: women’s histories in Islamic societies
(Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2005).

“The Issue of Abortion in 19th Century Ottoman Empire,” in Halil Đnalcık and Oktay Özel
(editors), IXth International Congress of Economic and Social History of Turkey (Dubrovnik-
Croatia, 20-23 August 2002) (Ankara: Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and
History. Publications of the Turkish Historical Society, 2005).

“Maarif müdürü Radovişli Mustafa Bey’in raporları ve Müslim ve Gayrimüslim eğitimi: II.
Abdülhamid devri Selânik taşrasında maarif meselesi (1885-1886)”, Tarih ve Toplum. Yeni
Yaklaşımlar 2 (242) (Güz 2005) [The reports of the provincial director of education, Mustafa
Bey of Radovište, concerning Muslim and non-Muslim education: The issue of education in the
province of Salonica in 1885-1886]

“Aleksandır Ekzarh ve 19.-20.Yüzyıllarda Avrupa’ya Giden 'Bulgar Yolları'”, Tarih ve Toplum.
Yeni Yaklaşımlar 2 (242) (Güz 2005) [The 'Bulgarian Roads' toward Europe in the 19th and
20th centuries and Alexander Exarch. Report of the Conference on Alexander Exarch, held in
Stara Zagora between 7-8 May 2005]

“Education, Middle East”, in Thomas Benjamin (ed.), Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism
since 1450 (Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2006)

“Female Education in the Ottoman Empire”, in Suad Joseph (ed.), Encyclopedia of Women and
Islamic Cultures Vol. IV (Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2006)

“Kırım Savaşı, Islahat Fermanı ve Osmanlı Eğitim Düzeninde Dönüşümler”, in Feridun
Emecen (ed.), Savaştan Barışa: 150.Yıldönümünde Kırım Savaşı ve Paris Antlaşması (1853-
1856) (Đstanbul: Đstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Tarih Araştırma Merkezi, 2007)
[The Crimean War, the Reform Edict of 1856 and the Transformation of the Ottoman
Educational Structure]

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“Osmanlı Ermenilerinde kültür modernleşmesi, cemaat okulları ve Abdülhamid rejimi”, Tarih
ve Toplum. Yeni Yaklaşımlar 5 (245) (Bahar 2007) [Cultural modernization among the Ottoman
Armenians, community schools and the regime of Abdülhamid II]
“Regulations for Raising Children during the Hamidian Period”, in François Georgeon and
Klaus Kreiser (eds.), Enfance et jeunesse dans le monde musulman. Childhood and Youth in
the Muslim World (Paris: Maisonneuve et Larose, 2007)
(together with Tuba Demirci) “Women’s Bodies, Demography, and Public Health: Abortion
Policy and Perspectives in the Ottoman Empire of the Nineteenth Century”, in Journal of the
History of Sexuality (Austin, Texas) Vol. 17, Nr.3 (September 2008).
“Rusdiye Schools”, in Peter N. Stearns (ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2008).
“Abdülaziz”, Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire
(New York: Facts on File, 2008).
“Abdülhamid II”, Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Ottoman
Empire (New York: Facts on File, 2008).
“Abdülmecid”, Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Ottoman
Empire (New York: Facts on File, 2008).
“Constitution/Constitutional Period”, Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters (ed.), Encyclopedia
of the Ottoman Empire (New York: Facts on File, 2008).
“Mehmed V”, Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire
(New York: Facts on File, 2008).
“Mehmed VI”, Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire
(New York: Facts on File, 2008).
“Murad V”, Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire
(New York: Facts on File, 2008).
“Mustafa IV”, Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire
(New York: Facts on File, 2008).
“Parliament”, Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire
(New York: Facts on File, 2008).
“Mustafa Bey of Radoviş (1843-1893): Bureaucrat, Journalist and Deputy of Salonica at the
First Ottoman Parliament”, in The First Ottoman Experiment in Democracy (Würzburg:
Ergon [Istanbuler Texte und Studien 18], forthcoming in 2009).
“Rüşdiye Schools”, Encyclopedia of the Modern World (Amira Sonbol ed.) (Oxford
University Press) (forthcoming)
“Ayşe Sıddiqa”, Encyclopedia of Islam. 3rd Edition (Brill Publishers, The Netherlands)
(forthcoming).

“Hâlet Efendi”, Persian Encyclopaedia of Islam (Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation, Iran)
(forthcoming)
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“Hüsrev Pasha”, Persian Encyclopaedia of Islam (Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation, Iran)
(forthcoming)
“Enseignement”, Le Dictionnaire de l’Empire Ottoman (Fayard, Paris) (forthcoming).
“Mekteb”, Le Dictionnaire de l’Empire Ottoman (Fayard, Paris) (projected).
“Nosayris”, Le Dictionnaire de l’Empire Ottoman (Fayard, Paris) (projected).
“Sécularisation”, Le Dictionnaire de l’Empire Ottoman (Fayard, Paris) (projected).
“Université”, Le Dictionnaire de l’Empire Ottoman (Fayard, Paris) (projected).

BOOK AND SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Đsmail Kara :2.Meşrutiyet'te Đslamcılık. Tarih ve Toplum, Nr.46 (Ekim 1987) [Review on
Đ.Kara’s book concerning Islamism during the Young Turk period]

"31 Mart'a 31 Martçı Bakış" Toplum ve Bilim, Nr.41 (Bahar 1988) [Review on S.Albayrak’s
book concerning the Islamist rebellion of 31 March 1909]

"Türk Ordusu ile Filistin'de" Tarih ve Toplum, Nr.66 (Haziran 1989) [Review on
A.Aaronsohn’s memoirs concerning the Ottoman army in Palestine]

"Joel C.Hodson: Lawrence of Arabia and American Culture. The Making of a Transatlantic
Legend“, Journal of American Studies of Turkey 4 (1996)

"Türkiye Kültürüne Önemli Bir Katkı: Elektronik Ortama Aktarılan Cumhuriyet Dönemi
Makaleler Bibliyografyası (1923-1999)", Virgül (May 2002) [Review on the electronic
database of the Turkish bibliography of periodical articles (1923-1999)]

"M. Şükrü Hanioğlu: Preparation for a Revolution. The Young Turks, 1902-1908," Slavic
Review LXII – 1 (Spring 2003) (ISSN: 0037-6779) (ISI Arts and Humanities Index)
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"Benjamin C. Fortna: Imperial Classroom: Islam, the State, and Education in the Late Ottoman
Empire," The English Historical Review CXVIII – 477 (June 2003) (ISSN 0013-8266).

“Erol Köroğlu: Đkinci Meşrutiyet ve Birinci Dünya Savaşı döneminde Türkçülük ve ulusal
kimlik inşası”, Tarih ve Toplum. Yeni Yaklaşımlar 2 (242) (Güz 2005).

“Oliver Jens Schmitt: Levantiner. Lebenswelten und Identitäten einer ethnokonfessionellen
Gruppe im osmanischen Reich im “langen 19.Jahrhundert”, Jahrbücher für Geschichte
Osteuropas 55 (2007).

“Erol Köroğlu: Ottoman Propaganda and Turkish Identity. Literature in Turkey during World
War I”, Pew Perspectives on Turkey Nr.39 (Fall 2008) (ISI SSCI).

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TRANSLATIONS

"Klaus Peter Schwarz (1943-1989)“ [In Memoriam Klaus Peter Schwarz, by Hans Robert
Roemer, originally in the ZDMG, vol.141/1 (1991)], The Journal of Ottoman Studies XI (1991)

CONFERENCE PAPERS

1993-1995

“II.Abdülhamid döneminde meşruiyet aracı olarak eğitim ve devlet okulları”, Osmanlı'dan
Cumhuriyet'e Problemler, Araştırmalar, Tartışmalar. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih
Vakfı 1.Uluslararası Tarih Kongresi (ODTÜ, 24-26 Mayıs 1993).

“Bab-ı Ali - Fener Patrikhanesi - Arnavut Milliyetçiliği”, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih
Vakfı Ankara Grubu (28 Ocak 1994).

“The Interwoven Relationship Between Nationalism and Religion in the Late Ottoman Empire:
An Ottoman Perspective”, International Conference on Minorities and Related Problems in the
Balkans (Bilkent, 27-29 October 1994).

“Ottoman Bureaucracy During the Hamidian Period : Structural Problems”, VII.International
Congress on the Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire (1300-1920) (Heidelberg,
25-29 July 1995).

1996

“II.Abdülhamid Döneminde Arnavut Milliyetçiliği”, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih
Vakfı Đzmir Grubu (15 Ocak 1996).

“Osmanlı‘dan Cumhuriyet‘e Türk Kimliği Sorunsalı”, Cumhuriyet, Demokrasi ve Kimlik
Sempozyumu (Đzmir, 10-12 Nisan 1996).

“Education and Socialization in the Late 19th Century Ottoman Beirut and Skutari”, European
Science Foundation ISMM Group 1: Forms of Belonging and Modes of Social Integration
(Granada, 24-27 May 1996).

“The Problem of Crypto-Christians in Albania During the Hamidian Period”, Ankara
Üniversitesi 50.Yılı Uluslararası Sempozyum: Tarihte Güney-Doğu Avrupa: Balkanolojinin
Dünü, Bugünü ve Sorunları (Ankara, 13-14 Kasım 1996).

1997

“19.Yüzyılda Arnavut Milliyetçiliğinin Gelişimi”, Mersin Üniversitesi I.Ulusal Tarih Kongresi
(Mersin, 1-2 Mayıs 1997).

“The Problem of Turkish Identity within the late 19th Century Ottoman Administration”, 35th
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ICAPAS Meeting (Budapest, July 7-12, 1997).

“Sources on the Education of Ottoman Women in the Prime Ministerial Ottoman Archives”,
European Science Foundation ISMM Group 1: Forms of Belonging and Modes of Social
Integration (Mulhouse, September 20-21, 1997).

“The Interwoven Relationship Between Religion, Nationalism and Education in the 19th
Century Balkans”, International Scientific Conference: Encounter or Conflict of Civilizations
on the Balkans (Belgrade, December 10-12, 1997).

1998

“Sunni-Islamic Orthodoxy as a Means of Political Uniformity: Hamidian Educational Policy
Toward the Heterodox Alevis in the Late 19th Century Ottoman Empire”, European Social
Science History Conference (Amsterdam, March 5-7, 1998).

“II.Abdülhamid Üzerine”, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tarih Bölümü (Ankara, 22 April 1998).

“Educational Situation in the Vilayet of Salonica in the 1880s”, VIII.International Congress on
the Economic and Social History of Turkey (Bursa, June 18-21, 1998).

“Textbooks as Determiners of Moral Education in the 19th Century Ottoman Muslim Primary
Schools”, European Science Foundation ISMM Group 1: Forms of Belonging and Modes of
Social Integration (Salamanca, October 15-17, 1998).

“Crypto-Christianity in the 19th Century Ottoman Empire”, Middle Eastern Studies Association
of Porth America 32nd Annual Meeting (Chicago, December 3-6, 1998).

1999

“Yerel Tarih ve Tarihte Yerellik”, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Yerel Tarih
Yarışması Tarih Öğretmenleri Danışma Toplantısı (Ürgüp, 25-27 Nisan 1999).

“Son Dönem Osmanlı Tarih Yazımcılığında Osmanlı Kuruluş Dönemi”, Bilkent Üniversitesi
Tarih Bölümü. Sempozyum: Osman‘dan Fatih‘e: Osmanlı Devletinin Doğuşu ve
Đmparatorluğun Kuruluşu (Ankara, 5 Mayıs 1999).

“Tanzimat ve II.Abdülhamid Dönemlerinde Doğu Anadolu‘da Toplumsal Yapı ve Modern
Eğitim Sorunları”, Van Valiliği Osmanlı Devletinin 700.Yılı Kutlama Etkinlikleri: Doğu ve
Güneydoğu Anadolu‘nun Toplumsal Tarihi Sempozyumu (Van, 16-18 Haziran 1999).

“Ottoman Islamic Education in the Balkans in the Nineteenth Century”, VIIIth International
Congress of South-East European Studies (Bucharest, 24-28 August 1999).

“Tanzimat Döneminde Eğitim”, Đstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Osmanlı Devletinin 700.Yılı
Kutlama Etkinlikleri: Osmanlı Eğitim Tarihi Kongresi (Đstanbul, 22-23 Ekim 1999).

“Regulations for Raising Children during the Hamidian Period”, European Science Foundation
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ISMM Group 1: Forms of Belonging and Modes of Social Integration (Munich, October 30-31,
1999).

2000

“Yanıbaşımızdaki Tarih: Yerel Tarihçiliğin Türkiye Açısından Önemi”, Türkiye Ekonomik ve
Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı ve Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyesi Toplantısı (Gaziantep, 3 Mart
2000).

“Yerel Tarih”, Bilkent Üniversitesi Türk Dili Koordinatörlüğü Konferansı (Bilkent, Ankara, 12
Nisan 2000).

“19.Yüzyılda Balkanlarda Dinsel Cemaatler ve Milliyetçilik Meselesi”, Uluslararası I.Balkan
Sempozyumu (Trakya Üniversitesi, Edirne, 20-21 Nisan 2000).

“Das Osmanische Reich-Atatürk-die Türkische Republik. Historische Wurzeln der heutigen
Türkei”, Cusanuswerk Semineri-Kultur und Religion in der Türkei. Zusammenprall oder
Zusammenspiel ? (Ankara, 20 Eylül 2000).

“Osmanlı Son Döneminde Filistinliler ve Yahudiler”, Güncelin Tarihi Konferans Dizisi-
Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı ve Mülkiyeliler Birliği (Ankara, 1 Kasım 2000).

2001

“The Historical Role of the Iranian People in the Islamization Process of the Turkic People in
Turan”, International Seminar on the Iranian World and Turan (Center for Documents and
Diplomatic History, Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Teheran, 13-14 February 2001).

“Ottoman Educational Reform: Westernization or Islamization?”, Conference on the Ottoman
Intellectual Heritage. Swedish Research Institute in Đstanbul (15-17 March 2001).

“Children’s Impressions of School and the Process of Early Socialization in the Late Ottoman
Reform Period”, XXVIII. Deutscher Orientalistentag. Bamberg, March 26-30, 2001.

“Government Education as a Means of Political Legitimation in the Ottoman Reform Period”,
Authority and Legitimacy in the Ottoman Empire. Symposium. Boğaziçi University Campus
(Đstanbul, July 6-7, 2001).

“On the Issue of Abortion in the Early Nineteenth Century Ottoman Empire”, IX. International
Congress on the Economic and Social History of Turkey (Dubrovnik, August 20-23, 2001).

“XIX. Yüzyıl Sonlarında Balkanlarda Türk Olmayanlara (Gayrı Müslim ve Müslüman) Yönelik
Osmanlı Eğitim Siyaseti”, Bulgar-Türk Konferansı; XVIII. Yüzyıl-XX. Yüzyılın Başlarında
Osmanlı Đmparatorluğu’nun Balkan Eyaletleri. Ekonomi, Toplum, Kültür (Sofya Kliment
Ohridski Üniversitesi Tarih Fakültesi, 5-6 Ekim 2001).

2002

“Osmanlı‘da Eğitim ve Siyasal Meşruiyet”, Yeditepe Üniversitesi Tarih Kulübü (Đstanbul, 12
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Nisan 2002).

“Tarihte Osmanlılar ve Moldova”, 10. Yıldönümünde Moldova-Türkiye Đlişkileri Sempozyumu
(Đstanbul, 9-11 Ekim 2002). Düzenleyenler: Türk Tarih Kurumu ve Moldova Büyükelçiliği.

“Globalleşme ve Türkiye Hakkında Bazı Gözlemler”, Kadıköy Düşünce Platformu (15
December 2002).

2003

“Schools as an Arena of Politics: Armenian Schools and Ottoman Educational Policies
Toward Armenians”, Vectors of Violence: War, Revolution, and Genocide : A Turkish-
Armenian Workshop. University of Minnesota (28-30 March 2003).

“Ottoman Empire : Administrative Mechanisms, Bureaucracy, and Local Elites”, History of
Empires: Comparative Approaches to Research and Teaching (Open Society Institute,
Moscow, 6-10 June 2003).

“Das Problem der Abtreibung im Osmanischen Reich im 19. Jahrhundert”, Ludwig-
Maximilian Universität München (Munich, 30 October 2003).

“Socialization and Formal Schooling in the Late Otoman Empire (1869-1908)”, Schule und
Sozialisation in Historischer Perspektive. Peue Ansätze und Ergebnisse Historischer
Sozialisationsforschung. Symposion des DFG-Projekts (Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, 21-
22 November 2003).

2004

“Eliten im Osmanischen Reich”, Internationale Konferenz. Herrschaft und Beherrschte in
kontinentalen europäischen Imperien im Vergleich 1700-1920 (Austrian Academy of Sciences,
Vienna, 18-19 March 2004).

“Osmanlı Đmparatorluğu’nda Eğitimin Modernleşmesi ve Laikleşmesi”, Eğitimde Laikliğin Đki
Yüzü: Fransa ve Türkiye. Bir Yüzyılın Bilançosu (Galatasaray Üniversitesi, Istanbul, 20-23 May
2004).

“Art, Culture, and Education in the Central Balkans under Ottoman Rule : Evaluation of Recent
Turkish Academic Publications”, Workshop on Central Balkan Lands : The State of Art in
Bulgaria and Turkey. Evaluation of Developments and Trends (Sabancı University and
Netherlands Historical and Archaeological Institute, Istanbul, 26-27 June 2004).

“19th Century Ottoman Educational Reform and Islam”, Workshop : Religion and Politics in
Turkey (Journal of Turkish Studies & German Orient Institut, Istanbul, 2-4 July 2004).

“On the Modernization of Ottoman Empire and the Issue of Popular Culture: Some
Observations”, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Đktisat Tarihi/Đktisat Politikaları Semineri (Boğaziçi
Üniversitesi, 13 December 2004).

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