Grants Program

Recipients: 1984-1985

Graduate Fellowships (Institutional)
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Connecticut
  • Indiana University
  • New York University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Washington
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dissertation Writing Grants
  • Günseli Berik (University of Massachusetts): Patterns of Employment and Productive Organization in Carpet Weaving.
  • Irene Markoff (University of Washington): Turkish Folk Music and how it is affected by Urbanization.
  • John McFadden (George Washington University): Political Violence in Turkey 1960-1980.
  • Nancy Micklewright (University of Pennsylvania): 19th Century Turkish Costume Transformation as an Indicator of Evolving Self-image of Turks vis-à-vis Europeanization.
  • Marcie Patton (University of Chicago): The Role of Local Industrialists in the Development of Turkish Middle Class.
  • Ayse Yonder (University of California, Berkeley): Comparison of Formal and Informal Land Markets in Istanbul.
Grants for Post-Doctoral Summer Travel/Research in Turkey
  • Carl Brown, Research on Afro-Asian Successor States to the Ottoman Empire.
  • Caesar Farah, Research on Ottoman Syria and Impact of European Rivalries on Destabilization of Ottoman Administration.
  • Carter V. Findley, Research in Ottoman Archives on Documents Relating to Transformation of Ottoman Civil Service.
  • Daniel Goffman, Research on 17th Century Trade in the Levant.
  • James Kelly, Study of Early Turkish Manuscript Collections.
  • Howard Reed, Study on the history of Bogazici University.
Post-Doctoral Released Time from Teaching
  • Donald Quataert, Research on Book on Theories of Social Change and Impact of Technology on Work and Family Patterns.
  • Dankwart Rustow, Research on Book on "Turkey and the U.S.: Partnership in Strategy and Progress."
Post-Doctoral Conference Travel Grants
  • Secil Akgun
  • Ustun Erguder
  • Cigdem Kagitcibasi
Undergraduate Scholarships
  • Brandeis University
  • University of Chicago
  • Columbia University
  • University of Connecticut
  • Indiana University
  • University of Michigan
  • New York University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Texas at Austin
Subventions for Publications
  • Journals:
    • Archivum Ottomanicum, Volume IX, 1984.
    • Journal of Turkish Studies, Volume VIII, 1984. A Festschrift in Honor of Tibor Halasi-Kun
  • Books:
    • John Robert Barnes, An Introduction to Religious Foundations in the Ottoman Empire. Leiden: E. J. Brill 1987
    • Irene Bierman, The Ottoman City and Its Parts: Urban Structure and Social Order. New Rochelle, N.Y.: A.D., Caratzas, 1991.
    • Fanny Davis, The Ottoman Lady: A Social History from 1718 to 1918. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
    • Rhoads Murphey, ed., Aziz Efendi's Book of Sultanic Laws and Regulations: An Agenda for Reform by a Seventeenth Century Ottoman Statesman. Harvard University: Sources of Oriental Languages and Literatures, 1985.
    • Heath W. Lowry and Ralph Hattox, eds., Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Social and Economic History of Turkey. Istanbul: The ISIS Press, 1990.
Library Grants
  • Brandeis University
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • Columbia University
  • University of Connecticut
  • Hoover Institution
  • University of Houston
  • Indiana University
  • University of Michigan
  • Middle East Institute
  • New York University
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • Tufts University
  • University of Washington
Matching Seed-Money Grants for New University Positions in Turkish Studies
  • University of California, Los Angeles (to establish a full-time position in classical and modem Turkish)
Grants for Conferences, Lecture Series and Workshops
  • University of Arizona (outreach program)
  • University of Chicago (language circles)
  • Columbia University (lecture series on "Rural society in Anatolia")
  • University of Connecticut (lecture series)
  • Institute of World Affairs (seminar on Turkey)
  • University of Michigan (lectures on Turkish History and Culture)
  • University of Pennsylvania (Turkish language teaching workshop)
  • University of Utah (lecture series)
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (outreach program)
Existing Program Support
  • Brandeis University
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of Chicago
  • Columbia University
  • University of Illinois
  • Indiana University
  • Middle East Studies Association
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Portland State University
  • Tufts University
  • University of Washington
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
Teaching Aids Grants
  • Boston Children's Museum (preparation of Karagoz figures for exhibition)
  • Indiana University (production of tapes of Turkish literary figures reading poems, short stories, etc.)
  • University of Pennsylvania (expansion of Turkey data file)
  • New York University (production of annotated and computerized bibliography of Turkish studies)
Grants for Miscellaneous Projects
  • University of Chicago (for microfiching Ottoman Materials)
  • DeYoung Museum (exhibition of prayer rugs during MESA meeting)
  • Princeton University (scholarships for the summer language consortium participants)
  • Paul Henze (photographic exhibit on Turkey)
  • Halil Inalcik (research assistant salary)
  • Kemal Karpat (research assistant salary)

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