Grants Program
Recipients: 1988-1989
Graduate Fellowships (Institutional)
- American Research Institute in Turkey
- University of California, Berkeley
- Columbia University
- Indiana University
- University of Maryland
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Utah
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dissertation Writing Grants
- Asli Gokhan (University of Pittsburgh): Study of Turkish Proverbs and their Use Today.
- Victor Ostapchuk (Harvard University): The Ottoman Black Sea Frontier and Relations with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Muscovite State, 1622-42.
- Ariel Salzmann (Columbia University): Market and Proto-industry in Central Anatolia: the Mohair Economy of Ankara Sancak, 1700-1850.
- Yvonne Seng (University of Chicago): Textiles Consumed in the Ottoman Empire: İstanbul, 1550-1650.
- Amy Singer (Princeton University): Relationship between Ottoman Officials and the Local Rural Population in the Sancak of Kuds-i Serif in mid-sixteenth century.
- Faruk Tabak (State University of New York at Binghamton): An Agrarian Sociology of Peripheralisation: the Syrian Provinces of the Ottoman Empire, c. 1730-1850.
- Jenny B. White (University of Texas at Austin): Study on the Laws of Operation of Small-scale Commodity Production and its Integration into the Larger Economy.
- Fuat M. Yalin (University of Wisconsin-Madison): Entrepreneurship and Clientelism among Subcontracting Small-scale Automotive Producers in İstanbul.
Grants for Post-Doctoral Summer Travel/Research in Turkey
- Ulker Copur, Study of the Works of German and Austrian Architects in Turkey between 1930-1955.
- Eurasian Ensemble, Study with Classical Turkish Musicians.
- Ralph Jaeckel, Collect Materials for a Turkish Newspaper Reader.
- John Kolars, Film Study on Annual Migration and Sedentarization of Yoruks; Preliminary work on a Regional and Topical Geography of Turkey.
- Harold Lemel, Research in Two Villages on Structure and Agricultural Labor Demand and Vocational Secondary Education.
- Turker Ozdogan, Research on Kutahya Ceramic Production Studios.
- Karl Signell, Collect Materials for University of Maryland Turkish Music Center.
- Svat Soucek, Research for "Historical and Maritime Geography of the Aegean and Mediterranean Coast of Seljuk and Ottoman Turkey."
- Yedida Stillman, Research on Dress, Social Life and Factors of Change among the Ottoman Empire's Jewish Community.
Post-Doctoral Released Time from Teaching
- Ronald Jennings, Study of "Women in the City and Province of Trabzon, 1565-1640."
- Jaklin Kornfilt, Support to write a Book on Turkish Syntax.
- Avigdor Levy, Support to write a Book on the Political History of the Ottoman Empire in 1808-1839.
Post-Doctoral Conference Travel Grants
- Melek Delilbasi
- Murvet Enc
- Daniel Goffman
- Jorge Hankamer
- Douglas Howard
- Jaklin Kornfilt
- Emelie A. Olson
- Uli Schamiloglu
- Dan I. Slobin
- June O. Starr
- Karl Zimmer
Undergraduate Scholarships
- Brandeis University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Chicago
- Columbia University
- Indiana University
- Ohio State University
- University of Pennsylvania
- State University of New York at Binghamton
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Utah
- University of Washington
Subventions for Publications
- Journals:
- Archivum Ottomanicum, Volume XIII.
- Journal of Turkish Studies, Volume XII, Imperial Self-Portrait: The Ottoman Empire as Revealed in Sultan Abdul Hamid II's Photographic Album, 1988.
- Books:
- Ilhan Basgoz, ed., The Selected Works of Halil Inalcik. Bloomington: Indiana University Turkish Studies, 1992.
- Muge Galin, The Turkish Sampler: Writings for All Readers. Bloomington: Indiana University Turkish Studies, 1989.
Library Grants
- American Research Institute in Turkey
- Brandeis University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Chicago
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Indiana University
- Ohio State University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Princeton University
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Utah
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
Matching Seed-Money Grants for New University Positions in Turkish Studies
- Cornell University (1st year seed-money to establish a new position in Turkish language and history)
- Washington University, St. Louis (2nd year seed-money to establish a full-time position in Turkish language and literature)
Grants for Conferences, Lecture Series and Workshops
- American Association of Teachers of Turkish (workshop on "Standardizing Turkish Grammatical Terminology")
- University of Chicago (lecture series; language circles)
- Fordham University (conference "Turkey as a Bridge in the North-South Dialogue")
- Indiana University (lecture series)
- University of Michigan (Turkish colloquium series) University of Minnesota (support for CIEPO '88)
- New York University (conference "Ottoman Empire to Modem Turkey: The Role of Technology and Economics")
- Ohio State University (lecture series on "Modes of Discourse in Turkish Literature")
- State University of New York at Binghamton (conference on the "Impact of the 1838 Anglo-Turkish Convention: Anatolia and Egypt Compared")
- University of Washington (support for a "Teachers' Workshop on Turkey")
Teaching Aids Grants
- Gayle M. Garrett (production of a slide kit on a Yuruk Village in Northwestern Turkey)
- Guliz Kuruoglu (preparation of texts for Turkish audio-visual tapes)
Grants for Miscellaneous Projects
- American Association of Teachers of Turkish (support of promotional activities)
- Boston Children's Museum (support for exhibition of classical and modern Turkish shadow puppets)
- Columbia University (to establish an archive of visual aids, the Abdul Hamid Collection)
- Michigan State University (exhibition on "The Art of the Word: Calligraphy in the Ottoman Middle East")
- University of Michigan (translate, subtitle and distribute Turkish films)
- Laurence Salzmann (to produce a film "500 Years: Spanish Jews in Turkey")
- Stanford J. Shaw (Produce photocopies of British intelligence reports for "History of the Turkish War of Independence, 1918-1923")
- Turkish Studies Association (to complete "Turkey: A Precollegiate Handbook")
- "1988 TSA/ITS Prize" (for best book published in 1986-87: The Remaking of İstanbul: Portrait of an Ottoman City in the 19th Century by Zeynep Celik)
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