Grants Program
Recipients: 1989-1990
Graduate Fellowships (Institutional)
- American Research Institute in Turkey
- Harvard University
- Princeton University
- State University of New York at Binghamton
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Utah
Dissertation Writing Grants
- Corinne Blake (Princeton University): Integration of Syrian Provincial Notables into Ottoman Bureaucracy between 1890- 1918.
- Nurhan Isvan (University of Wisconsin-Madison): Emergence and Development of Local Notables in Rodoscuk, 1675-1725.
- Nilufer Isvan-Hayat (University of Michigan): Production, Reproduction and Sexual Division of Labor in Rural Turkey.
- Karen Murphy (University of Washington): Motivation of Distance Learners: the Case of the Turkish Open Education Faculty.
Grants for Post-Doctoral Summer Travel/Research in Turkey
- Caesar Farah, Preparations for a Symposium.
- Irmgard Farah, Research on German Press Politics in Turkey until 1945.
- Erika Gilson, Development of an Online Turkish Dictionary and Compilation of Turkish Database.
- Daniel Goffman, Research on "European Merchants and Ottoman Officials: Struggle for Commercial Hegemony in the Levant, 1600-1700."
- Patricia L. Hickman, Preliminary Work for Exhibition on Anatolian Women's Costumes.
- Shaun Elizabeth Marmon, Study of the Eunuch Guardianship of the Mecca and Medina Sanctuaries.
- Victor Ostapchuk, Research on Naval Raids of the Cossacks and the Ottoman Defense of the Black Sea, 1590-1650.
- Leslie Peirce, Examine Ser'iye Court Records for a Social History of Women, 1450 1650.
- Sabri Sayari, Research on Political Parties and Redemocratization in Turkey.
- Stanford J. Shaw, Research on Jews of the Ottoman Empire, and Turkish War for Independence.
- Karl Signell, Establish contacts to raise funds for the University of Maryland Center for Turkish Music.
- Sinasi Tekin, Research on Personal Names and Names of Localities for Publication of Evkaf-i Sultani Defteri.
Post-Doctoral Released Time from Teaching
- Emelie A. Olson, Study on the Effect of Social Change on four Families in Southwestern Turkey since 1964.
- June O. Starr, Study on Legal Professionals within the Secular Turkish Legal System in mid-20th Century.
- David S. Thomas, Develop a Computerized Database of Ottoman Population Statistics for Research and Teaching of Ottoman History.
Post-Doctoral Conference Travel Grants
- Ilhan Basgoz
- Roderic Davison
- Leila Fawaz
- Halil Inalcik
- Justin McCarthy
- Larry Miller
- Robert Olson
- Donald Quataert
- Howard A. Reed
- Amy Singer
- Madeline Zilfi
Undergraduate Scholarships
- Brandeis University
- Ohio State University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Princeton University
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Utah
Subventions for Publications
- Journals:
- Journal of Turkish Studies, Volume XIII, Essays Presented to Gerhard Doerfer on His Seventieth Birthday by His Colleagues and Students, 1987.
- Turkish Music Quarterly. Volume II. No. 4, 1989.
- Books:
- Daniel Goffman, Izmir and the Levantine World, 1550-1650. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1990.
- Avigdor Levy, The Sephardim in the Ottoman Empire. Princeton and Washington, D.C.: Darwin Press and the Institute of Turkish Studies, 1992.
Library Grants
- American Research Institute in Turkey
- Brandeis University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Chicago
- Columbia University
- Hoover University
- Library of Congress
- University of Michigan
- Middle East Institute
- University of Pennsylvania
- Princeton University
- State University of New York at Binghamton
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Utah
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
Matching Seed-Money Grants for New University Positions in Turkish Studies
- Cornell University (2nd year seed-money to establish a new position in Turkish language and history)
- Washington University, St. Louis (3rd year seed-money to establish a full-time position in Turkish language and literature)
Grants for Conferences, Lecture Series and Workshops
- University of California, Berkeley (lectures on Turkish history, literature, language and music)
- University of Chicago (lecture series, language circles)
- Columbia University (Turkish language teaching workshop)
- Fordham University (colloquium on "Turkey Through American Eyes: Images and Reality")
- University of Michigan (lecture series)
- Ohio State University (conference on Turkish literature)
- University of Utah (intensive seminars)
Teaching Aids Grants
- American Association of Teachers of Turkish (production of Haberler on video)
Grants for Miscellaneous Projects
- Wilson J. Myers (complete pilot project for an aerial atlas of the archaeology of Turkey)
- American Association of Teachers of Turkish (general program support)
- Columbia University (support for the 1989 summer language consortium; transcription of taped interviews with Ataturk's associates)
- Judah L. Magnes Museum (photographic and textile exhibition on the Jewish communities of Turkey)
- Michigan State University (support for the 1989 Islamic calligraphy exhibit catalogue)
- University of Michigan (acquisition of Turkish films and documentaries)
- "1989 TSA/ITS Prize" (for the best article published in 1987-88: "Kemal Ataturk's Politico-Military Strategy in the Turkish War of Independence, 1919-1922: From Guerilla Warfare to the Decisive Battle" by George Gawrych)
- Turkish Studies Association (annual endowment for the 'best graduate student paper in Turkish studies)
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