2014-2015
ARIT – NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES ADVANCED RESEARCH FELLOWS (2014 – 2015):
Dr. Elizabeth Baughan, Classics and Archaeology, University of Richmond, Urbanism and Cultural Identity at Hacımusalar Höyük
Dr. Anne Killebrew, Classics, Pennsylvania State University, Bay of Iskenderun Landscape Archaeology Survey: Exploring the History and Archaeology of Southeastern Cilicia, Turkey
ARIT-NEH Fellowships are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
ARIT – DEPARTMENT OF STATE, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS FELLOWS (2014 – 2015):
Mr. Joseph Alpar, Ethnomusicology, City University of New York, Hazzanim, Synagogue Liturgy, and Religious Renewal in Istanbul’s Jewish Community
Dr. Pamela Crabtree, Anthropology, New York University, Subsistence and Ritual: Analysis of the Animal Bone Remains from the Achaemenid Features at Kınık Höyük, Southern Cappadocia, Turkey
Mr. Ethan Menchinger, Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan, A Humanist in the Ottoman Age of Reform: Ahmed Vâsıf Efendi
Ms. Helen Pfeifer, History, Princeton University, To Gather Together: Rumi-Arab Encounters in 16th Century Ottoman Literary Salons
Ms. Meredith Quinn, History, Harvard University, Looking Over Readers’ Shoulders: Making the Most of the Mecmua
Mr. William Smiley, Yale Law School, “When Peace Comes, You Will Again Be Free:” International and Islamic Law, Slavery, and “Prisoners of War” in the Ottoman Empire, 1699-1899
Ms. Madelynn von Baeyer, Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Where We Work Matters: An Archaeobotanical Study of Social Complexity during Late Chalcolithic Cadır Höyük, Turkey
The United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs provides the funding to support fellowships at overseas research centers. The Council of American Overseas Research Centers administers the program.
ISTANBUL FRIENDS OF ARIT FELLOWS (2014):
Ms. Hatice Erten, Anthropology, Yale University, At Least Three Children: The Revival of Pronatalism and the Politics of Reproduction in Turkey
Mr. Akın Sefer, History, Northeastern University, Labor in the Heart of Empire: Workers, Industry and the State in Ottoman Imperial Naval Arsenal, 1839-1876
Funded by the Friends of ARIT, Istanbul in honor of Professor John Freely.
TONI M. CROSS – WILLIAM D. E. COULSON AEGEAN EXCHANGE FELLOWS (2014)
From Turkey:
Dr. Billur Tekkök, Art History and Museum Studies, Başkent University, The Hellenistic and Roman Sanctuary of Troy (Ilion): the Pottery and Cult Practices
Ms. Tülin Selvi Ünlü, Architecture, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, A Comparative Inquiry – Analysis into Spatial Evolution of Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities’ Development: Mersin, Patras, and Volos
Dr. Onur Yıldırım, Economics, Middle East Technical University, Greek Intellectuals and the Greco-Turkish Exchange of Populations – 1923-1936
From Greece:
Mr. Sotirios Fotakidis, History of Architecture, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Architectural Sculptures from Middle Byzantine Athens
Ms. Evanthia Katsara, Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports, Byzantine Pottery from Sparta: The New Finds
Ms. Eleni Mentesidou, Archaeology, Democritus University of Thrace, Religion and Rituals in the Greek Cities of the South Coast of the Black Sea during the Hellenistic Period
ARIT and ASCSA Aegean Exchange fellowships are funded by the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and cosponsored by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
ARIT SUMMER FELLOWS IN INTENSIVE TURKISH LANGUAGE (Summer 2014)
U.S. Department of Education, Fulbright-Hays Advanced Language Fellows, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul:
| Joseph Alpar | City University of New York |
| Emily Arauz | Koç University |
| Shyla Doğan | Columbia University |
| Matthew H. Ghazarian | Columbia University |
| Lydia Harrington | University of Washington, Seattle |
| Hannah Highfill | Washington University, St. Louis |
| Leticia R. Hinojosa | University of Texas, Austin |
| Victoria Jones | George Mason University |
| Brett Marler | Washington University, St. Louis |
| Olivia Munson | Columbia University |
| Holly Rapp | University of Chicago |
| Anne Schluter | University of Texas, San Antonio |
| Amir Toft | University of Chicago |
| Didem Uca | University of Pennsylvania |
| Jason Vivrette | University of California, Berkeley |
| Denis Vovchenko | Northeastern State University, Oklahoma |
| Christin Zurbach | Columbia University |
The U.S. Department of Education, Georgetown University, the American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages and ARIT provide support for participants in the Bogazici University Summer Program in Intensive Advanced Turkish Language.
GEORGE AND ILSE HANFMANN FELLOWS (2014)
George M. A. Hanfmann Fellows:
Ms. Deniz Sever, Archaeology and Art History, Koç University, A Study of Byzantine Private Devotional Objects in Turkish Museums
Ms. Zehra Tonbul, History, Boğaziçi University, Ernst Diez: From Viennese fin-de-siécle to Turkish Nationalist Controversy
Ilse B. Hanfmann Fellows:
Ms. Figen Şahin, Classical Philology, Humboldt University in Berlin, Rome’s Power and Personal Weaknesses: Depictions of Character in Roman Verse Satire
Ms. Duygu Özlem Yalçın, Classical Archaeology, Ankara University, The Limes Euphraticus from Coins: Monetary Circulation among the Military and Civil Settlements on the Euphrates
MACHTELD J. MELLINK FELLOWS (2014):
Ms. Ceren Çilingir İpek, Prehistory, Istanbul University, An Evaluation of the Archaeobotanical Data from the Tepecik-Çiftlik Mound relating to the Nutritional Economy in the 7-6 Millennia B.C.E.
The Hanfmann and Mellink Fellowships are supported by the Merops Foundation in honor of George M. A. and Ilse B. Hanfmann and Machteld J. Mellink.
2013-2014
ARIT – NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES ADVANCED RESEARCH FELLOWS (2013 – 2014):
Dr. Nikolay A. Antov, History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Formation and Historical Development of Muslim Communities in the Early Modern Ottoman Balkans: The Case of Deliorman (NE Balkans) mid-15th to early 18th Centuries
Dr. Hale Yılmaz, History, Southern Illinois University, Menemen, 1930: Event, History, Memory
ARIT-NEH Fellowships are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
ARIT – DEPARTMENT OF STATE, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS FELLOWS (2013 – 2014):
Dr. Lale Can, History, City University of New York, Spiritual Subjects: Central Asians and the Ottoman Caliphate, 1869-1914
Mr. David C. Fossum, Ethnomusicology, Brown University, The Bağlama Revisited: Recent Developments in Turkish Musical Performance Practice
Ms. Brita Lorentzen, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Cedar of Lebanon (Made in Anatolia): Building a Tree-Ring Network for Provenancing Historical and Archaeological Cedar Timbers
The United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs provides the funding to support fellowships at overseas research centers. The Council of American Overseas Research Centers administers the program.
ISTANBUL FRIENDS OF ARIT FELLOW (2013):
Mr. A. Tunc Şen, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, Astrology at the Ottoman Court during the Long Islamic Century (1453 – 1592): Nature, Knowledge, Politics
Funded by the Friends of ARIT, Istanbul and the Joukowsky Family Foundation, which supports the John Freely Fellowships in honor of Professor John Freely.
TONI M. CROSS – WILLIAM D. E. COULSON AEGEAN EXCHANGE FELLOWS (2013)
From Turkey:
Ms. İlham Sakarya, Settlement Archaeology, Middle East Technical University, Trade Relations of Ancient Burgaz from Archaic to Hellenistic Periods (7th to 3rd century B.C.): Evidence from Amphorae
Dr. Damla Demirözü, Western Languages and Literature, Ankara University, Greek Fiction after World War II.
Dr. Elif Ünlü, History, Boğaziçi Üniversity, The Form and the Body: Social Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages and Transfer of Ideology between Anatolia and the Aegean toward the End of the 3rd Millennium B.C.E.
From Greece:
Ms. Evanthia Katsara, Greek Archaeological Service, Ministry of Culture, Byzantine Glazed Pottery from Sparta
Dr. Myrto Malouta, Ionian University, Antinoopolis: A Greek city in Roman Egypt
Ms. Eleni Mentesidou, Democritus University of Thrace, Religion and Rituals in the Greek cities of the South Coast of the Black Sea during the Hellenistic Period
Ms. Artemis Papatheodorou, University of Oxford, Ottoman Archaeology: Unearthing Ottoman Policy-Making at a Time of Reforms (1839-1923)
ARIT and ASCSA Aegean Exchange fellowships are funded by the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and cosponsored by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
ARIT SUMMER FELLOWS IN INTENSIVE TURKISH LANGUAGE (Summer 2013)
U.S. Department of Education, Fulbright-Hays Advanced Language Fellows, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul:
| Tristan Bennett | Indiana University |
| Isacar Bolaños | Ohio State University |
| David Fossum | Brown University |
| Graham Griffiths | Georgetown University |
| Isaac Hand | University of Chicago |
| Andre Jan | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Margaret Kahn | George Washington University |
| Peter Klempner | University of Washington |
| Alexander Kreger | Michigan State University |
| Will Orman | Boston University |
| Paul Osterlund | Sabancı University |
| Kenan Sharpe | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Amber Smith | Portland State University |
| Kaitlin Staudt | Oxford University |
| Elizabeth Wagner | Princeton University |
The U.S. Department of Education, Georgetown University, the American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages and ARIT provide support for participants in the Bogazici University Summer Program in Intensive Advanced Turkish Language.
2012-2013
ARIT – NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES ADVANCED RESEARCH FELLOWS (2012 – 2013):
Dr. Abdurrahman Atçıl, Ottoman History, Queens College, City University of New York, Scholar-Bureaucrats, Sultan and Law in the Ottoman Empire, 1450-1600
Dr. John J. Curry, Ottoman History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, From Countryside to Capital: The Struggle of the Sa’baniye Branch of the Halveti Sufi Order to Adapt to the Early Modern World of the Ottoman Empire
Dr. Ayfer Karakaya-Stump, Ottoman History, The College of William and Mary, Genealogies of ‘Heterodox’ Islam in Anatolia: Rethinking the Köprülü Paradigm
Dr. Joshua M. White, Ottoman History and Law, University of Virginia, Catch and Release: Piracy, Slavery, and Law in the Early Modern Ottoman Mediterranean
ARIT-NEH Fellowships are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
ARIT – DEPARTMENT OF STATE, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS FELLOWS (2012 – 2013):
Dr. Amy Mills, Geography and History, University of South Carolina, Istanbul in Satirical Images: Modernity, Urban Social Geography, and National Identity in Republican Era Turkey
Ms. Mary E. Neumeier, History and Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, ‘There is a Çapanoğlu Behind This:’ Ottoman Architecture in the Provinces (1750-1824)
Mr. Christopher Sheklian, Political Science and Religion, University of Chicago, What is ‘Neo-’ about Neo-Laicism? Property, Rights, and Religion among Turkish Armenians
Dr. Shannan Stewart, Archaeology, University of Illinois, Gordion Hellenistic Pottery: Toward an Integrated Final Publication
Ms. Elizabeth Williams, Ottoman History, Georgetown University, Developing Modernity: The Politics of Agrarian Reform in the Ottoman Periphery
Mr. Murat C. Yıldız, Ottoman History, The University of California, Los Angeles, Strengthening, Training, and Preparing the Sons of the Nation: Modern Sports and Physical Education during the Late Ottoman Empire and Early Turkish Republic
The United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs provides the funding to support fellowships at overseas research centers. The Council of American Overseas Research Centers administers the program.
ISTANBUL FRIENDS OF ARIT FELLOW (2012):
Mr. Ali Sipahi, Anthropology and History, University of Michigan, City-building in the Ottoman Provinces: War-making, State-making, and Urbanization in Elâzığ
Funded by the Friends of ARIT, Istanbul and the Joukowsky Family Foundation, which supports the John Freely Fellowships in honor of Professor John Freely.
TONI M. CROSS – WILLIAM D. E. COULSON AEGEAN EXCHANGE FELLOWS (2012)
From Turkey:
Mr. Orhan Serdar, Archeometry Department, Middle East Technical University, Archaeometric Studies on the Stone Anchors from the Yenikapı Excavations in Istanbul
Dr. Reyhan Körpe, Archaeology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Archaeology of the Persian Wars in Greece
From Greece:
Mr. Sotirios Dimitriadis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, The Transformation of Urban Space in Late Ottoman Thessaloniki
Ms. Triantafyllia Eirini Dogiama, Archaeology, McMaster University, The Study of Lithic Projectile Points Made of Obsidian from the Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük in Central Anatolia (7400 – 6000 B.C.)
Mr Ioannis Theocharis, Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, The Treatment of Architectural Sculpture of Athens from the Early to Middle Byzantine Periods
ARIT and ASCSA Aegean Exchange fellowships are funded by the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and cosponsored by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
ARIT TURKISH FELLOWS (2012):
Ms. G. Senem Özden Gerçeker, Classical Archeology, Istanbul University, Sagalassos Red Slip Ware found in the Fill Layers of the West Necropolis at Perge
Ms. Özlem Güçlü, Sociology Department, Mimar Sinan University, Silent Female Characters in the New Cinema of Turkey: Gender, Nation and Memory
Mr. Oğul Emre Öncü, Classical Archaeology, Istanbul University, Terracotta Elements in the Archaic Period Architecture of Aiolis
Dr. Fatma Gül Öztürk, Faculty of Architecture, Çankaya University, Survey of Byzantine Settlements in Açıksaray and the Environs
Ms. Songül Ulutaş, History Department, Mersin University, The Soco-Economic Structure of the Kaza of Tarsus (1856-1914)
Dr. Berna Yazıcı, Atatürk Institute, Boğaziçi University, Children of the State? State, Children and Families in a Changing Turkey
ARIT Turkish fellowships are funded by the Friends of ARIT, Istanbul and the American Research Institute in Turkey
GEORGE AND ILSE HANFMANN FELLOWS (2012)
George M. A. Hanfmann Fellows:
Mr. Mete Aksan, Classical Archaeology, Istanbul University, The Tumuli of Southeastern Thrace: A Re-evaluation of the Data from pre-1980 Excavations
Mr. Orhan Serdar, PhD. Archeometry Department, Middle East Technical University, From the Depths of the Earth to the Depths of the Sea, the Journeys of Marble Anchors
Ilse B. Hanfmann Fellows:
Dr. İncifer Banu Doğan, Prehistory, Istanbul University, (currently librarian, DAI, Istanbul), The Treatment of the Concept of Religion in Prehistoric Archeology
Dr. Ekin Oyken, Latin Language and Literature, Istanbul University, The Musical Ethos as a Meaning-making Process in Ancient Culture
MACHTELD J. MELLINK FELLOWS (2012):
Dr. İsmail Baykara, Archaeology Departmentt, Van University, Gateway to the Levant: the Hatay and Human Dispersals during the upper Pleistocene
Ms. Müge Ergun, Prehistory, Istanbul University, The Seed Remains at Aşıklı Höyük and the Early Development of Agriculture
Dr Handan Üstündağ, Archaeology Department, Anadolu University, A Paleopathological Study of the Child Skeletons from the Excavations at Kültepe/Kanesh
Funding for the Hanfmann and Mellink Fellowships is provided by an anonymous donor in honor of George M. A. and Ilse B. Hanfmann and Machteld J. Mellink.
2011-2012
ARIT – NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES ADVANCED RESEARCH FELLOWS (2011 – 2012):
Dr. John R. Senseney, Archaeology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Classical Architects of Asia Minor and Neighboring Islands
Dr. Brian Silverstein, Anthropology, University of Arizona, The Social Meanings of Numbers: Statistics, Reform and Society in Turkey
Dr. Yektan Türkyılmaz, Duke University, Claiming Victimhood, Creating Nations: Ethno-nationalist Conflict in Eastern Anatolia, 1908-1938
ARIT-NEH Fellowships are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
ARIT – DEPARTMENT OF STATE, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS FELLOWS (2011 – 2012):
Ms. Elizabeth S. Angell, Anthropology, Columbia University, The Seismic Cityscape: Earthquake Anticipation in Istanbul
Dr. Benjamin S. Arbuckle, Anthropology, Baylor University, Horse Domestication in the Ancient Near East: Testing the ‘Anatolian Origins’ Hypothesis
Ms. Yasemin Gencer, History of Art, Indiana University, Delivering the Satirical Punch: Reform, Secularism, and Nation Building in Cartoons of the Early Turkish Republic (1922-1928) [with additional funds from the Istanbul Friends of ARIT]
Mr. Timur Hammond, Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, Authenticating Eyüp: Heritage, Piety, and the Making of an Islamic Place
Ms. Naomi R. Pitamber, History of Art, University of California, Los Angeles, Re-Placing Byzantium: Laskarid Urban Environments and the Landscape of Loss (1204-1261)
Ms. Bridget M. Purcell, Anthropology, Princeton University, What has Abraham got to do with Ataturk? Pilgrimage and State in Southeastern Turkey
The United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs provides the funding to support fellowships at overseas research centers. The Council of American Overseas Research Centers administers the program.
ARIT INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWS (2011 – 2012)
Ms. Triantafyllia-Eirini Dogiama, Anthropology, McMaster University, Points of Reference: Projectiles, Hunting and Identity at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey
JOHN FREELY FELLOW:
Mr. Hadi Hosainy, History, University of Texas, Austin, Islamic Law and Gender: the Bargaining of Women’s Property Rights in the 17th and 18th Century Ottoman Empire
ISTANBUL FRIENDS OF ARIT FELLOW:
Ms. Yasemin Gencer, History of Art, Indiana University, Delivering the Satirical Punch: Reform, Secularism, and Nation Building in Cartoons of the Early Turkish Republic (1922-1928) [with additional support from ECA)
Funded by the Friends of ARIT, Istanbul and the Joukowsky Family Foundation, which supports the John Freely Fellowships in honor of Professor John Freely.
KENAN T. ERIM FELLOWSHIP 2011:
Dr. Philip T. Stinson, Art History and Archaeology, University of Kansas, The Civil Basilica of Aphrodisias: Fieldwork Completion for Final Publication
The Kenan T. Erim Fellowship is supported by the American Friends of Aphrodisias in honor of Professor Erim.
TONI M. CROSS – WILLIAM D. E. COULSON AEGEAN EXCHANGE FELLOWS (2011):
From Turkey:
Ms. Zeliha Gider Büyüközer, Classical Archaeology, Selçuk University, Konya, Doric Architecture in Caria Region
Dr. Koray Durak, History, Boğaziçi University, Investigation of the Medieval Greek Sources for the Study of Byzantine-Islamic Trade from the Seventh to the Eleventh Centuries
Dr. Ayşe Özil, History, Boğaziçi University, Greek Orthodox Communities and Education in 19th Century Istanbul
From Greece:
Dr. Dimitrios Drakoulis, Center for Byzantine Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Land Uses and Functional Shells in Urban Spaces during the Early Byzantine Period
Dr. Panagiotis Poulos, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, University of Athens, Ottoman Cultural Heritage and Turkish Modernity
ARIT and ASCSA Aegean Exchange fellowships are funded by the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and cosponsored by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
ARIT SUMMER FELLOWS IN INTENSIVE TURKISH LANGUAGE (Summer 2011)
U.S. Department of Education, Fulbright-Hays Advanced Language Fellows, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul:
| Jennifer Boguski | Ohio State University |
| Elizabeth Bospflug | Yale University |
| Josef M. Burton | Portland State University |
| Sahalie G. Clapp | University of Puget Sound |
| Jared Conrad-Bradshaw | Columbia University |
| Anne E. DeLuca | University of Chicago |
| Dzovinar Derderian | University of Michigan |
| Shyla Doğan | University of Arizona |
| Christianne D. Gates | University of East Anglia |
| Emma N. Harper | University of Chicago |
| Sarah K. Harris | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Phyllis Jeffrey | University of California, Davis |
| Thomas A. Ledford | Princeton University |
| Irini Levin | New York University |
| Linda Michaud-Emin | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Chris Miller | Yale University |
| Nicholas Ragheb | University of Texas, Austin |
| Soma K. Roy | Boston University |
| Basil Salem | University of Chicago |
| Mija A. Sanders | University of Arizona |
| James A. Sawyer | University of Pennsylvania |
| Jill F. Stockwell | Princeton University |
| William Stroebel | University of Michigan |
| August S. Cohn Thomas | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Christopher Trapani | Columbia University |
| Elizabeth Williams | Georgetown University |
The U.S. Department of Education, Princeton University, the American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages and ARIT provide support for participants in the Bogazici University Summer Program in Intensive Advanced Turkish Language
ARIT – ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION FELLOWS (2011-2012):
Professor Simeon Estatiev, Islamic and Middle Eastern History, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria, The Istanbul Kadizadeli Movement and its Role in 17th and 18th Century Islamic Renewal in the Middle East
Professor Benedek Péri, Turkic Studies, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, The Persian Gazels of Yavuz Sultan Selim (1512-1520)
Dr. János Sipos, Musicology, Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, The Musical Life of Two Bektashi Communities
Professor Tsoni Tsonev, Archaeology, National Institute of Archaeology and Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria, Origins and Development of Early Farmers’ Bread Culture in Anatolia and the Eastern Balkans
ARIT Mellon fellowships are funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers.
ARIT TURKISH FELLOWS (2011):
Ms. Derya Silibolatlaz Baykara, Settlement Archeology, Middle East Technical University, Zooarcheological Studies at the Site of Salat Tepe
Dr. Mehmet Ali Doğan, Humanities and Social Sciences Program, Istanbul Technical University, American Missionary Activities in the Middle East: Methods, Approaches and Sources
Ms. Mine Ergün, Prehistory, Istanbul University, The Archaeobotanical Remains of the 8th Century BC Settlement at Aşıklı Höyük
Ms. Yıldız Yılmaz Karakoç, History Department, Boğaziçi University, The Grand Life of the Harem Aghas – in the Shadow of their Black, Eunuch, and Slave Identities
Dr. Murat Metinsoy, Atatürk Institute, Boğaziçi University, Rethinking Secularism in the Early Republic: a Moderate and Flexible Secularism
Mr. Bülent Öztürk, Ancient History, Marmara University, An Ancient City on the Shores of the Western Black Sea Coast of Asia Minor: Tios (Tieion)
ARIT Turkish fellowships are funded by the Friends of ARIT, Istanbul and the American Research Institute in Turkey
GEORGE AND ILSE HANFMANN FELLOWS (2011)
George M. A. Hanfmann Fellows:
Ms. Hande Günözü, Art History, Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü, Istanbul University, Studies and Improvements on the Injection Materials Used in the Protection of the Cappadocian Area Byzantine Period Plasters
Mr. Şener Yıldırım, Art History, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, The Byzantine Period Architecture of Side
Ilse B. Hanfmann Fellows:
Mr. Aytuğ Arslan, Art History, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Architectural Remains from the Region of Konya (Lycaonia) dating to the 4th – 12th Centuries of the Byzantine Period (Early and Middle)
Mr. Fatih Erhan, Classical Archaeology, Istanbul University, Religious Depictions on Roman Imperial Period Cilician Coins
Ms. Ayça Tiryaki, Byzantine Art, Istanbul University, The Architectural Sculpture of the Rhodiapolis Episcopal Church
MACHTELD J. MELLINK FELLOWS (2011):
Dr. Emre Şerifoğlu, Art History, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Preparation for the North Syrian Survey Project
Ms. Melike Zeren, Archaeology, Ege University, Izmir, The ‘Albertium Group’ and the Surrounding Clazomenian Sarcophagi of the Archaic Period
Funding for the Hanfmann and Mellink Fellowships is provided by an anonymous donor in honor of George M. A. and Ilse B. Hanfmann and Machteld J. Mellink.
2010-2011
ARIT – NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES ADVANCED RESEARCH FELLOWS (2010 – 2011):
Dr. Christina Luke, Archaeology, Boston University, Preservation of Heritage Landscapes in Central Lydia, Western Turkey
Dr. Christopher Roosevelt, Archaeology, Boston University, The Chronology, Distribution, and Nature of Second-Millennium BCE Sites in Central Western Asia Minor
Dr. Nükhet Varlık, History, University of Chicago, Plague and Empire: the Ottoman Experience, 1347-1600
ARIT-NEH Fellowships are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
ARIT – DEPARTMENT OF STATE, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS FELLOWS (2010 – 2011):
Mark Abbe, Archaeology, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, The Polychromy of Marble Sculpture in Roman Asia Minor
Mr. Faiz Ahmed, History, University of California, Berkeley, Young Turks and the Rule of Law in Afghanistan: the Nizamnama Codes of Shah Amanullah and the Turko-Afghan Juridical Nexus, 1919-1929
Dr. Nabil Al-Tikriti, History, University of Mary Washington, Defining Non-belief, Delineating Loyalty: the 16th Century Struggle for Ottoman Religious Identity
Mr. Brad Dennis, History, University of Utah, Başbakanlık and Mütfülük Data Gathering Project: Comparative Socio-Economics of Different Eastern Anatolian Regions, 1870-1896
Ms. Catalina Hunt, History, Ohio State University, Changing Identities at the Fringes of the Late Ottoman Empire: the Turks and Tatars of Dobruca, 1839-1914
Ms. Rebecca Ingram, Archaeology, Texas A & M University, Autopsy of a Byzantine Merchantman: Documenting the 7th-Century Shipwreck Excavated at the Theodosian Harbor at Yenikapı
Mr. Joakim Parslow, Political Science, University of Washington, Justice and Security in Transitions to Democracy: the Cases of Egypt and Turkey
Ms. Melissa Rosenzweig, Anthropology, University of Chicago, Imperial Environments: the Politics of Agricultural Practice at Ziyaret Tepe in the First Millennium BCE
Dr. Fariba Zarinebaf, History, University of California, Riverside, Ottoman-European Encounters in Istanbul: Alla Franca in Ottoman Modernity
The United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs provides the funding to support fellowships at overseas research centers. The Council of American Overseas Research Centers administers the program.
ARIT INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWS (2010 – 2011)
JOHN FREELY / ISTANBUL FRIENDS OF ARIT FELLOW (2010-2011):
Mr. Erol Ülker, History, University of Chicago, Making the Nation, Un-Making the Working Class: the Tramway Workers’ Movement in Istanbul, 1918-1928
Funded by the Friends of ARIT, Istanbul and the Joukowsky Family Foundation, which supports the John Freely Fellowships in honor of Professor John Freely.
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF APHRODISIAS, KENAN T. ERIM FELLOWSHIP:
Mr. Mark Abbe, Archaeology, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, The Polychromy of Marble Sculpture of Roman Aphrodisias
The Kenan T. Erim Fellowship is supported by the American Friends of Aphrodisias in honor of Professor Erim.
TONI M. CROSS – WILLIAM D. E. COULSON AEGEAN EXCHANGE FELLOWS (2010)
From Turkey:
Ms. Nilgün Elam, History, Anadolu University, The History of Byzantine Side of Pamphylia (during 6th-9th Centuries) and its Environment in Light of Saints’ Lives
Mr. Ahmet Erdem Tozoğlu, Architectural History, Middle East Technical University, Transformation of Ottoman Balkan Cities at the End of the 19th Century: the Rumeli Railway Project as an Agent of Change
From Greece:
Ms. Liliana Dogiama, Anthropology, McMaster University, Manuafacture, Use, and Discard of Obsidian Projectile Points from Catal Hoyuk, Turkey
Mr. Georgios Karatasios, History and Archaeology, University of Athens, Greece, Mechanisms and Procedures of Transformation during the Samos Hegemony (1834-1912)
Mr. Ioannis Kolakis, History, Korais Historic Public Library, Chios, Greece, A Social History of the Greek Island Chios during the late 18th and Early 19th Centuries
Ms. Styliana Kalle, History Thessaloniki, Greece and Turkey: Representations of ‘Ourselves’ and of the ‘Other’ in Greek and Turkish History school textbooks and construction of national identities (1950-2008)
ARIT Aegean Exchange fellowships are funded by the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and cosponsored by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
ARIT SUMMER FELLOWS IN INTENSIVE TURKISH LANGUAGE (Summer 2010)
U.S. Department of Education, Fulbright-Hays Advanced Language Fellows, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul 2010:
| Elizabeth | Angell | Columbia University |
| Robia | Charles | University of California, Berkeley |
| Robin | Ellis | University of California, Berkeley |
| Sarah | Fischer | American University |
| Reed | Fry | University of Damascus |
| Heather K. | Hughes | University of Washington |
| Erica A. | Hughes | University of Liverpool |
| Robert | Loomis | University of Chicago |
| Christina J. | Lordeman | New York University |
| Wesley W. | Lummus | Texas Tech University |
| Daniella N. | Mak | University of Pennsylvania |
| Kyle | Marquardt | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| Amanda J. | McCabe | New York University |
| Bridget | Purcell | Princeton University |
| Leo D. | Redmond IV | The New School |
| Zach | Richer | Bogazici University |
| Michael | Roose | Indiana University |
| Savannah | Shipman | New York University |
| Aditi D. | Surie | Columbia University |
| Rachel | Zemke | Washington University in St. Louis |
The U.S. Department of Education, Princeton University, the American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages and ARIT provide support for participants in the Bogazici University Summer Program in Intensive Advanced Turkish Language
ARIT TURKISH FELLOWS (2010):
Ms. Ayşe Bölükbaşı, History of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, 16th Century Ottoman Halveti Tekkes
Dr. Zeynep Eres, Restoration Department, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, The Conservation of Traditional Rural Architecture in the Istranca Mountains Region of Thrace
Mr. Erkan Fidan, Anatolian Archaeology Department, Istanbul University, Situating the Early Bronze Age Architecture of Küllüoba (Eskişehir) in the Western Anatolian and Aegean Worlds
Ms. Burcu Kırmızı, Archaeometry Department, Middle East Technical University, Material Characterization of 13th Century Glazed Ceramics from Kuşadası—Kadıkalesi/Anaia
Ms. Fatma Özden Mercan, History Department, Bilkent University, A Unity in Cultural Diversity? Ottoman—Genoese Relations in Chios, Galata, and Caffa
Dr. Hande Tekdemir, Department of Western Languages and Literatures, Boğaziçi University, A Comparative Framework for the Study of Literary Texts on Istanbul
ARIT Turkish fellowships are funded by the Friends of ARIT, Istanbul and the American Research Institute in Turkey
GEORGE AND ILSE HANFMANN FELLOWS (2010):
Dr. Suna Çağaptay-Arıkan, Faculty of Architecture, Bahçeşehir University, Behind the Façades: Reading Buildings for a Mixed Cultural Past in Medieval Anatolia
Dr. Elif Keser-Kayaalp, Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koç University, Medieval Church Architecture of the Syrian Orthodox in Southeastern Turkey
Mr. Özgür Turak, Classical Archaeology, Social Sciences Institute, Istanbul University, Roman Sarcophagi from Pamphylia and Workshop Problems
MACHTELD J. MELLINK FELLOWS (2010):
Ms. Hulya Çalıskan Akgül, Anatolia and Eurasia Research Center, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, End of the 4th and Beginning of the 3rd Millennium BC ‘East Anatolian Red-Black Burnished Ware’ and Central Anatolian Relations
Dr. Özlem Sert- Sandfuchs, History Department, Hacettepe University, The Ottoman City at the Level of the Individual: 16th-Century Rodosto (Tekirdağ)
Funding for the Hanfmann and Mellink Fellowships is provided by an anonymous donor in honor of George M. A. and Ilse B. Hanfmann and Machteld J. Mellink.
