2021-2022
ARIT – NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES ADVANCED RESEARCH FELLOWS (2021-2022):
Dr. Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano, Ottoman History, University of Pennsylvania, ‘All the Shaykh’s Poets:’ Politics, Doctrine, and Poetry in the Ottoman Early Modern World (1452-1512)
Dr. Elif Babül, Sociology and Anthropology, Mount Holyoke, Oppressive Generosity, Compulsory Guesthood, and the Politics of Hospitality in Turkey
ARIT-NEH Fellowships are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
ARIT – DEPARTMENT OF STATE, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS FELLOWS (2021-2022):
Ms. Arianne Ekinci, Asian History, Global History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, East Turkestani Migrants and the Limits of Ethnic Citizenship in Turkey, 1952-Present
Ms. Myrsini A. Manney-Kalogera, Ottoman History, University of Arizona, Ottoman Patronage Networks and Greek Schools from the Eighteenth to the Nineteenth Century
Mr. Steven Randal Moon, Ethnomusicology, University of Pittsburgh, Sounding Birth, Disciplining Music
Dr. Akiva Sanders, Near Eastern Art and Archaeology, University of Chicago, Third Millennium Tepecik: Transformations at a Conservative Village in a Dynamic Borderland
Ms. Deborah Marie Sokolowski, Classical Studies, Ancient History, Columbia University, Redefining ‘Rural’: Culture and Identity in Roman Bithynia in the 1st-4th Centuries CE
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 FELLOWS (2021-2022)
EVAN and LEMAN FOTOS FELLOW:
Mr. Onur Arslan, Cultural Anthropology, University of California, Davis, Terrorism Expertise and ‘Suspicious’ Signals: Remaking the War on Terror in Turkey
JOHN FREELY FELLOW:
Ms. Sultan Toprak Oker, History, Ottoman, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Exploring Ottoman Istanbul: Archival Research and Computer Technologies
FRIENDS OF ARIT FELLOW:
Ms. Hazal Özdemir, History, Northwestern University, ‘They Vowed to Never Return:’ Photographic Documentation and Armenian Mobility at the End of Empire
ARIT Fellowships are funded by the Evan and Leman Fotos Foundation and the Friends of ARIT.
TONI M. CROSS – WILLIAM D. E. COULSON AEGEAN EXCHANGE FELLOWS (2021)
Turkey:
Dr. Berkay Dinçer, Paleoanthropology, Istanbul University, When the Aegean Sea Was a Bridge: The Paleolithic of Greece and Western Anatolia
Prof. Kayhan Orbay, History, Middle East Technical University, Managing the Waqf Properties and Revenues in Crete
Greece:
Ms. Vasiliki Anevlavi, Researcher, Archaeology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, From Prokonnesos to Thracia: Diffusion of Prokonnesian Marble in the Roman World with Special Interest in Thrace
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 2021)
U.S. Department of Education, Fulbright-Hays Advanced Language Fellows for 2021, online at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul:
2020 Fellows
| Esraa Ahmed | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| Trevor Brabyn | Columbia University |
| Robert Elliott | Duke University |
| Eleanor Ellis | Harvard University |
| Ruanne Elmalawani | Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies |
| Abigail Everding | Northwestern University |
| Julia Jakus | Boğaziçi University |
| Helen Kemprecos | New York University |
| Myrsini Manney-Kalogera | University of Arizona |
| Thomas McDonald | Stanford University |
| Andrew O’Donohue | Harvard University |
| Omar Sadik | Portland State University |
| Ashley Thornton | University of Texas, Austin |
| William Walk | Brown University |
2021 Fellows
| Sophia Ahmad | University of Texas, Austin |
| Michael Barron | University of Pennsylvania |
| Christina DiFabio | University of Michigan |
| Arianne Ekinci | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Kate Fin | Georgetown University |
| August Ikram | University of St. Gallen |
| Luke Jeske | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Hannah Kim | University of Chicago |
| Thomas Kwon | Boston University |
| Elmira Louie | University of California, Davis |
| Anna Markouizos | New York University |
| Irene Morse | University of Michigan |
| Madeleine Nephew | Columbia University |
| Mustafa Salama | Georgia State University |
| Lucas Waldron | University of Pittsburgh |
| Alika Zangieva | 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.
GEORGE AND ILSE HANFMANN FELLOWS (2021)
GEORGE M. A. HANFMANN FELLOWS:
Mr. Deniz Berk Tokbudak, Classical Archaeology, Ankara University, Karamanoğu Mehmetbey University, Flavian Building Programme in Asia Minor
Ms. Merve Yeşil, Classical Archaeology, Isparta Süleyman Demirel University, The Roman Pottery Found in Hellenistic Stoa of Alexandria Troas Ancient City
ILSE B. HANFMANN FELLOW:
Dr Taner Güler, Gemi Konservasyon ve Rekonstrüksiyon Laboratuvarı, Istanbul University, Comparison of Yenikapı Shipwrecks with their Contemporaries Found in Europe Based on YK20 and YK21 Examples in Terms of Ship Construction Techniques
MACHTELD J. MELLINK FELLOWS:
Mr. Tunç Kaner, Archaeology, Koç University, Ceramic Energetics: A Holistic Material Approach to the Production of Late Bronze Age Ceramics from Western Anatolia
Ms. Öznür Özmen-Batıhan, Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, Ege University, The Seal and Sealing at Başur Höyük
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.
ARIT TURKISH FELLOWS (2021):
Mr. Atalay Karatak, Cultural Heritage Protection, Hacı Bayram Veli University, Ayanis Kalesi Demir Esaslı Arkeolojik Kazı Buluntularında Tanımlamaya ve Korumay Yönelik Arkeometrik Analizler / Archaeometric Analysis and Conservation of Iron Objects from the Excavations in the Citadel of Ayanis
Ms. Amine Kaya, Art History, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar University, Anadolu’da Eyyubiler Dönemi Mimarisi ve Şehirciliği / Ayyubid Period Architecture and Urbanism in Anatolia
Mr. Yusuf Tuna, Archaeology, Hacettepe University, Küllüoba Mutlak Tarihleme Verileri Işığında Batı ve İç Anadolu Erken Tunç Çağı Kronolojisinin Yeniden Değerlendirilmesi / A Re-Evaluation of the Western and Central Anatolian Early Bronze Age Chronology in Light of New Absolute Dating Data at Küllüoba
Mr. Mehmet Cihangir Uzun, Art History, Anadolu University, Anadolu’da Geç Antik Çağ ve Erken Bizans Dönemi Çeşmeleri / Late Antique and Early Byzantine Fountains in Anatolia
Mr. Kaan Ürker, Paleoanthropology, Ankara University, Belen Tepe (Milas) Arkaik Dönem İnsanlarının Paleoantropolojik Analizi / Paleoanthropological Analysis of Human Burials from the Archaic Period
Ms. Serap Yinsel, Art History, Hacettepe University, Bafa Gölü (LATMOS) Stylos Manastırı / The Stylos Monastery at Bafa Lake (Latmos)
ARIT Turkish fellowships are funded by the Friends of ARIT, Istanbul and the American Research Institute in Turkey.
2020-2021
ARIT – NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES ADVANCED RESEARCH FELLOWS (2020-2021):
Dr. Leyla Kayhan Elbirlik, Western Languages and Literatures, Boğaziçi University, Negotiating Matrimony: Marriage, Divorce, Children and Property in Istanbul, 1750-1920
Dr. Sonia Seeman, Ethnomusicology and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas, Austin, Bread Money – Musical Movement: Turkish Roman (“Gypsy”) Life Stories
ARIT-NEH Fellowships are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
ARIT – DEPARTMENT OF STATE, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS FELLOWS (2020-2021):
Mr. Nader Atassi, Ottoman and Middle Eastern History, Columbia University, “Thinking Capital in Arabic: Classical Political Economy and its Afterlives in the Late Ottoman Empire”
Ms. Rebecca Ella Biermann Gürbüz, Archaeology, University at Buffalo, Out of Africa and into Eurasia: A Functional Investigation of Acheulean Handaxes in Southeastern Anatolia
Ms. Ellis Garey, Ottoman and Middle East History, New York University, Becoming Workers: Labor Activism and Mass Politics in Greater Syria, 1880-1936
Mr. Marshall Watson, Ottoman and African History, Yale University, Writing the Ottomans back into Africa: 19th Century Colonialism and a Sub-Saharan Resource Frontier
Mr. Zavier Wingham, History and Middle East Studies, New York University, Becoming “Zenci:” Formulating Race in the Ottoman Empire, 1840-1914
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 (2020):
Ms. Ayşe Ercan, Christian and Byzantine Archaeology, Columbia University, Fashioning a Medieval Capital: The Topography and Archaeology of the Mangana Quarter in Constantinople (843-1453 C. E.)
Funded by the Friends of ARIT, Istanbul.
JOHN FREELY FELLOW (2020):
Mr. Samet Budak, Middle East Studies, University of Michigan, A Mediterranean Ecumene: Intellectual Networks and Trends in Late-Medieval Eastern Mediterranean
Funded by the Friends of ARIT.
TONI M. CROSS – WILLIAM D. E. COULSON AEGEAN EXCHANGE FELLOWS (2020)
From Turkey:
Dr. Çiğdem Maner, Archaeology and History of Art, Koç University, Water Source Management of the Mycenaeans and the Hittites: Profane of Cult?
Ms. Elif Kevser Özer, History, Boğaziçi University, Apelasis, An Attempt to Map Memory and Belonging
From Greece:
Dr. Asterios-Evangelos Kechagias, Near Eastern Studies, Hebrew University, Greek Reception of Ancient Near Eastern Astral-Science and Medicine
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.
GEORGE AND ILSE HANFMANN FELLOWS (2020):
George M. A. Hanfmann Fellows:
Ms. Özge Acar, Ancient Greek Language and Literature, Istanbul University, Greek Theatrical Performances in Asia Minor in the Principatus Era: Roman Perspective and Imperial Policies
Mr. Gencay Öztürk, Classical Archaeology, Ege University, Lydian Archaeo-Gemology in Light of Sardis Finds
Mr. Burak Sönmez, Archaeology, Süleyman Demirel University, Ceramic Production and Trade Relations in the Ancient City of Seleucia Sidera during the Roman Imperial Period
Ilse B. Hanfmann Fellow:
Dr. Orçun Erdoğan, Art History, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Settlement Pattern and Architecture of the Late Antique Villages in the Southern Anatolia
MACHTELD J. MELLINK FELLOW (2020):
Dr. Yadigar Doğan, Ancient Languages and Cultures, Akdeniz University, Contributions to Epigraphic Studies of the Milyas: The Inscriptions from Elmalı Museum
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.
