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Ottoman And Turkish Studies Association
The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (formerly the Turkish Studies Association) is a learned society established in 1971 for the promotion of Turkish and Ottoman studies Ottoman studies is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the history, culture, costumes, religion, art, such as literature and music, science, economy, and politics of the Ottoman Empire. It is a sub-category of Oriental stu .... It was previously known as the Turkish Studies Group. It publishes the ''Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association'' (formerly ''Turkish Studies Association Journal'', earlier ''Turkish Studies Association Bulletin''). Presidents Past presidents of the organisation include: References Organizations established in 1971 Turkology Ottoman studies {{ottoman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Learned Society
A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an discipline (academia), academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honour conferred by election. Most learned societies are non-profit organizations, and many are professional associations. Their activities typically include holding regular academic conference, conferences for the presentation and discussion of new research results and publishing or sponsoring academic journals in their discipline. Some also act as Professional association, professional bodies, regulating the activities of their members in the public interest or the collective interest of the membership. History Some of the oldest learned societies are the Académie des Jeux floraux (founded 1323), the Sodalitas Litterarum Vistulana (founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Moment Atis
Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac. Sarah has her feast day on 1 September in the Catholic Church, 19 August in the Coptic Orthodox Church, 20 January in the LCMS, and 12 and 20 December in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Hebrew Bible Family According to Book of Genesis 20:12, in conversation with the Philistine king Abimelech of Gerar, Abraham reveals Sarah to be both his wife and his half-sister, stating that the two share a father but not a mother. Such unions were later explicitly banned in the Book of Leviticus (). This would make Sarah the daughter of Terah and the half-sister of not only Abraham but Haran and Nahor. She would also have been the aunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organizations Established In 1971
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived from the Greek word ''organon'', which means tool or instrument, musical instrument, and organ. Types There are a variety of legal types of organizations, including corporations, governments, non-governmental organizations, political organizations, international organizations, armed forces, charities, not-for-profit corporations, partnerships, cooperatives, and educational institutions, etc. A hybrid organization is a body that operates in both the public sector and the private sector simultaneously, fulfilling public duties and developing commercial market activities. A voluntary association is an organization consisting of volunteers. Such organizations may be able to operate without legal formalities, depending on jurisdiction, inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Singer (historian)
Amy Singer is a Professor of Ottoman and Islamic History at Brandeis University. Her major research areas are agrarian relations, philanthropy, and the city of Edirne. Education Singer took her BA at Swarthmore College (1982). She completed a Phd in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University in 1989. Career In 1989, she was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University. In 2007 she was promoted to Professor. Singer served as head of the Women's Studies Forum at Tel Aviv University. In 2018 she was appointed to the Department of History and the Sylvia K. Hassenfeld Chair in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Brandeis University. She has held a number of research grants and fellowships including from the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) (2014–15), and a visiting fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford (2018–19). Singer has also held visiting professorships a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Darling
Linda may refer to: As a name * Linda (given name), a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named) * Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer * Anita Linda (born Alice Lake in 1924), Filipino film actress * Bogusław Linda (born 1952), Polish actor * Solomon Linda (1909–1962), South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Places * Linda, California, a census-designated place * Linda, Missouri, a ghost town * Linda, Tasmania, Australia, a ghost town * Linda, Georgia, village in Abkhazia, Georgia * Linda, Bashkortostan, village in Bashkortostan, Russia * Linda Valley, Tasmania * 7169 Linda, an asteroid * Linda, a small lunar crater - see Delisle (crater) Music * ''Linda'' (Linda George album), 1974 * ''Linda'' (Linda Clifford album), 1977 * ''Linda'' (Miguel Bosé album), 1978 ** "Linda" (Miguel Bosé song), the title song * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reşat Kasaba
Reşat is a Turkish given name for males. People named Reşat include: * Reşat Çağlar, Cypriot diplomat * Reşat Nuri Güntekin Reşat Nuri Güntekin () (25 November 1889 – 7 December 1956) was a Turkish novelist, storywriter, and playwright. His best known novel, '' Çalıkuşu'' ("The Wren", 1922) is about the destiny of a young Turkish female teacher in Anatolia. Th ..., Turkish novelist * Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian * Reşat Mursaloğlu, Turkish politician {{DEFAULTSORT:Resat Turkish masculine given names de:Reşat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny White (academic)
Jennifer White may refer to: Actresses *Jennifer White Shah, or Jenny White, British actress and businesswoman Sports *Jennifer White (basketball), American university basketball coach *Jenny White (racing driver) in 2009 ASA Midwest Tour season *Jennifer White (athlete) in 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Others * Jenny White (academic), see Turkish Studies Association *Jenn White Jennifer White (born October 29, 1974) is an American journalist and radio personality. She is the host of the radio program 1A (radio program), ''1A''. She has worked in public radio since 1999, and began her broadcast journalism career as host ..., host of radio program ''1A'' * Jennifer White Holland, American politician * Jennifer Whyte, English civil engineering academic {{hndis, White, Jennifer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Hathaway (academic)
Jane Hathaway may refer to: * Jane Hathaway (''Beverly Hillbillies'' character), a character in ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' * Jane Hathaway, pseudonym for composer John Stepan Zamecnik John Stepan Zamecnik (May 14, 1872 in Cleveland, Ohio – June 13, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) was an American composer and conductor. He is best known for the " photoplay music" he composed for use during silent films by pianists, org ... * Jane Hathaway (academic), former president in the Turkish Studies Association {{hndis, Hathaway, Jane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Aksan
Virginia H. Aksan (born 1946) is a Canadian historian. She is an honorary member of the Turkish Historical Society who research interest Ottoman Empire. Aksan completed her bachelor's degree at Allegheny College in the United States when she was learning Turkish language at Princeton University. In the following years she completed her master's and doctorate degree at the University of Toronto. Currently, she is a faculty member of history at McMaster University. Works * ''An Ottoman Statesman in War and Peace: Ahmed Resmi Efendi, 1700–1783'' (Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1995) * ''Ottomans and Europeans: Contacts and Conflicts'' (Istanbul, Isis, 2004) * ''Ottoman Wars, 1700–1870: An Empire Besieged'' (Hammersmith: Pearson/Longman, 2007) * ''The Early Modern Ottomans: Remapping the Empire'', w/Daniel Goffman (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII of England, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornell Fleischer
Cornell Fleischer is an American historian who is the Kanuni Suleyman Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies at the University of Chicago. Education and career Fleischer received his PhD from Princeton University in 1982. After leaving Princeton, Fleischer held teaching posts at Washington University in St. Louis and the Ohio State University. He published his dissertation as his only book in 1986. The MacArthur Fellows Program awarded Fleischer what is colloquially knows as its genius grant in 1988, which is "a five-year grant to individuals who show exceptional creativity in their work and the prospect for still more in the future". In 1993, Fleischer joined the faculty of the University of Chicago. Fleischer focuses primarily on Ottoman history, specializing in the Age of Süleyman. Currently he is developing on a major work on Süleyman the Lawgiver while utilizing a number of papers dealing with the time period. He also works on apocalypticism and its relationshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Goffman
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames. Background The name evolved into over 100 different spellings in countries around the world. Nicknames (Dan, Danny) are common in both English and Hebrew; "Dan" may also be a complete given name rather than a nickname. The name "Daniil" (Даниил) is common in Russia. Feminine versions (Danielle, Danièle, Daniela, Daniella, Dani, Danitza) are prevalent as well. It has been particularly well-used in Ireland. The Dutch names "Daan" and "Daniël" are also variations of Daniel. A related surname developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
