Selim Deringil Explained
Selim Deringil (born Ottawa, 19 August 1951) is a Turkish academic, and professor of history at Boğaziçi University and at the Lebanese American University.[1]
Career
Deringil earned his doctorate from the University of East Anglia in 1979, and joined Boğaziçi University the same year. He is a notable lecturer on Late Ottoman History, Ottoman Islam and relationships between Ottomans and Europe. He has lectured in the United States, England, France, Lebanon and Palestine . He has written several essays on the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the history of the Republic of Turkey. His book "The Well-Protected Domains: Ideology and the Legitimation of Power in the Ottoman Empire 1876-1909" was awarded the "Turkish Studies Association Fuad Köprülü" prize in 2001.
Partial bibliography
- The Ottomans, the Turks, and world power politics : collected essays,
- Turkish foreign policy during the Second World War : an "active" neutrality,
- The well-protected domains : ideology and the legitimation of power in the Ottoman Empire, 1876–1909,
References
- Web site: Faculty and Staff . Lebanese American University. 1 May 2019.
Further reading
- De Bellaigue, Christopher . 2001 . Turkey's Hidden Past . The New York Review of Books . 48 . 4 . (Review of "The Well-Protected Domains: Ideology and the Legitimation of Power in the Ottoman Empire, 1876–1909")
- Ahmad, Feroz . 1991 . Turkish Foreign Policy during the Second World War: An "Active Neutrality" by Selim Deringil . International Journal of Middle East Studies . 23 . 3 . 424–426. 164500 . 10.1017/s0020743800057652. 163504598 .
