| MEHMET SÜREYYA ER |
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Lecturer of Turkish Studies
Department of Near Eastern Studies
4111 Thayer Building · Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608
(734) 763-6446
sureyya@umich.edu |
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| EDUCATION |
2001 - Advanced to Candidacy for Doctor of Philosophy; Turkic Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California - Los Angeles.
1999: Master of Arts; Turkic Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California - Los Angeles.
1992: Bachelor of Arts; Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Boğaziçi University - İstanbul, Turkey.
1992: Bachelor of Arts; Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Boğaziçi University - İstanbul, Turkey.
1989: Bachelor of Arts; Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, İstanbul University - İstanbul, Turkey.
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| EMPLOYMENT |
Fall 2004 - Lecturer; Turkish Studies, Department of Near Eastern Studies, The University of Michigan.
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| EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE |
Summer 2007: Turkish Lecturer; Eastern Consortium Summer Intensive Language Program in Turkish, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago.
Winter 2002 - Summer 2006: Library Assistant II; Special Collections (Ottoman Turkish Manuscripts), Digital Library, University of California - Los Angeles.
Fall 2001 - Summer 2004: Teaching Fellow; Turkic Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California - Los Angeles.
December 2000 - June 2001: Turkish Instructor; Beverly Hills Lingual Institute, Beverly Hills, CA.
Fall 1999 - Fall 2001: Teaching Associate; Turkic Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California - Los Angeles.
Spring 1998 - Fall 1999: Teaching Assistant; Turkic Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California - Los Angeles.
Fall 1997 - Spring 2000: Research Assistant; Turkic Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California - Los Angeles.
Fall 1992 - Fall 1998: Research Assistant; The Institute of Turkic and Turkish Studies, Marmara University - İstanbul, Turkey.
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| AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS |
Teaching Fellowship; Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California - Los Angeles, Fall 2001 - Spring 2004.
Teaching Associateship; Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California - Los Angeles, Fall 1999 - Spring 2001.
Teaching Assistantship; Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California - Los Angeles, Fall 1998 - Spring 1999.
Departmental Fellowship; Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California - Los Angeles, Fall 1997 - Spring 2004.
Graduate Student Researchship; von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies, Fall 1997 - Spring 1998.
Director's Award for Scholastic Distinction; Uzbek-Azerbaijani Program of the John D. Soper Central Asian Language Institute, University of California - Los Angeles, 1996.
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Books |
A Dictionary of Turkish Verbs: In Context and by Theme. Ralph Jaeckel and Gülnur Doğanata Erciyeş with the Collaboration of Mehmet Süreyya Er, Georgetown University Press, 2006.
Participation in preparing the course - Beginning Turkish (CD-ROM). Andras J.E. Bodrogligeti, University of Arizona Critical Languages Series, 2000.
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| Translations |
Translation from English into Turkish - "The Pasha of Buda and the Edict of Torda: Transylvanian Unitarian / Islamic Ottoman Cultural Enmeshment and the Development of Religious Tolerance"; Susan Ritchie, ("Budin Paşası ve Turda Fermanı: Transilvanya Üniteryen Kültürü ile Osmanlı İslam Kültürünün Birbirine Kenetlenişi ve Dini Hoşgörünün Gelişimi"; Victoria Holbrook'a Armağan, Walter G. Andrews and Özgen Felek eds., pp. 233-259, Kanat Publications - İstanbul, 2006).
Translation from English into Turkish - The Volga Tatars: A Profile in National Resilience. Azade-Ayşe Rorlich, Hoover Institution Press, 1986 (Volga Tatarları: Yüzyılları Aşan Milli Kimlik; İletişim Publications - İstanbul, 2000).
Translation from English into Turkish - "The Role of Classical Central Asian Turkic Literature in the Understanding of the Cultural Heritage of the Central Asian Turks"; Andras J.E. Bodrogligeti, (Eurasian Studies Yearbook, Volume 66, pp. 5-31, 1994 ("Orta Asya Türklerinin Kültürel Mirasını Anlamada Klasik Orta Asya Türk Edebiyatının Rolü"; (Toplumsal Tarih, Volume 54, 1998).
Translation (of some sections) from English into Turkish - Political Ideas. David Thomson, Penguin Books, 1984 (Siyasi Düşünce Tarihi; Şule Publications - İstanbul, 1996).
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| WORKS IN PROGRESS |
| Translations |
Translation from English into Turkish - Muînü’l-Mürîd; İslam, 1313 (Guide for Novices; Critical Edition by Andras J.E. Bodrogligeti, in progress).
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| LANGUAGES |
Turkish (native language), Ottoman Turkish, English, Azeri, Uzbek, Chagatay, Persian; Arabic, Russian and French (reading knowledge).
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| PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS |
American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT)
Turkish Studies Association (TSA)
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| SOCIAL ACTIVITIES |
Member; International Relations Club, Boğaziçi University - İstanbul, Turkey (1988-92).
Participant; Intercivilisation Dialogue Seminar organized by the Unification Church, New York (1992).
Counselor; Camp America, Cultural Exchange Program, New York (1990).
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