Scholarship and Biography

His current research interests deal with the relations between military modernization and political and social change in the Ottoman Empire.

Honors

Research Award
American Research Institute in Turkey (United States, Philadelphia) - ARIT, 1966
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
University of Chicago (United States, Chicago) - UC, 1972 - 1973
Grant
American Research Institute in Turkey (United States, Philadelphia) - ARIT, 1983-1984
Research Grant
Institute of Turkish Studies (United States, Washington D.C.) - ITS, 1987-1988
Award
Foundation for the Promotion of Turkish Culture , 1989
Research Grant
Institute of Turkish Studies (United States, Washington D.C.) - ITS, 1995-1996

Organizational Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University

Education

Harvard University
Ph.D.
Brandeis University
M.A.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
B.A.