E-Mail : erdemysabanciuniv.edu
Phone : 0216-483-9295
Personal Web :
Title : Faculty Member
Education : BA in history, Boğaziçi University 1984; D.Phil in modern history, Oxford 1993.
Work Experience : Boğaziçi University 1984-1986, 1993-2002; Visiting professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev 1998, 2001; George Washington University, 2000.
Areas of Interest : History of Ottoman slavery, modern state construction in the late Ottoman Empire, repercussions of the Greek War of Independence in the Ottoman Empire, introduction of the new conscript army, transformation of Ottoman political language and culture.
Awards :
  • Araştırmada Üstün Başarı Ödülü. - Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Vakfı  2001
  • High Success in Research Award for 2001. - Boğaziçi University Foundation  2001
Memberships : Member of ISC (International Scientific Committee) of The Slave Route: Resistance, Liberty and Heritage Project, UNESCO
Publications :
Book
Erdem, Yusuf Hakan, Gerçek ile kurmaca arasında: Torosyan'ın acayip hikâyesi, İstanbul: Doğan Kitap, December 2012
Erdem, Yusuf Hakan, Tarih-Lenk. Kusursuz Yazarlar, Kâğıttan Metinler, Istanbul: Doğan, December 2008
Middle East historiographies: narrating the Twentieth Century, Erdem, Y. Hakan and Gershoni, Israel and Singer, Amy (eds.), Seattle: University of Washington Press, July 2006
Erdem, Yusuf Hakan, Osmanlı'da köleliğin sonu, 1800-1909, Istanbul: Kitap Yayınevi, November 2004
Histories of the modern Middle East: new directions, Gershoni, Israel and Erdem, Yusuf Hakan and Woköck, Ursula (eds.), Boulder, Colo: Lynne Rienner Publishers, October 2002
Book Section / Chapter
Erdem, Yusuf Hakan, "Osmanlı kültüründe yazarlık ve intihal sorunları", Risale-i Nur'da Yapılan Tahrifat, Aytemur, Hüseyin Siyabend (ed.), Istanbul: Hivda 2015, 224-244
Erdem, Yusuf Hakan, "Turks as soldiers in Mahmud II's army: turning the Evlad-ı Fatihan into regulars in the Ottoman Balkans", Beyond the Balkans. Towards an Inclusive History of Southeastern Europe, Rutar, Sabine (ed.), Zurich & Berlin: Lit Verlag, January 2014, 227-246
Erdem, Yusuf Hakan, "Tanzimat döneminde kölelik, 1846-1876", Tanzimat: Değişim Sürecinde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu, İnalcık, Halil and Seyitdanlıoğlu, Mehmet (eds.), İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası, May 2011, 625-663
Erdem, Yusuf Hakan, "Wherever slavery exists the whole society suffers: the white slave controversy during the Crimean War", The Crimean War, 1853-1856. Colonial Skirmish or Rehearsal for World War? Empires, Nations and Individuals, Borejsza, Jerzy W. (ed.), Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Neriton- Instytut Historii PAN 2011, 53-79
Erdem, Yusuf Hakan, "The Greek revolt and the end of the old Ottoman order", The Greek Revolution of 1821: A European Event, Pizanians, Petros (ed.), Istanbul: Isis 2011, 257-264
Erdem, Y. Hakan, "Perfidious Albanians and Zealous Governors: Ottomans, Albanians and Turks in the Greek War of Independence ", Ottoman Rule and the Balkans, 1760-1850. Conflict, Transformation, Adaptation, Anastasopoulos, Antonis and Kolovos , Elias (eds.), Rethymno: University of Crete, Department of History and Archaeology. 2007, 213-240
Erdem, Y. Hakan, "Do not think of the Greeks as agricultural labourer's : Ottoman responses to the Greek war of independence", Citizenship and the nation-state in Greece and Turkey, Birtek, Faruk and Dragonas, Thalia (eds.), London : Routledge , November 2005, 67-84
Erdem, Y. Hakan, "Osmanlı kaynaklarından yansıyan Türk imaj(lar)ı", Dünyada Türk İmgesi, İstanbul: Kitap Yayınevi , March 2005, 13-26
Erdem, Yusuf Hakan, "Recruitment for the "Victorious Soldiers of Muhammad" in the Arab provinces, 1826-1828", Histories of the Modern Middle East: New Directions, Gershoni, Israel and Erdem, Yusuf Hakan and Woköck, Ursula (eds.), Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, April 2002, 189-206
Papers in Conference Proceedings
Erdem, Yusuf Hakan, "Osmanlı kültüründe yazarlık ve intihal sorunları", Yazıcı, Hasan (ed.), İstanbul Üniversitesi Bilim Etiği Günü, İstanbul, Türkiye: İstanbul Üniversitesi, October 2012, 21-53
Erdem, Yusuf Hakan, "The Greek revolt and the end of the old Ottoman order", Pizanias, Petros (ed.), The Greek National Revolution: A European Event, Athens: Kedros, March 2009, 281-288
Erdem, Y. Hakan, "Kırım Savaşı'nda Karadeniz beyaz köle ticareti", Savaştan Barışa: 150.Yıldönümünde Kırım Savaşı ve Paris Antlaşması (1853-1856), İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Tarih Araştırma Merkezi, May 2007, 85-118
Erdem, Y. Hakan, "Ottoman Perceptions and Representations of their World, 1450-1800", The World Orders in the Late Pre-modern Period, Seoul, South Korea: Seoul National University, November 2006
Erdem, Y. Hakan, "Erken Osmanlı vekayınamelerinde Türk imajı", Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi 1. Tarih Sempozyumu, İstanbul: Kitap Yayınevi, March 2005, 13-26
Volumes Edited / Special Issues
Erdem, Y. Hakan, Babam Hacim Muhittin Çarıklı: bir kuvay-ı milliyecinin yaşam öyküsü, İstanbul: Bogaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, June 2005
SU Öncesi Yayınları:

Slavery in the Ottoman Empire and its Demise, 1800-1909, Macmillan, London, 1996

"Osmanlı Toplumunda Köle Kimliğini Kuşatan Uygulama ve Zihniyet Yapıları", in Tarih Eğitimi ve Tarihte 'Öteki' Sorunu (Eds. A. Berktay- H.C. Tuncer), Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul, 1998, pp.172-181.

"Türkistan: Nerede, Ne Zaman?",  Toplumsal Tarih, 58, September 1998, pp.38-44.

"When the Merchandise was No Longer Human", in Aptullah Kuran İçin Yazılar / Essays in Honor of Aptullah Kuran (Eds. Ç. Kafesçioğlu - L. Thys-Şenocak), YKY, Istanbul, 1999, pp. 349-355.

"The Wise Old Man, Propagandist and Ideologist: Koca Sekbanbaşi on the Janissaries, 1807", in Individual, Ideologies and Society. Tracing the Mosaic of Mediterranean History (Ed. K. Virtanen), Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere, 2001,pp. 153-177.