Serif Mardin

Biography

One of the most prominent Turkish social scientists, Åžerif Mardin received his PhD from Stanford University in 1958. He has been a guest researcher and professor at many well-known institutions, including Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, California-Berkeley, Oxford, and EHESS. He also acted as the chairman of the Center for Islamic Studies at the American University between 1989 and 1999. In Turkey, he has worked at Ankara, BoÄŸaziçi and Sabancı universities, from which he retired in 2011. He has also contributed greatly to the Turkish social sciences -and to Re-thinking the social in this society- with his many influential books and articles. Some of his well-known books include The Genesis of Young Ottoman Thought, Jön Türklerin Siyasi Fikirleri, Din ve Ä°deoloji, Türk Modernlesmesi, Religion and Social Change in Modern Turkey, Ä°deoloji, Türkiye, Ä°slam ve Sekülarizm, Religion, Society and Modernity in Turkey.

Research Interest

Economics and Political Sciences