{"id":66899,"date":"2013-03-01T07:50:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T05:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=66899"},"modified":"2014-01-08T00:32:44","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T22:32:44","slug":"fcta-presents-lecture-by-justin-mccarthy-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2013\/03\/01\/fcta-presents-lecture-by-justin-mccarthy-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"FCTA PRESENTS: LECTURE BY JUSTIN McCARTHY, PhD."},"content":{"rendered":"
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FCTA PRESENTS: LECTURE<\/strong>
\nBY JUSTIN McCARTHY, PhD.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u201cEssential Men: the Heroism of Ordinary Turks.\u201d <\/strong>\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"justin\"<\/p>\n

When:Saturday, April 06, 2013, 1:30pm<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

Where: Earth Science Auditorium,<\/strong><\/p>\n

University of Toronto, St. George Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Address: 5 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supported by Turkish Students Association at UofT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Justin McCarthy, PhD, Professor of history<\/strong>\u2028<\/strong>
\nJustin McCarthy<\/strong> received a Ph.D. in Near Eastern history from U.C.L.A. in 1978 and a Certificate in Demography from Princeton University in 1980. He is presently Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences and Distinguished University Scholar at the University of Louisville.<\/p>\n

Professor McCarthy specializes in the social and demographic history of the Modern Middle East, particularly Turkey and the Ottoman Empire. His books include Muslims and Minorities, Death and Exile, The Population of Palestine, The Ottoman Turks, The Ottoman Peoples and the End of Empire, Population History of the Middle East and the Balkans, Who Are the Turks? (with Carolyn McCarthy), The Armenian Rebellion at Van (with Esat Arslan, Cemalettin Ta\u015fkiran, and \u00d6mer Turan), Turkey and the Turks (with Carolyn McCarthy), and The Turk in America. Professor McCarthy has recently completed a study of the Armenian rebellion in Sasun. He has also written articles on Middle Eastern, Balkan, Turkish, and Ottoman topics. As a historical cartographer, he has produced the Middle Eastern map series for the Middle East Studies Association and the U.S. Department of Education, as well as maps for publications. He has lectured in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Israel, Bosnia, and Saudi Arabia, as well as in the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n

Professor McCarthy was awarded the Order of Merit of the Turkish Republic in 1998. He has been voted a Corresponding Member of the Turkish Historical Association. He has received the Chairman’s Education Award from the Turkish American Friendship Council and awards from Turkish-American organizations, including the first \u015e\u00fckr\u00fc Elekda\u011f Award, presented by the Assembly of Turkish American Associations. In 1985 he received an honorary doctorate from Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University, in 2000 an honorary doctorate from Demirel University, and in 2007 an honorary doctorate from Atat\u00fcrk University. In 2005 he was invited to address a special session of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Rotary International gave him its Paul Harris Award. He has held a Senior Research Fellowship from the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities, a National Needs Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Science Foundation, a Fulbright-Hays fellowship, an International Research and Studies Program grant from the U.S. Department of Education, and other grants and awards. Professor McCarthy has served on the Boards of the Institute of Turkish Studies, the Turkish Studies Association, and the International Congress for Asian and North African Studies, as well as the advisory boards of various organizations.<\/p>\n

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