Dr. des. Fatih Ermiş

Contact:

Lehrstuhl für Westasiatische Geschichte
Philosophische Fakultät
Universität Erfurt
Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt
Tel: 0361/ 737 4445
Fax: 0361/ 737 4419
Email: fatih.ermis@uni-erfurt.de

Education:
Ph.D. at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies and the chair of West Asian History of University of Erfurt, 2011.

Title of the dissertation: “Ottoman Economic Thinking Before the 19th Century”.

Advisors:

Prof. Dr. Birgit Schäbler, University of Erfurt, History of the West Asia.

Prof. Dr. Bertram Schefold, J. W. Goethe-University, Economic Theory.

Date of defense: 15.07.2011

Degree: Magna cum laude

M.A. at the Institute of Social Sciences of Marmara University (Istanbul), chair of Economic History, 2003.

Title of the M.A. Thesis: „Possiblities of Theorising in Economics: The Methodenstreit between Carl Menger and Gustav Schmoller“. Original title: “İktisatta Teorinin İmkanı: C. Menger ile G. Schmoller Arasındaki Metodoloji Tartışması (Methodenstreit)”.

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar

B.A., Boğaziçi University (Istanbul), Department of Economics, 2001.

Research Visits:

01.07.2008-31.08.2008: Research in archives of Süleymaniye, Ayasofya and library of Istanbul University

01.07.2004-10.11.2004: Persian Courses at the Dehkhoda Institut of the University of Tehran.

01.05.2004-30.06.2004: Research in Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivi.

Experience:

Research Associate and Instructor, since 2011
University of Erfurt, Chair of West Asian History

Research project: “The Moral Philosophy of Kınalızade“

Courses taught:

“The Oriental Harem: Place of Dynastic Reproduction”, Summer Term 2012

“Ottoman Intellectual History of the 18th and 19th Centuries”, Winter Term 2011/2012

“The Self Image of the Ottomans: Intellectual History of the Ottoman Empire”, Summer Term 2011

“Ottoman Economic Thought”, Winter Term 2008/2009

Part-time research assistant at the ZIIS of University of Osnabrück, 2011.

Vice-Coordinator of the Turcology Center of the Bilim ve Sanat Vakfi (Foundation for Science and Art), 2002-2003.

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi.

Language Skills:

Mother tongue Turkish, excellent reading skills in Ottoman Turkish.

Fluency in German, English, and Persian.

Working knowledge in Arabic and French.

Memberships:

Since 2003 member of ESHET (The European Society for the History of Economic Thought)

Research Interests:

Intellectual history, cultural history, economic history, economic thought, political history.

Scholarships:

01.08.11-30.09.11: Research at the Library of Schloss Friedenstein (Gotha) with a Herzog-Ernst scholarship of the Fritz-Thyssen foundation.

01.05.10-31.07.10: DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) scholarship

01.04.07-31.03.10: A scholarship of Robert-Bosch Foundation

01.10.04-30.09.06: A scholarship of Frankfurter Graduierten Förderung

Dr. Fatih Ermiş

Publications: 

A History of Ottoman Economic Thought. Developments Before the Nineteenth Century. Routledge, 2013.

Rev: Meltem Toksöz, „The Çukurova: From Nomadic Life to Commercial Agriculture, 1800-1908“,Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi, Vol. 3, No: 6 (2005)

Rev: „Bir Orta Doğu Iktisat Tarihiçisi Olarak Charles Issawi ve The Economic History of Turkey“, Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi, Vol. 1, No: 1 (2003)

Forthcoming Publications:

“Die Verteidigung (des Ansehens des Islam) gegen Renan”, Übersetzung des Artikels “Renan Müdafaanamesi” von Namık Kemal, expected time of publication 2013.

„‘Direkt vom Koran inspiriert‘: Rückkehr zum Koran oder ein Koranischer Islam“ , Übersetzung des Artikels “Doğrudan Doğruya Kur’an’dan Alıp İlhamı: Kur’an’a Dönüş’ten Kur’an İslamı‘na” von M. Suat Mertoğlu, HIKMA – Zeitschrift für Islamische Theologie und Religionspädagogik, expected time of publication 2012.

Presentations:

“Ottoman Economic Thinking in the Light of Humorism”, paper presented at WOCMES in Barcelona, 201

“Ottoman Economic Thinking and Humor Theory of the State”, paper presented at ESHET (The European Society for the History of Economic Thought) in Amsterdam, 2010.

“A Comparison of Just Price Discussions in an Age of Transformation: The Ottoman, Spanish and British Cases”, paper presented with Seven Ağır at ESHET Conference in Strasboug, 2007.

“The Possibility of Theorizing in Economics: The Methodenstreit between C. Menger and G. Schmoller”, paper presented at ESHET Conference in Porto, 2006.