Robert Dankoff is Professor Emeritus of Ottoman & Turkish Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.
Robert Dankoff was born on 24 September 1943 in Rochester, New York. In 1964, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University, and in 1971 got a Ph.D. from Harvard. He taught Arabic at Brandeis University as an assistant professor in 1969-1975. He taught Turkish in the University of California (1976-77), and the University of Arizona (1977-1979). He joined the department of Near Eastern languages and civilizations at Chicago University in 1979 as an assistant professor, where he became an associate professor in 1982, and a professor in 1987. He taught Turkish, Old Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Azeri, and Uzbek there until retiring in 2006.
His research interests lie in Ottoman Literature and Turcology. He has published extensively on Turkish texts from Central Asia and the Ottoman Empire, including text editions and translations of portions of the Seyahatname of Evliya Çelebi.
Honors
- Order of Merit of the Republic of Turkey, 20 October 2008
- Honorary doctorate from Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 2021
Publications
- An Ottoman Traveller: Selections from the book of Travels by Evliya Çelebi. Eland Publishing, 2011. ISBN 1906011583
- Ottoman Explorations of the Nile: Evliya Çelebi's Map of the Nile and The Nile Journeys in the Book of Travels (Seyahatname). Gingko Library, 2018. ISBN 1909942162
- From Mahmud Kasgari to Evliya Celebi Studies in Middle Turkic and Ottoman Literatures. Gorgias Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2009. ISBN 9781463216931
- An Ottoman Mentality: The World of Evliya Çelebi (Ottoman Empire and Its Heritage, v. 31) (No. 31) (Brill Academic Publishing, 2004) ISBN 978-9004137158
- Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Harrassowitz, 1995)
- The Intimate Life of an Ottoman Statesman, Melek Ahmed Pasha, (1588-1662: As Portrayed in Evliya Çelebi's Book of Travels. SUNY Press, 1991. ISBN 978-0791406410
- Wisdom of Royal Glory (Kutadgu Bilig): A Turko-Islamic Mirror for Princes by Yusuf Khass Hajib (Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 1983)
References
- "Robert Dankoff - The Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies". University of Chicago Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies.
- Tezcan, Nuran (2012). "Robert Dankoff'un Türkolojideki yeri üzerine". Divan'dan Seyahatname'ye Robert Dankoff (in Turkish). Yapı Kredi Kültür ve Sanat Yayıncılık. pp. 17–24. hdl:11693/51991. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- "The Historical Roots of Kashkaval". Balkan Insight. 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- Hickman, Bill; Leiser, Gary, eds. (2015). "An interview with Robert Dankoff, Professor Emeritus of Turkish and Islamic Studies at the University of Chicago BARBARA BLACKWELL GüLEN . PUBLICATIONS O F". Turkish Language, Literature, and History. doi:10.4324/9781315750705. ISBN 9781317612957.
- Tezcan, Nuran, Nuran (2012). "Ünlü Türkolog Prof. Robert Dankoff'a Onur Doktorası Verildi" (PDF). Kanat: Bilkent Üniversitesi Türk Edebiyatı Merkezi haber bülteni. Güz 2012 (40): 8. ISSN 1302-8332. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- Reviews of An Ottoman Mentality:
- Bilici, Faruk (February 2007). International Journal of Middle East Studies. 39 (1): 147–148. doi:10.1017/S0020743807362569. JSTOR 4129130. S2CID 162455324.
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- Bilici, Faruk (February 2007). International Journal of Middle East Studies. 39 (1): 147–148. doi:10.1017/S0020743807362569. JSTOR 4129130. S2CID 162455324.
- Reviews of Armenian Loanwords in Turkish:
- As., G. (1999–2000). Iran & the Caucasus. 3/4: 426–428. JSTOR 4030816.
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Schütz, Edmond (1996). Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 49 (1/2): 251–253. JSTOR 43391288.
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- As., G. (1999–2000). Iran & the Caucasus. 3/4: 426–428. JSTOR 4030816.
- Reviews of The Intimate Life of an Ottoman Statesman:
- Finkel, Caroline (1993). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 56 (3): 595. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00007813. JSTOR 620705. S2CID 246639198.
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Goodwin, Godfrey (April 1993). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Third Series. 3 (1): 118–119. doi:10.1017/S1356186300003795. JSTOR 25182651.
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Halman, Talat Sait (October–December 1993). Journal of the American Oriental Society. 113 (4): 626–627. doi:10.2307/605811. JSTOR 605811.
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Johanson, Lars (1994). Oriens. 34: 550–552. doi:10.2307/1580533. JSTOR 1580533.
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Köhbach, Markus (1998). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. 88: 393–395. JSTOR 23865164.
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - MacKay, Pierre A. (December 1991). Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 25 (2): 204–206. doi:10.1017/S0026318400024457. JSTOR 23060519. S2CID 251246531.
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Nagel, Tilman (1996). Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. 146 (2): 731–732. JSTOR 43380714.
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- Finkel, Caroline (1993). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 56 (3): 595. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00007813. JSTOR 620705. S2CID 246639198.
- Reviews of Wisdom of Royal Glory:
- Devereux, Robert (November 1985). International Journal of Middle East Studies. 17 (4): 577–579. doi:10.1017/S002074380002972X. JSTOR 163443. S2CID 162255410.
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Schimmel, Annemarie (April–June 1985). Journal of the American Oriental Society. 105 (2): 356–357. doi:10.2307/601735. JSTOR 601735.
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Tekin, Talât (January 1989). Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 48 (1): 68–70. doi:10.1086/373364. JSTOR 544518.
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- Devereux, Robert (November 1985). International Journal of Middle East Studies. 17 (4): 577–579. doi:10.1017/S002074380002972X. JSTOR 163443. S2CID 162255410.