IRCICA PUBLICATIONS 1980-2012

STUDIES AND SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF SCIENCEDARÜLFÜNUNOSMANLI’DA KÜLTÜREL MODERNLEŞMENIN ODAĞI2 VOLBy Ekmeleddin İhsanoğluİstanbul 2010 (in Turkish)ISBN 978-92-9063-202-3 (vol.1)ISBN 978-92-9063-203-0 (vol.2)ISBN 978-92-9063-204-7 (set)This is a comprehensive book on the history of themodern university which emerged as part of the culturalmodernization process that followed the Tanzimat reforms.It records and evaluates on basis of first-hand sources thestages of formation of the university from realisation of itsconcept until its institution as the University of İstanbul. Itis the result of many years of research by Prof. Ekmeleddinİhsanoğlu. the formation of a European-type universityrepresented a transformation in Ottoman cultural andeducational life. in addition to building the university’slegal, administrative and financial structures, it necessitatedpolicy decisions on such subjects as the university modelto be followed, the curricula and the faculty. The presentwork reviews the process extensively. It is comprised of threebooks laid out in two volumes. The first book examines theemergence of the idea of the modern university beginningfrom the period of the Tanzimat and its establishment afterthree attempts, and analyses its evolution in stages, untilthe 1933 university reform. the second book looks intothe development of the Darülfünun in the light of evolvingconcepts and trends in cultural, social and scholarly life.As to the third book, it describes in detail the developmentof each of the Faculties of Science, Letters, Theology, Lawand Medicine with respect to curricula, faculty, institutesaffiliated, among other aspects of their activities.Price: US$150 (including post)IRCICA PUBLICATIONS 1980-2012 141