Fatma Müge Göçek is a Turkish sociologist and professor at the University of Michigan.[1] She wrote the book Denial of Violence in 2015 concerning the prosectution of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, for which she received the Mary Douglas award for best book from the American Sociological Association. In 2017, she won a Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award from the university.[2]

Biography edit

Having obtained both her BSc and MSc at the Bogaziçi University in Istanbul, she went to Paris to learn French.[3] In 1981, she moved to the Princeton University from where she received an additional MSc in 1984 and a Doctorate in 1988.[3]

Since 1988 she lectured at the University of Michigan.[3] She was appointed a full Professor in 2012 and lectures in the Department of Sociology and the Programme in Women's Studies.[3]

She was a signatory to the I apologize campaign in 2008,[4] which demanded that Turkey takes responsibility for the massacres inflicted on the Armenian population in 1915.[5]

Personal life edit

Göçek was named Fatma after her great-grandmother.[3]

Works edit

  • Göçek, Fatma Müge (1987). East Encounters West: France and the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-536433-0.[6]
  • Göçek, Fatma Müge, ed. (1988). Political Cartoons in the Middle East. Princeton, New Jersey: Markus Wiener Publications.[7]
  • Gocek, Fatma Muge; Shiva, Balaghi, eds. (1995). Reconstructing Gender in the Middle East: Tradition, Identity, and Power. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51391-3.[8]
  • Göçek, Fatma Müge (1996). Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire: Ottoman Westernization and Social Change. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-509925-6.[9]
  • Göçek, Fatma Müge, ed. (2002). Social Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle East. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-5198-4.[10]
  • Göçek, Fatma Müge (2011). The Transformation of Turkey: Redefining State and Society from the Ottoman Empire to the Modern Era. London: L. B. Tauris.[11]
  • Suny, Ronald Grigor; Göçek, Fatma Müge; Naimark, Norman M., eds. (2011). A Question of Genocide: Armenians and Turks at the End of the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-979276-4.[12]
  • Göçek, Fatma Müge (2015). Denial of Violence: Ottoman Past, Turkish Present and Collective Violence Against the Armenians, 1789–2009. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-933420-9.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ "gocek | U-M LSA Sociology". lsa.umich.edu.
  2. ^ "Distinguished Faculty Achievement Awards". Rackham Graduate School: University of Michigan. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "H-Nationalism Interview with Fatma Müge Göçek | H-Nationalism | H-Net". networks.h-net.org. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  4. ^ "özür diliyorum". www.ozurdiliyoruz.info. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  5. ^ "A Turkish 'I apologize' campaign to Armenians". Los Angeles Times. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  6. ^ Reviews of East Encounters West: M. S. Anderson, The Historical Journal, JSTOR 2639615; Zeynep Çelik, Journal of the American Oriental Society, JSTOR 603945; Barbara Jelavich, Middle East Journal, JSTOR 4327860, ProQuest 1290842908; Stanford J. Shaw, The American Historical Review, doi:10.1086/ahr/94.5.1344, JSTOR 1906370; Gilles Veinstein, Annales: Histoire, Sciences Sociales, doi:10.1017/S0395264900073327, JSTOR 27583052; Madeline C. Zilfi, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, doi:10.1086/373598, JSTOR 545978
  7. ^ Reviews of Political Cartoons in the Middle East: Petra Kuppinger, International Journal of Middle East Studies, doi:10.1017/S0020743800002865; JSTOR 259442; Lisa Pollard, Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, doi:10.1017/S0026318400041481, JSTOR 23063374
  8. ^ Reviews of Reconstructing Gender in the Middle East: Eleanor Abdella Doumato, Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, doi:10.1017/S0026318400033149, JSTOR 23061577; Sherna Berger Gluck, Arab Studies Quarterly, JSTOR 41858190
  9. ^ Reviews of Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Demise of Empire: Carter Vaughn Findley, The American Historical Review, doi:10.1086/ahr/102.2.490, JSTOR 2170920; Jane Hathaway, Middle East Journal, JSTOR 4329077, ProQuest 218492505; Christoph Herzog, Die Welt des Islams, JSTOR 1571299; Kemal H. Karpat, The Historian, JSTOR 24452194; I. Metin Kunt, Journal of Islamic Studies, JSTOR 26198325; Roger Owen, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, JSTOR 206463; Misagh Parsa, American Journal of Sociology, JSTOR 2782645; Donald Quataert, Journal of Social History, JSTOR 3789569
  10. ^ Reviews of Social Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle East: Hamit Bozarslan, Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques, [1]; Thomas Eich, Die Welt des Islams, JSTOR 1571320
  11. ^ Reviews of The Transformation of Turkey: Mustafa Aksakal, The American Historical Review, doi:10.1086/ahr.117.3.975, JSTOR 23310727; Metin Heper, Middle East Journal, JSTOR 23256695, ProQuest 1021188430; Erik-Jan Zürcher, International Journal of Turkish Studies, ProQuest 1508191032
  12. ^ Reviews of A Question of Genocide: Mustafa Aksakal, The Historian, JSTOR 24455919; Yair Auron, Bustan: The Middle East Book Review, JSTOR 10.1163/18785328-00502008; Michael Bobelian, H-net, [2]; Howard Eissenstat, International Journal of Middle East Studies, doi:10.1017/S002074381200061X, JSTOR 23280487; Peter Gatrell, European Review of History, doi:10.1080/13507486.2013.832878; Ahmet Gençtürk, Insight Turkey, JSTOR 26299533; Ryan Gingeras, The English Historical Review, doi:10.1093/ehr/ces294, JSTOR 23362245; Yücel Güçlü, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, doi:10.1080/13602004.2012.694671; Michael M. Gunter, Journal of World History, JSTOR 23320170; Mehmet Polatel, New Perspectives on Turkey, doi:10.1017/S0896634600006786; Steven A. Usitalo, Canadian Slavonic Papers, JSTOR 23617517; Jelle Verheij, The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, doi:10.1017/S0022046912000590; Jay Winter, Slavic Review, doi:10.5612/slavicreview.72.1.0134, JSTOR 10.5612/slavicreview.72.1.0134
  13. ^ Reviews of Denial of Violence: Ateş Altinordu, Contemporary Sociology, doi:10.1177/0094306116641407r, JSTOR 43997546; Eldad Ben-Aharon, Journal of Social History, doi:10.1093/jsh/shw140; Vicken Cheterian, Nationalities Papers, doi:10.1080/00905992.2016.1158006, ProQuest 2697558506; Stefan Ihrig, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, doi:10.1093/hgs/dcx048; Joanne Laycock, Reviews in History, doi:10.14296/RiH/2014/1809; Ľubica Polláková, International Affairs, doi:10.1111/1468-2346.12307, JSTOR 24539171; Steven A. Usitalo, Canadian Slavonic Papers, doi:10.1080/00085006.2017.1377444; Andrekos Varnava, Genocide Studies and Prevention, doi:10.5038/1911-9933.10.1.1403; Keith David Watenpaugh, The American Historical Review, doi:10.1093/ahr/122.2.478, JSTOR 26576718