Selcuk Esenbel

Background

Esenbel, Selcuk was born on September 9, 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Melih Rauf Esenbel and Emine Rabia Ensenbel.

Education

Bachelor, George Washington International Christian University, Tokyo, 1969. Master of Science, Georgetown University, District of Columbia, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York City, 1981.

Career

Student assistant Columbia University East Asian Institute, New York City, 1972—1974. Assistant professor Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, since 1980, professor, since 1998. Adjunct professor St. John's University, New Jersey, 1980—1981.

Chair Japanese department Ankara University, Turkey, 1985—1986. Chair history department Bogazici, Istanbul, 1996—2003. Researcher Japan Trade Center, New York City, 1971—1973, 1980—1981.

Achievements

• Selcuk Esenbel has been listed as a noteworthy history professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Rising Sun and the Turkish Crescent: New Perspectives on the History of Japanese Turkish Relations
  • Even the Gods Rebel: The Peasants of Takaino and the 1871 Nakano Uprising in Japan (Monograph and Occasional Paper Series, No. 57)

Membership

Member of Association Supporting Women Parliamentarians, Association Japanese Studies, Social and Economic History Foundation Turkey, European Association Japanese Studies, Association Asian Studies, Japanese Studies Association (president since 2002).

Interests

• Painting, bicycling, swimming.

Connections

1 child Ceylan Tozeren.

Father:

Melih Rauf Esenbel

Mother:

Emine Rabia Ensenbel

child:

Ceylan Tozeren Esenbel