Mehmet Celal Özdogan#


Mehmet Celal Özdogan
Membership Number:3211
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY
Elected:2012
Main Country of Residence:TURKEY




Present and Previous Positions
  • 2008 - present Professor Emeritus İstanbul University, Prehistory Section, Archaeology Department
  • 1999 - 2008 Chair, İstanbul University, Prehistory Section
  • 1993 - 2008 Professor İstanbul University, Prehistory Section
  • 1985 - 1993 Assistant Professor İstanbul University, Prehistory Section
  • 1982 - 1985 Associate Professor İstanbul University, Prehistory Section
  • 1975 - 1982 Full Assistant

Fields of Scholarship
  • Prehistoric archaeology
  • Neolithic period
  • Emergence of food producing villages
  • Neolithic dispersal to Europe
  • Geoarchaeology
  • Cultural heritage
  • Politics and history of archaeology

Honours and Awards
  • 2011 Bilim Akademisi - Science Academy, Turkey, Member
  • 2009 American Institute of Archaeology (AIA), Corresponding Member
  • 2008 Vehbi Koç Foundation Prize for the 2008 Year
  • 2007 Italian State "Cavalliere" Medal
  • 2006 Melbourn University, Visiting Scholar Grant
  • 2005 National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Foreign Associate member
  • 2005 Kirklereli Town Honorary Citizenship
  • 2003 MacDonalds Lecturer for 2003, Cambridge Institute of Archaeology
  • 2002 Turkish Academy of Sciences Full Member (Resigned in 2011 upon the government decree)
  • 2001 Turkish Academy of Sciences 2001 Service Award
  • 2000 International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Member
  • 1996 Brown University, Providence, Visiting Scholar Grant
  • 1994 International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP) Permanent Council Member
  • 1992 German Archaeological Institutes (DAI) Corresponding Member

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