slobodan.ilic@emu.edu.tr

Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department of History
Famagusta, North Cyprus (via Mersin 10 Turkey)
(90-392) 630 10 37

 

1996: Ph.D., Bamberg University, Germany ( Otto-Friedrich-Universitaet Bamberg ), Middle East Studies. Turkology (Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies).

1992: M.A., Belgrade University, Serbia-Montenegro ( Univerzitet u Beogradu), Middle East Studies, Theory of Literature.

1987: B.A., Sarajevo University, Bosnia-Herzegovina ( Univerzitet u Sarajevu), Arabic and Iranian Studies.

1986: B.A., Sarajevo University, Bosnia-Herzegovina ( Univerzitet u Sarajevu), Turkish and Ottoman Studies.

2005 to present: Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus, Department of History. Associate Professor.

2003-2005: Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus, Department of History. Assistant Professor.

2002-2003: Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, Department of History. Assistant Professor.

1996-2000: Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, Department of History. Instructor.

1988-1992: Sarajevo University, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Department of Oriental Studies. Lecturer.

1985-1986: Tripoli, Libya, Yugoslav Ministry of Defense. Translator of Arabic.

1997: Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies Research Fellowship (Cambridge, UK).

1996: Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Borsa di Studio (Venezia, Italy).

1990-1991: Turkish Ministry of Education Research Fellowship (Istanbul,Turkey).

 Deutsche Morgenlaendische Gesellschaft   (Germany)    Royal Asiatic Society   (UK)    Middle East Studies Association   (USA)  American Historical Association   (USA)

Member of the Organizing Committee

IX International Congress of Economic and Social History of Turkey, Dubrovnik, Croatia 2001.

X International Congress of Economic and Social History of Turkey, Venice, Italy 2005.

XI International Congress of Economic and Social History of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey 2008

Member of the Editorial Board

Middle Eastern Literatures, Oxford, UK, Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis

Nikolay Antov, Aspects of Balkan Islamization in the Light of Petitions for Conversion 1670-1750, MA, Bilkent University 2000.

Milena Methodieva, Pan-Islam, the Porte and Education: Ottoman Support for Muslim Schools in the Bulgarian Principality 1878-1908, MA, Bilkent University 2001.

Membership in Thesis Committee

Riza Yildirim, Dervishes in Early Ottoman Society and Politics: A Study of Velayetnames as a Source for History (Thesis Chair: Dr. Oktay Ozel), MA, Bilkent University 2001.

Dritan Egro, Islamization in the Balkans 14-17th Centuries: The Case of Albanian Lands (Thesis Chair: Prof. Dr. Halil Inalcik), PhD, Bilkent University 2002.

Books Authored

Evliya Çelebi in Bosnia and Dalmatia, Brill , Leiden-Boston-Köln (forthcoming)

Huseyin Lamekani. Ein osmanischer Dichter und Mystiker und sein literarisches Werk ,  Harrassowitz Verlag , Wiesbaden 1999.

       Reviewed in:

       Zeitschrift der Deutschen morgenlandischen Gesellschaft, (AHCI Journal), Vol 151, Heft 2, Wiesbaden 2001, (V. ADAM).

       Journal of the American Oriental Society, (AHCI Journal), Vol 121, 4, Ann Arbor 2001, (R. DANKOFF).

       Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunde des Morgenlandes, Vol 91, 2, Wien 2001 (E. G. AMBROS).

       Orientalische Literaturzeitung, Vol 96, Berlin 2001 (S. KLEINMICHEL).

       Turcica, Vol 34, Paris 2002 (A. POPOVIC)

Selected Articles

"Lâmekânî Hüseyin Efendi", TDV Islam Ansiklopedisi, XXVII, Istanbul 2004.

"Some New Facts on the Existence and Literary Activities of the Bektashi Order in the 19th Century's Bosnia", Drustvena istrazivanja , (SSCI Journal), XII, 3-4, pp. 581-587, Zagreb 2003.

"Religious Ferment in Ottoman Bosnia During the Second Half of the 16th Century", Voprosy Istorii, (AHCI Journal), 2/2002, Moscow 2002.tvena istrazivanja

"Mulhid Wahdati, ein bosnischer Ketzer des 16. Jahrhunderts", Zeitschrift der Deutschen morgenlandischen Gesellschaft, (AHCI Journal), Vol 151, Heft 2, pp. 263-273, Mainz 2001.

"Un cheik bektachi, Kazim Baba de Prizren et sa poésie mystique ", Annales de l'autre Islam, 7, Paris 2001.

"Bosna Bogomilleri ve islamlasma: bilimsel bir yanilgidan ulusal bir mitosa", In: Tarih ve milliyetcilik. I. Ulusal Tarih kongresi. Bildiriler, Mersin 1999.

"Kaside Ahmeda Vahdetija iz njegovog sarajevskog divana" (The Qasidas of  Ahmad Wahdati from his Sarajevo Diwan), Anali Gazi Husrev-begove biblioteke , Sarajevo 1990.

"Mevlevije u Bosni" (The Mawlawi Order in Bosnia), Islamska misao, Sarajevo1989.

"Otkrovenje skrivenog blaga. Misticka kongregacija hurufija: nastanak i ucenja" (The Uncovering of the Hidden Treasure. The Hurufi Mystical Brotherhood: Its Origins and Teachings), Kulture Istoka, VI/19, Belgrade 1989.

"Jedan perzijski gazel Huseina Lamekanija (A Persian Gazel of Husein Lamakani), Anali Gazi Husrev-begove biblioteke , XIII-XIV, Sarajevo 1987.

Szeged, Hungary, 4-7. 5. 2009, International Conference: In the Eyes of the Neighbours. Stereotypes and National Characteristics in Middle-East Europe, "Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina Between the Ottoman Past and the European Future".

  Jerusalem, Israel, 18-20.1.2009, Ottoman Roots of Contemporary Realities: The Middle East and the Balkans Compared, "The Contested Past: Ottoman Legacy in the Collective Memory of Post-Ottoman and Contemporary Bosnia".

  Washington, USA, 22-25.11.2008, Middle East Studies Association 42nd Annual Meeting, "Fazlullah-i Astarabadi (d. 1394) as Poet".

  Leipzig, Germany, 24-28.9. 2008, Symposium on the History of Printing and Publishing in the Languages and Countries of the Middle East, "Sufis as Publishers: The Tariqat Sponsored Serial Publications in the Late Ottoman Empire".

  Zagreb, Croatia, 25-30. 8. 2008, XVIII International Congress of Turkish Studies CIEPO, "An Unorthodox Critique of the History of the Ottoman Melamism in the 16th and 17th centuries".

  Ankara, Turkey, 3-5. 4. 2008, Uluslararasi Evliya Celebi ve Seyahatname Sempozyumu, Bilkent University, "Evliya Celebi'nin Bati Balkanlar Yolculugu: Gunumuze Kadar Yapilan Yayinlara Elestirel Bir Bakis".

  Konya, Turkey, 13-15.12.2007, International Symposium on the Traces of Mevlana Jalal al-Din Rumi in the World, "The Legacy and the Influence of Mevlana Jalal al-Din Rumi and Mevlevism in the Post-Ottoman Bosnia".

  Tehran, Iran, 28.10-2.11.2007, International Maulana Jalal-ad Din Rumi Conference, "The Mawlawihane of Sarajevo and the Mawlawi Culture of the 17th Century Ottoman Bosnia".

  Freiburg, Germany, 24-28. 9. 2007, XXX Deutscher Orientalistentag, "The Concept of Sainthood in the Unpublished Preambular Chapter of the Vilayetname-i Otman Baba".

  London, UK, 13-15.9.2007, British Museum, Wondrous Words: The Poetic Mastery of Jalal al-Din Rumi, "Ottoman-Turkish Commentaries on Rumi's Masnavi and the Lost Commentary of Sudi Bosnavi".

  Sivas, Turkey, 21-25.5.2007, Osmanlilar Doneminde Sivas Sempozyumu, "Sivasli Mutasavvif 'Abdu l-Mecid-i Sivasi (o. 1639)'nin Kasidesi ve 'Abdullah Bosnavi (o. 1625)'ye Ait Serhi".

  Boston, USA, 18-21.11.2006, Middle East Studies Association 40th Annual Meeting, "Hurufi Heresy in the 15th Century Anatolia and its Impact on the Ottoman Religious Thought".

  Trabzon, Turkey, 18-23.9.2006, XVII International Congress of Turkish Studies CIEPO, "Abd al-Majid b. Firishte (d. 1459/60) and the Early Turkish Readings of Hurufi corpus canonicum".

  Çanakkale, Turkey, 25-28.5.2006, International Symposium on Mawlana Jalal al-din Rumi in Thought and Art, "The Mawlawi Order in Bosnia and its Traces in the Ottoman Literature".

  Frankfurt, Germany, 23-26.7.2005, VI Deutsche Turkologenkonferenz, "Sufi Publizistik in Landern des ehemaligen Jugoslawiens: Geschichtliche Ubersicht und aktueller Zustand".

  San Francisco, USA, 20-23.12.2004, Middle East Studies Association 38th Annual Meeting, "Abdullah Bosnawi, a 17th Century Ottoman Upholder of wahdat al-wujud".
 
  Nicosia, Cyprus, 16-17.12.2004, Symposium of Rumi Scholars. First International Gathering. "The Mawlawi Tradition in the Ottoman Bosnia"         

  Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10.9.2004, International Forum Bosna, "Heterodoksni sufizam i osmanski Balkan na kraju XVI vijeka".

  Warsaw, Poland, 14-19.6.2004, XVI International Congress of Turkish Studies CIEPO, "The Mevlevihane of Nicosia. Its Past, Present, and its Role in Social and Intellectual Life of the Ottoman Cyprus"..

  Nicosia, Cyprus, 27.5.2004, Yunus Emre'nin Dunyasi, "Annemarie Schimmel ve Yunus Emre"

  Nicosia, Cyprus, Mevlevihane. Mart-April-May 2004, "Lessons in the Mesnevi of Jalal al-Din Rumi".

  Tirana, Albania, 4-7.12.2003, II International Symposium on Islamic Civilizations in the Balkans, "Wahdat al-Wujud, Melami-Bairamis, and the 17th century Ottoman Balkans".

  Mainz, Germany, 3-8.10.2002, V Deutsche Turkologenkonferenz, "Idris-i Muhtefi (g. 1615): ein Sufi verschwindet".

  London, UK, 8-12.7.2002, XV International Congress of Turkish Studies CIEPO, "Evliya Celebi's Seyahatname as a Source for Slavic Linguistics".
         
  Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-23. 8. 2001, IX International Congress of Economic and Social History of Turkey, "The Ibn al-Arabi Tradition in the Ottoman Balkans".

  Bamberg, Germany, 26-30.3.2001, XXVIII Deutscher Orientalistentag, "Scheich Lamekani und seine mekatib-i arifane".   Bonn, Germany, 28.9-2.10.1998,  XXVII Deutscher Orientalistentag, "Die Verfolgungen der heterodoxen Derwischorden am Ende des 16. Jahrhundertsim Licht der osmanischen Muhimme Defterleri".