Hasan Umut

Ph.D., 2020, McGill University

+90 212 359 7441

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Research Interests: 

History of Astronomy (Medieval and Early Modern Periods), Sciences in Islamic Societies, Ottoman Science, Ottoman and Islamic Intellectual History, Islamic Manuscript Culture, Scientific Instruments

Teaching: 

HIST 487: History of Science and Technology in Islamic Societies

HIST 59C: Astral Sciences in Islamic Societies

Selected Publications: 

"Matematik Bilimlerine Meraklı Bir Âlim: Cârullah Efendi Koleksiyonu’nun Söyledikleri (A Scholar Interested in the Mathematical Sciences: What the Cārullah Efendi Collection Tells Us)." In Osmanlı Kitap Kültürü: Carullah Efendi Kütüphanesi ve Derkenar Notları [Ottoman Book Culture: The Carullah Efendi Library and Its Marginalia], edited by Berat Açıl, revised 2nd ed. 413-29. Istanbul: ILEM Yayınları, 2020.

(with F. Jamil Ragep, Sally P. Ragep, Sajjad Nikfahm-Khubravan, and Fateme Savadi) “Astronomical and Other Mathematical Sciences.” In Treasures of Knowledge: An Inventory of the Ottoman Palace Library (1502/3-1503/4) (2 vols), edited by Gülru Necipoğlu, Cemal Kafadar and Cornell H. Fleischer, 823-55. Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2019.

(with David Pantalony) “From the Ottoman Empire to Canada: George Petrovic’s Metrological Instruments in the Canada Science and Technology Museum.” In Scientific Instruments between East and West, edited by Neil Brown, Silke Ackermann and Feza Günergun, 187-205. Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2019.