The College of Arts and Sciences invites you to the Fall 2014 Dean's Lecture which will be given by Associate Professor Boğaç Ergene on Tuesday, October 7. 

"Corruption, Ottoman Style"

We know corruption when we see it.  Or do we?  Professor Ergene will address how the Ottoman state and society defined political and administrative corruption.  The discussion will provide clues about how the Ottomans differentiated legitimate and illegitimate forms of government.  Professor Ergene will also argue that a historical understanding of the topic is crucial to grasp the prevalent attitudes towards corruption in modern Middle East.


We hope you will join us. The lecture will also be videotaped and available on the UVM website.

Event: The College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Lecture 
Presenter:  Boğaç Ergene, Associate Professor, Department of History

Title:  "Corruption, Ottoman Style"
Date: Tuesday, October 7 
Time: 5:00 pm 
Location: Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building 

Information: 656-0756

Boğaç Ergene (Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2001) is Associate Professor of History at UVM.  In spring 2014 he was the Aga Khan Distinguished Professor in Islamic Humanities at Brown University.  Professor Ergene is the author of Local Court, Provincial Society and Justice in the Ottoman Empire: Legal Practice and Dispute Resolution in Cankiri and Kastamonu(1652-1744) (2003), and the editor of Judicial Practice: Institutions and Agents in the Islamic World (2009).  He has also published numerous articles in major history, law, and economic history journals.


The Dean's Lecture Series was established in 1991 as a way to recognize and honor colleagues in the College of Arts and Sciences who have consistently demonstrated the ability to translate their professional knowledge and skill into exciting classroom experiences for their students - faculty who meet the challenge of being both excellent teachers and highly respected professionals in their own discipline. The Award is a celebration of the unusually high quality of our faculty and has become an important and treasured event each semester.