Klaus Kreiser is Emeritus Professor at Bamberg University in the Department of Turkish Language, History and Culture. Previously, he held the chair of Turkish Language, History and Civilization at Bamberg University until 2002. He received his doctoral degree at the University of Munich in 1972 after which he taught at the institution between 1975 and 1977 and also between 1981 and 1984. Between 1977 and 1980, he was a research fellow affiliated with the German Archaeological Institute in Istanbul. Additionally, he has extensive international teaching and research experiences at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris), Harvard University, and the University of Chicago.
His research areas have focused on Ottoman and modern Turkish history and civilization. Currently, he is writing a book on the Ottoman traveler, Evliya Chelebi, and a volume on public monuments and memorials in the Islamic world.
From the House of Friendship to Yunus Emre: A Century of German-Turkish Cultural Relations
IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative convened a roundtable meeting titled “From the House of Friendship to Yunus Emre: A Century of German-Turkish Cultural Relations” on September 4, 2013. The meeting was initiated by Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow Klaus Kreiser and Prof. Dr. Hayati Develi participated as a discussant.
Development and Trends in Turkish and German Geography: Aims, Tasks and Fields of Research in a Modern Spatial Science
IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative convened a workshop on “Development and Trends in Turkish and German Geography: Aims, Tasks and Fields of Research in a Modern Spatial Science” on July 12, 2013 at IPC. The meeting was initiated by Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow Klaus Kreiser.
Between Analysis and Myths – 50 Years of Research on Turkish Migration to Germany
IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative convened a roundtable meeting titled “Between Analysis and Myths – 50 Years of Research on Turkish Migration to Germany” with Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow Klaus Kreiser, Prof. Dr. Horst Unbehaun and Dilşad Budak on June 27, 2013 at IPC.
German-Turkish Relations After the First World War: Limited Friendship and Conservative Modernity (1918-1933)
IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative convened the meeting titled “German-Turkish relations after the First World War: Limited friendship and conservative modernity (1918-1933)” on May 30, 2013 at IPC. The talk was initiated by Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow Klaus Kreiser, University of Bamberg with the participation of Prof. Dr. Sabine Mangold-Will, University of Wuppertal, as key-note speaker and Prof. Dr. Akşin Somel, Sabancı University, as discussant.
