Prof. Nur Yalman
Professor of Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, USA
Professor Yalman's special interests include contemporary social theory and theorists, the anthropology of religion with special reference to Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism; social and political conditions in South Asia and the Middle East; political and intellectual developments in other parts of Asia including Japan. He has received the Medal of Highest Honors from Soka University, Japan, in 1992 and an Honorary Doctorate, from Soka University in 1993. He has been a visiting professor at Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris and at Cambridge, England. He is a Senior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows; and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the Association of Social Anthropologists of Great Britain, and of the Council on Foreign Relations of the USA. Professor Yalman is a member of the Board of Trustees of Koc University, and also of Robert College, both of Istanbul, Turkey, and other numerousinstitutions including the International Relations Forum of Turkey.