Dr George Dedes
BA, MA, PhD(Harvard)
Overview
Department of the Languages and Cultures of Near and Middle East
Senior Lecturer in Turkish
Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS)
Member
London Middle East Institute (LMEI)
Member
- Name:
- Dr George Dedes
- Email address:
- gd5@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4344
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 424
- Office Hours:
- Fridays 15:00-17:00
Biography
Language and literature; historyTeaching
Programmes Convened
Courses Taught
- 20th Century Turkish Literature 1
- Advanced Modern Turkish Language
- Advanced Translation (Turkish)
- Advanced Turkish/English/Turkish Translation
- Classical Ottoman Literature
- Classical Ottoman Literature (Masters)
- Elementary Written Turkish
- Elementary Written Turkish
- Extended Essay in Turkish Studies a
- Extended Essay in Turkish Studies b
- History of the Turkish Language
- Intermediate Modern Turkish Language
- Intermediate Modern Turkish Language (Postgraduate)
- Ottoman Turkish Language
- Ottoman Turkish Language (Postgraduate)
- The History and Development of the Turkish Language
- Turkey:Continuity and Change
- Twentieth Century Turkish Literature
PhD Students supervised
- Anastasia-Aglaia Lemos, Inter-War Turkish and Greek Novels on Anatolia
- Ayca Baydar, The Hybrid Identity of the Karamanlis
- Ayse Kara, Istanbul through Moroccan Travellers’ Eyes from 16th to 18th Century: a Comparative Study of Moroccan-Ottoman Travel Writing
- Ferah Contopoulos-Engin, The Role of the Media in Greek-Turkish Relations since 1999.
- Onees Lodhi, Migration (Hijra) and Travel in Early Islam
- Peter Phillips, Poetry in the Arabic Popular Epic
- Sibel Kocaer, The Figure of Hızır (Khidr) in Ottoman Literature
- Zeynel Abidin Besleney, Actors and Ideologies of Circassian Diaspora Politics in Turkey in the Era of Globalisation
Research
Frontier epics: early Ottoman literature and language (influence of Persian and Greek); Balkan (especially Greek) Muslim literature (al Jamiada)Expertise
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Available for
- TV
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Special Study Programmes
- Short Term Consultancy
- Long Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
- Global
- Near and Middle East
Country Expertise
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Greece
- Macedonia
- Turkey
Languages
- Greek
- Turkish
Publications
Authored Books
Dedes, George (2007) The Ascensions of Felicity and Sources of Nobility: An English Translation of Su'udi's Metali' ul-Sa'adet. Moleiro. (In Press)
Book Chapters
Dedes, Yorgos (2011) 'Blame it on the Turko-Romnioi (Turkish Rums) A Muslim Cretan song on the abolition of the Janissaries.' In: Balta, Evangelia and Ölmez, Mehmet, (eds.), Between Religion and Language: Turkish-Speaking Christians, Jews and Greek-Speaking Muslims and Catholics in the Ottoman Empire. Istanbul: Eren, pp. 321-376. (Türk dilleri araştırmaları dizisi, 48)
Dedes, George (2005) 'Süleyman Çelebi's Mevlid: Text, Performance and Muslim-Christian Dialogue.' In: Kut, G. and Buyyukkarci Yilmaz, F., (eds.), Uygurlardan Osmanlıya. Simurg, pp. 305-349.
Articles
Rona, Bengisu and Dedes, George (2007) 'Languages in Contact: Greek Loanwords in Turkish.' Journal of Turkish Studies, 31 (2). pp. 169-208.
Dedes, George (2007) 'Lugat-i rumiye: A Turkish-Greek Versified Glossary from the Late Ottoman Period: Serious Learning or a Bit of Fun on the Side?' Journal of Turkish Studies, 31 (1). pp. 237-280.
