Kagan Arik

Ayasli Lecturer in Turkish

Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Pick Hall 213


kagana@uchicago.edu

Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle, 1999.
Teaching at Chicago since 2000.

Special Interests

Turkic languages and cultures (Uzbek, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Tatar), Anthropology of Central Asia, Shamanism, Traditional medicine of Central Asian nomads, Turkic oral literature, Anthropology of consciousness/healing

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Articles:

“Using Sound in Traditional Kazak Healing”, Oriental Medicine Journal, Spring 2010 (forthcoming).

“The Languages of Central, Northern and Western Asia”, book chapter in the Encylopaedia of 1000 Languages,  The Ivy Press,  Lewes United Kingdom, 2008.

 “A Native Taxonomy of Healing Among the Xinjiang Kazaks”, Anthropology of Consciousness, Vol. 10, Number 4 (December 1999 issue).

“Journey to Bulgar and Beyond”, REECAS Bulletin, Jackson School of International Studies, Spring 1998. Dept. of Near Eastern Lang. & Civ.

“The Celebration of the 1000th Anniversary of the Epic Manas”, Kazakh & Kirghiz Studies Bulletin, Vol. 2, Number 2, Autumn-Winter 1995-96.

“Kazakhstan and Turkey: Steps Towards a New Alliance”, Alatau: Journal of the Association for Kazakh Studies, Vol.1, no. 1., Winter 1992.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

“Maaday Kara: An Altaian Epic”, translation and commentary to be published in book form.

 “The Story-Telling Scorpion: Visitations and Encounters in Bay›rköy, Turkey”; ethnography.

 “The Endless Migration: a Dialogic Ethnography of the Kazaks”; revision of dissertation.

 “Ecological Problems and Native Knowledge in Central Eurasia”; collaborative study in progress.

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Macfarlane Fellowship, 1998-99. Office of the Dean, University of Washington.
FLAS Fellowship, Summer 1997.  University of Washington.  Kazak.

FLAS Fellowship, 1996-97. University of Washington.  Kazak & K›rg›z.
FLAS Fellowship, Summer 1995. University of Washington. Kazak.
Poppe Fellowship, Spring 1995.  University of Washington, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization.
Dean’s Office Merit Award, 1993-94. University of Washington.  Graduate School.
Graduate Recruitment Fellowship, Autumn 1993. University of Washington.
SSRC Fellowship, Summer 1993. University of Washington, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization.
Poppe Fellowship, Spring 1993. University of Washington, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization.
SSRC  Fellowship, Summer 1992.  University of Washington, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization.
SSRC Fellowship, Summer 1991. University of Washington, Department  of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization.

Ottoman and Turkish Studies