Sevket Pamuk
Professor of Economics and Economic History, Bogaziçi (Bosphorus) University
Şevket Pamuk is retired Professor of Economics and Economic History at Bogaziçi University, Istanbul. He graduated from Yale University and obtained his PhD in Economics from University of California, Berkeley (1978). He is a leading economic historian and the author of many books and articles on Ottoman, Middle East and European economic history, most recently of Uneven Centuries: Economic History of Turkey since 1820 which is published by Princeton University Press in 2018. Pamuk was Professor and Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies at the London School of Economics from 2008 through 2013. He was the President of European Historical Economics Society (2003-2005), the President of Asian Historical Economics Society (2012-2014), Editor of European Economic History Review (2011-2014), is a member of Academia Europea and Science Academy, Istanbul and International Fellow of the British Academy.
Areas of Interest:
- Economic History of the Middle East
- Ottoman Economy
- Long Term Economic Growth and Institutions in Turkey
Education:
- Ph.D. in Economics, University of California at Berkeley, USA, 1978
- M.A. in Economics, University of California at Berkeley, USA, 1974
- B.A. and B.S., Yale University, 1972
Experience:
- Professor of Economics and Economic History, Bogaziçi (Bosphorus) University, Istanbul, 1994-present
- Professor, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2008-2013
Latest Publications:
- “The Ottoman Empire, 1700 to 1870”, Volume 1, Chapter 7 of Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World, Steve Broadberry and Kyoji Fukao (eds.), 2021 (forthcoming).
- “Money and Monetary Stability in Europe, 1300–1914”, Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 115, November 2020, pp. 279-300(with K. Kıvanç Karaman and Seçil Yıldırım-Karaman).
- “Economic Policies, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth since 1980”, in Asaf Savaş Akat and Seyfettin Gürsel (eds.), Turkish Economy at the Crossroads, Facing the Challenges Ahead, World Scientific Publishers, Singapore, 2020, pp. 1-36.
Market Integration in the Ottoman Empire and Eastern Mediterranean from the Sixteenth Century until World War I
Areas of Interest: Economic History of the Middle East Ottoman Economy Long Term Economic Growth and Institutions in... Read More
March, 2025
Conference PaperERF 31st Annual Conference: Parallel Sessions
Areas of Interest: Economic History of the Middle East Ottoman Economy Long Term Economic Growth and Institutions in... Read More
Apr 27, 2025