Mehmet Celal Özdogan#
| Membership Number: | 3211 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | TURKEY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 - present Professor Emeritus İstanbul University, Prehistory Section, Archaeology Department
- 1999 - 2008 Chair, İstanbul University, Prehistory Section
- 1993 - 2008 Professor İstanbul University, Prehistory Section
- 1985 - 1993 Assistant Professor İstanbul University, Prehistory Section
- 1982 - 1985 Associate Professor İstanbul University, Prehistory Section
- 1975 - 1982 Full Assistant
Fields of Scholarship
- Prehistoric archaeology
- Neolithic period
- Emergence of food producing villages
- Neolithic dispersal to Europe
- Geoarchaeology
- Cultural heritage
- Politics and history of archaeology
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Bilim Akademisi - Science Academy, Turkey, Member
- 2009 American Institute of Archaeology (AIA), Corresponding Member
- 2008 Vehbi Koç Foundation Prize for the 2008 Year
- 2007 Italian State "Cavalliere" Medal
- 2006 Melbourn University, Visiting Scholar Grant
- 2005 National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Foreign Associate member
- 2005 Kirklereli Town Honorary Citizenship
- 2003 MacDonalds Lecturer for 2003, Cambridge Institute of Archaeology
- 2002 Turkish Academy of Sciences Full Member (Resigned in 2011 upon the government decree)
- 2001 Turkish Academy of Sciences 2001 Service Award
- 2000 International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Member
- 1996 Brown University, Providence, Visiting Scholar Grant
- 1994 International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP) Permanent Council Member
- 1992 German Archaeological Institutes (DAI) Corresponding Member
