Curriculum vitae noémi levy-aksu

CURRICULUM VITAE
Noémi LEVY-AKSU

Associate Professor

British Academy Newton International Fellow

University of London, Birkbeck College

School of Law

London WC1E 7HX

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Current position:

British Academy Newton International Fellow, University of London, Birkbeck College, School of Law.

Education :

PhD : EHESS-Paris, 2010, Histoire et Civilisations. Supervisor : François Georgeon.

Dissertation title: “L’ordre public dans la capitale: Istanbul 1879-1909”

M.A (D.E.A): EHESS-Paris, 2005, History.

Agrégation (French competitive exam for teaching abilities) in History, 2003.

Maîtrise: Paris I University (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Department of History, 2002.

B.A : Sorbonne University (Paris IV), Department of History, 2001.

Student at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris-Ulm), 2000-2005.

Areas of Research:

Political, social and legal history of the late Ottoman Empire; urban history; legal transformations and law enforcement in comparative perspective; states of exception.

Previous positions:

-2010-2017: Assistant Professor at Boğaziçi University, Department of History.

Courses taught: History of Modern Turkey; Ottoman History; Justice, Law and Constitution in the late Ottoman Empire (graduate); Law Enforcement and Social Control in European and Ottoman contexts (graduate); The Making of the Modern World; Latin; Latin Sources for Historians (graduate).

-January-February 2014 and January-February 2015: Visiting lecturer at the Central European University (Budapest), Department of History.

Course taught: New Frontiers of the State in the late Ottoman Empire and the Early Turkish Republic (graduate)

-2010-2011: Part-time instructor at Bilgi University.

Courses taught: European social history; Ottoman Istanbul.

-2005-2006 : Instructor (Allocataire Moniteur Normalien) at Provence University (Aix- Marseille I), Department of History.

Course taught: 19^th century European Social History.

-2003-2005 and 2006-2010: Part-time instructor at Boğaziçi University.

Courses taught: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Latin

Languages :

-French (native)

-English, Turkish (fluent)

-Latin, Ottoman Turkish

-Greek, Italian, Spanish (reading knowledge and oral understanding)

Publications:
Book:
Noémi Lévy-Aksu. Ordre et désordres dans l’Istanbul ottomane (1879-1909). Paris : Karthala, 2013.

Turkish translation: Osmanlı İstanbul’unda Asayiş,1879-1909, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2017.

 Edited Books:

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  François Georgeon and Noémi Lévy-Aksu, eds. The Young Turk Revolution and the Ottoman Empire : The Aftermath of 1908. London: I.B. Tauris, 2017.
  
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  Noémi Lévy, Nadir Özbek, Alexandre Toumarkine, eds. Jandarma ve Polis: Osmanlı ve Fransız Tarihçiliğine Çapraz Bakışlar: Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı, 2009.
  

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  Noémi Lévy, Alexandre Toumarkine, eds. Osmanlı’da Asayiş, Suç ve Ceza (18.-20. yy.). Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı, 2007.
  

Articles:

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  “An Ottoman variation on the state of siege: the invention of the idare-i örfiyye during the first constitutional period”, New Perspectives on Turkey, vol. 55, 2016: 5-28.
  

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  “Building Professional and Political Communities: The Value of Honor in the Self-Representation of Ottoman Police during the Second Constitutional Period,” European Journal of Turkish Studies, vol. 18 (2014) http://ejts.revues.org/4895..
  
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  “Bir Sempozyum Hakkında. Polis Tarihi Aranıyor,” Toplumsal Tarih, 229 (2013) : 10-12.
  
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   “Salonique et la guerre gréco-turque de 1897, le fragile équilibre d’une ville ottomane,” Mesogeios, 34 (2008) : 29-47.
  
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  “Modalités et enjeux de la circulation des savoirs policiers: un modèle français pour la police ottomane?,” Revue d’Histoire des Sciences Humaines, 19 (2008): 11-27.
  
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  “Une institution en formation: la police ottomane à l’époque d’Abdülhamid II”, European Journal of Turkish Studies (2008) https://ejts.revues.org/2463
  
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  “La police ottomane au tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles : les mémoires d’un commissaire d’Izmir,” Revue d’histoire moderne et contemporaine, 54-2 (2007) : 140-161.
  

Book Chapters:

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  “Osmanlı’da Olağanüstü Hal: Örfi İdare.” In Osmanlı’dan Günümüze Darbeler, edited by Mehmet Ö. Alkan, İstanbul, Tarih Vakfı, 2017: 68-79.
  
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  “La naissance de la police ottomane”, In Le Moyen-Orient, edited by Leyla Dakhli, Paris, Points Seuil, 2016 : 152-174.
  

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  “Freedom versus Security: Regulating and Managing Public Gatherings after the Young Turk Revolution.” In The Young Turk Revolution and the Ottoman Empire : The Aftermath of 1908, edited by François Georgeon and Noémi Lévy-Aksu. London: I.B. Tauris, 2017.
  

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  “A capital challenge: managing violence and disorders in late Ottoman Istanbul.” In Rethinking Urban Violence in the Middle East: Changing Cityscapes in the Transition From Empire to Nation State, edited by Ulrike Freitag, Nelida Fuccaro, Claudia Ghrawi, Nora Lafi, 52-69. Oxford: Berghahn, 2015.
  
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  “Coopérations et substitutions institutionelles. La police et la justice ottomanes au tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles.” In L'art de l'Etat en Turquie. Arrangements de l'action publique de la fin de l'Empire ottoman à nos jours, edited by Marc Aymes, Benjamin Gourisse and Elise Massicard, 151-172. Paris : Karthala, 2013.
  

English translation: “Institutional Cooperation and Substitution: the Ottoman Police and Justice System at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries.” In Order and Compromise: Government Practices in Turkey from the Late Ottoman Empire to the Early 21st Century, edited by Marc Aymes, Benjamin Gourisse and Elise Massicard, 146-168. Leiden: Brill, 2014.

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  “Troubles fêtes: les perceptions policières de Pâques et du Ramadan à Istanbul au tournant des XIXe et XXe siecles.” In Penser, vivre et agir dans l'Empire ottoman et en Turquie, edited by Nathalie Clayer, Erdal Kaynar, 321-338. Leuven : Peeters, 2013.
  

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  “Ikinci Meşrutiyet Döneminde Polis: Bir Profesyonel Kimliğinin İnşası.” In Tarihte Türk Polis Teşkilatı Sempozyumu, edited by Muammer Gül and Mustafa Kandemir, 215-234. Ankara: Polis Akademisi Yayınları, 2013.
  

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  “La reprise en main des institutions : L’exemple de la police ottomane.” In L’ivresse de la liberté. La révolution de 1908 dans l’Empire ottoman, edited by François Georgeon, 121-136. Leuven : Peeters, 2012.
  

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  “Coopérer pour mieux contrôler. La police et les acteurs non étatiques de l’ordre à Istanbul à la fin du XIXe siècle.” In Society, Politics and State Formation in Southeastern Europe during the 19^th Century, edited by Tassos Anastassiadis and Nathalie Clayer, 255-278. Athens: Alpha Bank Historical Archives, 2011.
  

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  “Savoirs et savoir-faire dans la police ottomane au tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles.” In Ëtre policier. Métiers de police en Europe (XVIIIe-XXe siècles), edited by Jean-Marc Berlière, Catherine Denys, Dominique Kalifa, Vincent Milliot, 140-161. Rennes : Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2008.
  

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  “19. Yüyılda Osmanlı’da Kamu Düzeni Konusunda Çalışmak : Bibliyografya üzerine Bir Değerlendirme.” In Osmanlı’da Asayiş, Suç ve Ceza (18.-20. Yy), edited by Noémi Lévy and Alexandre Toumarkine, 55-67. Istanbul : Tarih Vakfı, 2008.
  

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  “Yakından Korunan Düzen : Abdülhamid Devrinden II. Meşrutiyet Dönemine Bekçi Örneği.” In Osmanlı’da Asayiş, Suç ve Ceza (18.-20. yy.), ), edited by Noémi Lévy and Alexandre Toumarkine, 135-145. Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı, 2008.
  

Exhibition album:

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  De Byzance à Istanbul, un port pour deux continents. Paris: RMN, 2009.
  

Presentations:

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  “The Power of Discretion: Regimes of Exception in the Late Ottoman Empire”, University of London, Birkbeck College, 1 March 2017.
  
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  “A familiar tune? State of emergency in Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire after the 31 March Uprising (1909) ”, London Middle East Institute Seminars on Turkey, SOAS, 3 February 2017.
  
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  “Both legal and exceptional: Court-martial jurisdiction over the civilians in the late Ottoman Empire”, International Conference, Turkologentag, Hamburg, September 16, 2016.
  
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  “Integrating the Police into the Urban Fabric: The Police Stations as a Locus of Citadinité in the Late Ottoman Cities?“, International Symposium, ERC Open Jerusalem, Revealing Ordinary Jerusalem (1840-1940), 10-12 May 2016.
  
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  “Martial Law in the Aftermath of the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877-78: A New Tool against Banditry and Social Unrest?”, Workshop, “Security, Crime, Punishment and Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, June 9, 2015.
  
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  “Codifying –or not Codifying- the Exception: the 1877 İdare-i Örfiye Kararnamesi”, International Workshop, The Making of Law in the Ottoman Space, 1800-1914, Collège de France, Paris, May 26-27, 2015.
  

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  “Beyond Legal Hybridity: The Codification of Örfi İdare during the First Constitutional Period”, CIEPO, Budapest, October 10, 2014.
  
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  “Unexceptional Exceptions: State of Emergency in the Aftermath of the Young Turk Revolution (1908-1912)”, CEU, Budapest, February 5, 2014.
  
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  “Kurumsal İletişim Aracı Olarak Tarih: Polis Araştırmalarına Bir Bakış”, Tarih Vakfı, Istanbul, April 11, 2013.
  
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  “All Honorable Men? The Role of Honor in Personal Narratives of Police Officers during the Second Constitutional Period”, Honor in the Ottoman and Post-Ottoman World: Controversies,Continuities, and New Directions, CEU, Budapest, March 21-23, 2013.
  
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  “Freedom versus Security: the Debates on Public Gatherings after the Young Turk Revolution”, The Aftermath of the Young Turk Revolution¸ workshop organized by François Georgeon and myself, Boğaziçi University, December 8, 2012.
  

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  “Coopérations et substitutions institutionnelles : la police et la justice ottomanes au tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles”, Ordonner et transiger : modalités de gouvernement et d'administration en Turquie et dans l'Empire ottoman, du XIXe siècle à nos jours, concluding conference of the ANR Transtur project, Paris, EHESS,  June 25-26, 2012.
  

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  “Villes ottomanes: un état des lieux de l'historiographie récente”, Paris, Ecole Normale Supérieure (graduate seminar), April 5, 2012.
  
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  “L’Empire ottoman et les Tanzimat”, Paris, Ecole Normale Supérieure (graduate seminar), February 23, 2012.
  
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  “Criminality and Public Disorders: Some Reflexions on Violence and Its Perception in Late 19th Century Istanbul”, Rethinking Urban Violence in Middle Eastern Cities”, workshop organized by Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, December 8 - 10, 2011.
  

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  “Contrôler la capitale: la police et les acteurs non étatiques de l'ordre à Istanbul (fin XIX^e siècle)”, Society and Politics in South-Eastern Europe during the 19^th century, Alpha Bank Historical Archives’ International Conference, Corfu, October 2-3, 2009.
  
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  “La reprise en main des institutions : l'exemple de la police ottomane”, L’ivresse de la liberté: la révolution de 1908 dans l’Empire ottoman, international conference organized by EHESS-CNRS, Collège de France, Paris, June 5-7, 2008.
  
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  “Career, community and individual in the Ottoman police: the case of a komiser in Izmir at the beginning of the 20^th century”, Community and Subjectivity in the Ottoman Society, seminar organized by Vangelis Kechriotis, Boğaziçi University, March 17, 2008.
  

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   “Les historiographies de la police en Turquie”, Asayiş: Fransız ve Türk tarih yazımlarına çapraz bakışlar, workshop, Boğaziçi University, January 11-12, 2008.
  

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  “La révolution jeune-turque, ruptures et continuités : l’exemple de la police ottomane”, Journée d’Etudes Turques, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, March 23, 2007.
  
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  “Savoirs et savoir-faire dans la police ottomane aux tournants des XIXe et XXe siècles”, Les métiers de police en Europe (XVIII-XXe s.), international conference, Caen University, March 7-9, 2007.
  
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  “D’une capitale à l’autre : un modèle parisien pour la police d’Istanbul ? (fin XIXe-début XXe s.)”, Circulations des savoirs policiers en Europe, workshop, Paris I University, January 30, 2007.
  
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  “La police ottomane au tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles : le témoignage d’un commissaire de police d’Izmir au lendemain de la révolution jeune-turque”, Mémoires policiers, workshop, Casa de Velazquez, Madrid, April 24-25, 2006.
  
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  “L’ordre par la proximité : les bekçi d’Istanbul de l’époque hamidienne à l’époque jeune turque”, Osmanlı Kentlerinde Asayiş ve Şiddet, 18.-20. yy., conference, Boğaziçi University, December 3-4, 2005.
  
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  “Contrôle social et porosité des institutions. Istanbul à la fin du 19ème siècle”, Institutions turques, seminar, Paris I University, November 24, 2005.
  
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  “La rue sous surveillance : les agents de l’ordre public à Istanbul à l’époque d’Abdülhamid II”, Journée d’études turques, EHESS-CNRS, Paris, May 20, 2005.
  
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  “Un ‘calme parfait’ : la guerre de 1897, temps de crise pour Salonique?”, État et société à la fin de l’Empire ottoman, seminar organized by François Georgeon, EHESS, Paris, February 5, 2005.
  
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  “Salonique et la guerre gréco-turque de 1897, le fragile équilibre d’une ville ottomane” Visages de Salonique, conference, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, May 22, 2003.
  

 
Research Grants:

2014-2016: Boğaziçi University, Scientific Research Projects Fund (BAP-9102). Project: “Unexceptional Exceptions: The örfi idare in the late Ottoman Empire”.

2016-2018: British Academy Newton International Fellowship (Birkbeck College, School of Law)
Memberships:

Member of the editorial board of the European Journal of Turkish Studies (www.ejts.org)