Şevket Pamuk

Şevket Pamuk,
Professor of Economics and Economic History

The Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History
Bogaziçi University
34342 Bebek-Istanbul / Turkey

E-mail: 
pamuk@boun.edu.tr

Phone: 
+90-212-359 65 80 / 359 76 06

Fax: 
+90-212-265 80 03 (Atatürk Institute)

CURRICULUM VITAE

Born in Istanbul, 1950

Education:

Graduated from Robert High School in Istanbul, 1968.

B.A. in Economics and B.S. in Engineering and Applied Science: Yale University, 1972.

M.A. in Economics: University of California at Berkeley, 1974.

Ph.D. in Economics: University of California at Berkeley, 1978.

Taught at:

University of Ankara, Department of Economics (1978-83).

University of Pennsylvania, Department of Economics (1980-81).

Villanova University, Department of Economics (1983-1993). (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor with tenure)

Princeton University, Department of Near Eastern Studies (1990-91 and 1993-94).

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Department of Economics (1990, 1991).

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Department of History (1997).

Northwestern University, Departments of Economics and History (2007).

Boğaziçi (Bosphorus) University, Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History and Department of Economics (1994 to the present) (Professor).

London School of Economics and Political Science, European Institute, Professor and Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, 2008-2013

 

Professional Activities, Affiliations:

1998-2001 and 2013-2017 Director, Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Boğaziçi University.

2011- 2017  Member Executive Council, Science Academy, Turkey.

2012-2015  Co-Editor, European Review of Economic History, Oxford University Press.

2012-2014  President, Asian Historical Economics Society, association for the economic history of Asia.

2012-  Member, Academia Europae

2012-  Research Fellow, Economic History Programme, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

2011-  Member and Foreign Secretary, Science Academy, Turkey

1999-2011 Member, Academy of Sciences of Turkey (resigned in 2011).

2009 – Member, Editorial Board, Economic History of Developing Regions

2008–2011 Member, Editorial Board, The Journal of Economic History

2005-2007 Member, Executive Council, Academy of Sciences of Turkey

2003-2005 President, European Historical Economics Society, association of European economic historians.

2003-2007 Member, Board of Trustees, European Historical Economics Society, association of European economic historians.

1998-2006 Member, Executive Committee, International Economic History Association.

2000-2004 Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs (Provost), Bogazici University

2006- Research Fellow, Economic Research Forum (for Middle East and North Africa), Cairo

2006- Member, Editorial Board, Global Economic History Series, Brill Publishers.

2003 : Member, Outside Evaluation Team, Economic Research Forum, Cairo.

2000-2006 Global Price and Income History Group, Member, Steering Committee, international research project funded by the US National Science Foundation.

1994-1999 Associate Member, Academy of Sciences of Turkey

1999-2002 Member, Standing Committee on the Humanities, European Science Foundation.

2000-2001 Director, Center for European Studies, Boğaziçi University

1996-2003 Member and Deputy Chair, Board of Directors, Economic and Social History Foundation of Turkey, Istanbul.

1993-2000 Director, Historical Statistics Project,
State Institute of Statistics of Turkey, Ankara; published 8 volumes.

2008- Member, Editorial Board, The Journal of Economic History, published by Cambridge University Press.

2000- Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Turkish Studies, published at the University of Wiscosin.

1997- Member, Editorial Board, European Review of Economic History, published by Cambridge University Press.

1996-1999 Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Middle East Studies, published by Cambridge University Press.

1987- Co-founder and Member, Editorial Board, New Perspectives on Turkey, an academic journal of social science and history.

1993-1999 Co-Editor, New Perspectives on Turkey, an academic journal of social science and history published in English at Istanbul.

1992-1996 Member, Joint Committee on the Near and
Middle East, Social Science Research Council and The American Council of Learned Societies.

Selected Prizes and Awards :

2019 : Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies of the British Kuwait Friendship Society, to Uneven Centuries, Economic Development of Turkey since 1820, for the best book published in 2018 in Middle Eastern Studies.

2018 : Keynote Lecture, XVIII World Economic History Congress, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, August.

2018 : Kadir Has Prize given by Kadir Has University for Outstanding Achievement in Science and Education.

2012-2014 : President, Asian Historical Economics Society, association for the economic history of Asia.

2012- Member, Academia Europae.

January-February 2006 : Global Economic History Network (GEHN) Research Fellowship, Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science.

November 2005 : Plenary Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Economic and Social History Association of Portugal, Evora.

2002 : Thomas H. Cole Prize of the American Economic History Association for the best article to appear in The Journal of Economic History during 2001-2002 (“Real Wages and Standards of Living in the Ottoman Empire, 1489-1914”)

2002 : Fuat Köprülü Award of the Turkish Studies Association of North America for the best book published in Ottoman and Turkish Studies during 2000-2001 (A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire).

2001 : Runner-Up, Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) (A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire).

1999 : Sedat Simavi Award of the Turkish Journalists’ Association for the best study in Social Sciences published in 1999 (Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nda Paranın Tarihi).

1992 : Mustafa Parlar Research Achievement Award for Young Social Scientists, Ankara for publications in Ottoman-Turkish economic history.

1986-87 : Post-doctoral Research Fellowship by the Social Science Research Council, New York for the project : “War, Economy and Society in Turkey, 1939-1945”.

Current Research:

History of Regional Inequalities in Turkey since 1880.

Economic Inequalities in the Ottoman Empire.

Money and Monetary Stability in the Early Modern Era, 1500 to 1800.

Modern Economic Growth in Turkey since 1800: The final product will be a book attempting to explain Turkey’s absolute and comparative economic growth performance in terms of its political economy and institutions.

Modern economic growth in the Balkans and the Middle East since 1800.

Economy and economic institutions in the Ottoman Empire, in European perspective 1500-1800.

PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Selected Books:

Turkey Between Democracy and Authoritarianism, Cambridge University Press (with Yeşim Arat), 2019, 296 pp.

Uneven Centuries, Economic Development in Turkey since 1820, Princeton University Press, 2018, 352 pp. (Greek and Chinese translations forthcoming)

Turkey’s Economic History since 1820: Growth, Institutions and Distribution (in Turkish), Türkiye Iş Bankasi Kultur Yayinlari, Istanbul, 380 pp. January 2014 (eleven printings until 2020).

“Special Issue on Turkey’s Experience with Neoliberal Policies and Globalization”, New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 47, Fall 2012, (Guest Editor).

Monetary Policy during Economic Crises: Comparative and Historical Perspectives, Fifth Annual SEEMHN Conference Proceedings, Central Bank of Turkey, Ankara, 2012,v + 209 pp. (edited with Yüksel Görmez and M. İbrahim Turhan).

Ottoman Economy and Its Institutions, Variorum Collected Studies Series, Ashgate Publishers, Farnham, Surrey, 2009, xii + 290 pp.

Osmanlıdan Cumhuriyete Küreselleşme, Iktisat Politikaları ve Büyüme (From the Ottoman Era to the Republic, Globalisation, Economic Policies and Growth), Selected Articles by Ş. Pamuk, Vol. II, Türkiye Iş Bankasi Kultur Yayinlari, Istanbul, 2008, 364 pp.

Osmanlı Ekonomisi ve Kurumları (The Ottoman Economy and Its Institutions), Selected Articles by Ş. Pamuk, Vol. I, Türkiye Iş Bankasi Kultur Yayinlari, Istanbul, 2007, 211 pp. (Third printing, 2009)

Monetary and Fiscal Policies in South-East Europe, Historical and Comparative Perspectives, Conference Proceedings jointly edited with Roumen Avramov, Bulgarian National Bank, Sofia, 2006.

A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, 2000, 276 pp.; paperback edition, 2004.

The above volume has been published in Turkish as Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nda Paranın Tarihi, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul, April 1999; 2nd printing: 2000; Third printing, 2003. Edition in Arabic : Beirut, Lebanon, 2004.

A History of the Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century (written jointly with Professor Roger Owen of Harvard University), I.B. Tauris Publishers and Harvard University Press, London and Cambridge, Mass. 1998, 290 pp.; Turkish translation: 20. Yüzyılda Orta Doğu Ekonomileri Tarihi, Sabancı University Press, 2002.

The Mediterranean Response to Globalization Before 1850, (selected papers edited jointly with Professor Jeffrey Williamson of Harvard University), Routledge Press, London and New York, 2000.

Artık Herkes MilyonerTürkiye Ekonomisinin 50 Yılı (Everybody is Now a Millionaire, Last 50 Years of the Turkish Economy), Hürriyet Publications, 2001 (edited with Ercan Kumcu).

500 Years of Prices and Wages in Istanbul and Other Cities, State Institute of Statistics, Ankara, 218 pp., 2001, (published in Turkish and English).

Data and Statistics in the Ottoman Empire, State Institute of Statistics, Ankara, January, 2001, 179 pp.; selected papers co-edited with Professor Halil Inalcik of Bilkent University.

Ottoman Foreign Trade in the 19th Century, Historical Statistics Series, Vol. 1 , State Institute of Statistics, Ankara, 1995, pp. xvii + 112. (published in Turkish and English).

The Ottoman Empire and European Capitalism 1820-1913: Trade, Investment and Production, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, 1987, 278 pp.

The above volume has been published in Turkish as Osmanlı Ekonomisinde Bağımlılık ve Büyüme, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul, 1984; 2nd Edition: 1994.

An Economic History of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, 1500-1914, (in Turkish), Istanbul, First Edition, 1988, Second Edition, 1991; Fifth Printing, 1999, 207 pp.; Third Edition, K Yayinlari, 2003, 314 pp. Fourth Edition and Ninth Printing, Iletişim Yayınları, 2005-2007, 242 pp.

 

  • Selected Articles in English:

“Money and Monetary Stability in Europe, 1300–1914”, Journal of Monetary Economics, (forthcoming; available online; with K. Kıvanç Karaman and Seçil Yıldırım-Karaman).

“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).

“Political Economy of Turkey since the end of WWII”, Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics, Güneş Murat Tezcur (ed.), 2021 (forthcoming). 

Macroeconomic Policies and the Role of the New Central Bank in Turkey, 1929-1939”, in Barry Eichengreen and Andreas Kakridis (eds.), The Birth of Interwar Central Banks, 2021 (forthcoming).

“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 (forthcoming). 

“The Ottoman Empire: Institutions and Economic Change, 1500-1914”, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, 2020 (forthcoming; available online).

“Uneven Centuries: Turkey’s experience with economic development since 1820”, Economic History Review, Vol. 72, No. 4, 2019, pp. 1129–51 (based on the 2018 Tawney Lecture of the Economic History Society, UK). 

“Money and Monetary Stability in Europe, 1300-1914”, Centre for European Policy Research (CEPR) Discussion Paper 12583 (with K. Kıvanç Karaman and Seçil Yildirim), 2018

“Industrialization in Egypt and Turkey, 1870-2010”, Kevin Hjortshoj O’Rourke and Jeffrey Gale Williamson (eds.) The Spread of Modern Industry to the Periphery since 1871, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2017, pp. 142-65 (with Ulaş Karakoç and Laura Panza).

“Economic Growth in Southeastern Europe and Eastern Mediterranean, 1820-1914”, Economic Alternatives, Sofia, Issue 3, 2016, pp. 249-64.

“Ottoman Empire from 1830 to 1914”, in South-Eastern European Monetary and Economic Statistics from the Nineteenth Century to World War II, published by Bank of Greece, Bulgarian National Bank, National Bank of Romania and Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Athens, Sofia, Bucharest and Vienna, 2014, pp. 171-99 (with Ali Coşkun Tuncer).

“Fiscal Centralization and the Rise of the Modern State in the Ottoman Empire”, The Medieval History Journal, Vol. 17, 2014, pp. 1-26 

“Plagues, Wages and Economic Change in the Islamic Middle East,700-1500”, The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 74, 2014, pp. 196-229 (with Maya Shatzmiller).

“Institutional Change and Economic Development in the Middle East, 700-1800”, Chapter 7 in Larry Neal and Jeffrey G. Williamson (eds.), Cambridge History of Capitalism Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 193-224.

“Different Paths to the Modern State in Europe: The Interaction between Warfare, Economic Structure and Political Regime”, American Political Science Review, Vol. 107, No. 3, August 2013, pp. 603-26 (with Kivanc Karaman).

“Political Power and Institutional Change: Lessons from the Middle East”, Economic History of Developing Regions, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2012, pp. 41-56.

“The Evolution of Fiscal Institutions in the Ottoman Empire, 1500-1914”, in Patrick O’Brien and Bartolome Yun-Casalilla (eds.), The Rise of Fiscal States: A Global History, 1500-1914, Cambridge University Press, 2012, pp. 304-31.

“Ottoman Economic Legacy from the Nineteenth Century”, in Metin Heper and Sabri Sayari (eds.),The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey, Routledge, London, 2012, pp. 44-52.

“Finance in the Ottoman Empire, 1453-1854”, in Charles Calomiris and Larry Neal (eds.), Elsevier Encyclopedia of Globalization, 2012.

“The Evolution of Fiscal Institutions in the Ottoman Empire, 1500-1914”, in Patrick O’Brien and Bartolome Yun-Casalilla (eds.), The Rise of Fiscal States: A Global History , 1500-1914, Cambridge University Press, 2012, pp. 304-31.

“Estimating and Explaining Economic Growth in Nineteenth Century Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean”, Edhem Eldem and Socrates Petmezas (eds.), The Economic Development of Southeastern Europe, 1830-1914, Alpha Bank Archives, Athens, 2011, pp. 225-50.

Ottoman State Finances in European Perspective, 1500-1914", The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 70, 2010, pp. 593-627 (with Kıvanç Karaman).

“Ottoman De-Industrialization 1800-1913: Assessing the Magnitude, Impact and Response”, Economic History Review, Vol. 63, 2010 (with Jeffrey G. Williamson).

Standards of Living”, Chapter 9 in Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe , Vol. I, 1700 to 1870, Steven Broadberry and Kevin O’Rourke (eds.), 2010, pp. 217-34 (with Jan Luiten van Zanden).

Economic Growth and Institutional Change in Turkey Before 1980”, in T. Çetin and F. Yilmaz (eds.), Understanding the Process of Economic Change in Turkey , Nova Science Publishers, 2010, pp. 15-30.

"Changes in factor markets in the Ottoman Empire, 1500–1800", Continuity and Change, No. 24, 2009, pp. 1-30.

"Sources of long-term economic growth for Turkey, 1880–2005", European Review of Economic History, No. 12, 2008,pp. 393-430. (with Semra Altug and Alpay Filiztekin)

“Globalization, Industrialization and Changing Politics in Turkey”, New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 38, 2008, pp. 267-73.

“From Bimetallism to the ‘Limping Gold Standard’: The Ottoman Monetary System in the Nineteenth Century”, Philip L. Cottrell (ed.),East Meets West- Banking, Commerce and Investment in the Ottoman Empire, Ashgate Publishing, 2008, pp. 11-24.

“Economic Change in Twentieth Century Turkey: Is the Glass More than Half Full?” in R. Kasaba (ed.), Cambridge History of Modern Turkey, 2008, pp. 266-300.

“Agriculture and Economic Development in Turkey, 1870-2000” in P. Lains and V. Pinilla (eds.), Agriculture and Economic Development in Europe since 1870, Routledge Publishers 2008, pp. 375-96.

"The Black Death and the 'Great Divergence' across Europe, 1300-1600", European Review of Economic History, Vol 11, No. 3, December 2007.

“Akçe”, Encylopedia of Islam, Third Edition, Vol. 1, 2007, pp. 91-92.

“From Debasement to External Borrowing: Changing forms of deficit finance in the Ottoman Empire, 1750-1914” in Ş. Pamuk and Roumen Avramov (eds.), Monetary and Fiscal Policies in South-East Europe, Historical and Comparative Perspectives, Conference Proceedings jointly edited with Roumen Avramov, Bulgarian National Bank, Sofia, 2006, pp. 7-22.

"Did European Commodity Prices Converge during 1500-1800?" in T. J. Hatton, K. O’Rourke and A. Taylor (eds.), The New Economic History, Essays in Honor of Jeffrey Williamson, The MIT Press, 2006 (with Suleyman Ozmucur).

"Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820," The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 66, 2006, pp. 809-28.

"Urban Real Wages around the Eastern Mediterranean in Comparative Perspective, 1100-2000", Research in Economic History, Vol. 23, Elsevier, 2005, pp. 213-32.

"The Ottoman Economy in World War I", Stephen Broadberry and Mark Harrison (eds.), The Economics of World War I, Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 112-36.

“Institutional Change and the Longevity of the Ottoman Empire, 1500-1800”, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 35, 2004, pp. 225-47.

“The Evolution of Ottoman Financial Institutions, 1600-1914”, Financial History Review, Vol. 11, 2004.

“Prices in the Ottoman Empire, 1469-1914”, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 36, 2004, pp. 451-68.

Entries in Joel Mokyr (ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press, 2003 : 

-“Modern Turkey since 1920” and Pre-Modern Turkey to 1920”, 
-“Ottoman Empire”, 
-“Prices”.

“The Ottoman Monetary System and Frontier Territories in Europe, 1500-1700”, International Journal of Turkish Studies, Vol. 9, 2003, pp. 175-82.

"Crisis and Recovery: the Ottoman Monetary System in the Early Modern Era, 1550-1789", in Dennis O. Flynn, Michel Morineau and Richard Von Glahn (eds.), Global Connections and Monetary History, 1470-1800, Ashgate Publishing, 2003, 133-48.

“Real Wages and Standards of Living in the Ottoman Empire, 1489-1914”, The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 62, 2002, pp. 292-321 (with Suleyman Ozmucur).

“The Great Ottoman Debasement, 1808-1844: A Political Economy Framework” in Israel Gershoni, Hakan Erdem and Ursula Woköck (eds.), Histories of the Modern Middle East, New Directions, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002, pp. 21-36.

“Interaction between the Monetary Regimes of Istanbul, Cairo and Tunis, 1700-1875”, in Nelly Hanna (ed.), Money, Land and Trade, An Economic History of the Muslim Middle East, I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2002, pp. 177-205.

"The Price Revolution in the Ottoman Empire Reconsidered", International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 33, 2001, pp. 69-89.

“The Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century”, Itinerario, European Journal of Overseas History, Vol. 24, 2000, pp. 104-116.

"Intervention during the Great Depression, Another Look at Turkish Experience", in S. Pamuk and Jeffrey Williamson (eds.), The Mediterranean Response to Globalization Before 1850, Routledge Press, London and New York, 2000, pp. 321-339.

“The Recovery of the Ottoman Monetary System in the Eighteenth Century”, Kemal Karpat (ed.), Ottoman Past and Today’s Turkey, Brill Publishers, Leiden, 2000, pp. 188-211.

"Ottoman Interventionism in Economic and Monetary Affairs", Revue D'Histoire Maghrebine, 25/91-92, 1998, pp. 361-67.

"In the Absence of Domestic Currency : Debased European Coinage in the Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Empire", The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 57, 1997, pp. 345-66.

"Money in the Ottoman Empire, 1326-1914" , in Halil Inalcik and Donald Quataert (eds.), An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1995, pp. 947-985.

"Long Term Trends in Urban Wages in Turkey, 1850-1990", in P. Schollier and V. Zamagni (eds.), Labour's Reward: Real Wages in 19th and 20th Century Europe, Eward Elgar, London, 1995, pp. 105-122.

"The Disintegration of the Ottoman Monetary System during the Seventeenth Century", Princeton Papers in Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 2, 1994, pp. 67-81 ; reprinted in Dennis O. Flynn and Arturo Giralez (eds.), Metals and Monies in an Emerging Global Economy, Vol. 14 of An Expanding World, The European Impact on World History, 1450-1800, Variorum Publishers, 1997, pp. 317-332.

"Anatolia and Egypt During the Nineteenth Century : A Comparison of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment", New Perspectives on Turkey, No.7, 1992, pp. 37-56.

"War, State Economic Policies and Resistance by Agricultural Producers in Turkey, 1939-1945" in John Waterbury and Farhad Kazemi (eds.), Peasant Politics in the Modern Middle East , University Presses of Florida, 1991, pp.125-42; an earlier version was published with the same title in New Perspectives on Turkey, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1888, pp. 19-36.

"The Middle East in Nineteenth Century World Trade", in Haleh Esfandiari and A.L. Udovitch (eds.), The Economic Dimensions of Middle Eastern History, Essays in Honor of Charles Issawi , The Darwin Press, Princeton, N.J., 1990, pp. 199-214.

"The Ottoman Empire in Comparative Perspective", Review (Fernand Braudel Center, SUNY-Binghamton), Vol.11 , No. 3, Spring 1988, pp. 127-49.

"Commodity Production for Export and Relations of Production in Ottoman Agriculture, 1840-1913", in Huri Islamoglu-Inan (ed.), The Ottoman Empire and the World Economy, Cambridge University Press, 1987, pp. 178-202.

"The Decline and Resistance of Ottoman Cotton Textiles, 1820-1913", Explorations in Economic History, Vol. 23, 1986, pp. 205-25.

"Ottoman Wages and the World Economy, 1839-1913", Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1985, pp. 379-406 (jointly with Korkut Boratav and Gunduz Okçun).

"The Ottoman Empire in the 'Great Depression' of 1873-1896", The Journal of Economic History , Vol. 44, 1984, pp. 107-118.

ÖZGEÇMİŞ

Doğum: İstanbul, 1950

Eğitim:

Robert Lisesi (1964-68).
B.A. in Economics and 
B.S. in (Chemical) Engineering and Applied Science : 
Yale University, 1972. 
M.A. in Economics : 
University of California at Berkeley, 1974.
Ph.D. in Economics :
University of California at Berkeley, 1978. 

Öğretim Üyelikleri:

Ankara Üniversitesi, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, Ekonomi Bölümü (1978-83).

University of Pennsylvania, Department of Economics (1980-81) (Visiting).

Villanova University, Department of Economics (1983-1993).

Princeton University, Department of Near Eastern Studies (1990-91 and 1993-94) (Visiting).

Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Ekonomi Bölümü, (1990, 1991) (Visiting).

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Department of History (1997) (Visiting).

Boğaziçi Universitesi, Atatürk Enstitüsü ve Ekonomi Bölümü 1994 - .

London School of Economics and Political Science, European Institute, Prof. ve Çağdaş Türkiye Kürsüsü ilk Başkanı, (2008-2013).

Diğer Mesleki Faaliyetler ve Görevler:

2011- Bilim Akademisi, Kurucu Üyesi ve Yönetim Kurulu üyesi.

2012-2014, Asya İktisat Tarihi Derneği Başkanı

2012- Avrupa Bilim Akademisi (Academia Europae) üyesi

2003-2005 President, European Historical Economics Society, association of European economic historians.

2000-2004 Akademik İşlerden Sorumlu Rektör Yardımcısı, Bogazici Universitesi.

1998-2001 Müdür, Atatürk Enstitüsü, Boğaziçi Universitesi.

2000-2001 Müdür, Avrupa Çalışmaları Merkezi, Boğaziçi Universitesi.

1997-2000 Başkan, BÜVAK Akademik Kurulu, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi

1998-2006 Üye, Yönetim Kurulu, International Economic History Association.

1999-2002, Üye, Standing Committee on the Humanities, European Science Foundation.

1993-2000 Yönetici, Tarihi İstatistikler Dizisi, Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü, Ankara; bu dizide 8 cilt yayımlanmıştır.

1996-2003 Yönetim Kurulu Üyesi ve Yönetim Kurulu Başkan Yardımcısı, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı (Tarih Vakfı) , Istanbul.

1992-1996 Üye, Joint Committee on the Near and Middle East, Social Science Research Council and The American Council of Learned Societies, New York.

Dergi Editörlüğü:

2012–2015  European Review of Economic History, Oxford University Press.

1993-1999 Editor, New Perspectives on Turkey, sosyal bilim ve tarih dergisi, İstanbul.

Yazı Kurulu Üyelikleri:

The Journal of Economic History, 2008–2011 

Economic History of Developing Region, 2009– 

European Review of Economic History, 1997-

International Journal of Turkish Studies, 2001-

New Perspectives on Turkey, 1987-

International Journal of Middle East Studies, 1998-2001.

Ödüller:

2012 – Üye, Avrupa Bilimler Akademisi (Academia Europae)

2011 – Üye, Bilim Akademisi, Istanbul, Türkiye

1999-2011, Üye, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi (TÜBA)

1994-1999, Asosye Üye, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi (TÜBA)

2002 : Thomas H. Cole Prize of the American Economic History Association for the best article to appear in The Journal of Economic History during 2001-2002 (“Real Wages and Standards of Living in the Ottoman Empire, 1489-1914”)

2002 : Fuat Köprülü Award of the Turkish Studies Association of North America for the best book published on Ottoman and Turkish Studies during 2000-2001 (A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire).

2001 : Second Place, Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) (A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire).

1999 : Türkiye Gazeteciler Sendikası Sedat Simavi Ödülü, Sosyal Bilimler, (Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nda Paranın Tarihi).

1992 : ODTÜ, Prof. Dr. Mustafa N. Parlar Eğitim ve Araştırma Vakfı, Araştırma ve Teşvik Ödülü.

TÜRKÇE YAYINLAR

TÜRKÇE KİTAPLAR:

Türkiye’nin 200 Yıllık İktisadi Tarihi, Büyüme, Kurumlar ve Bölüşüm, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 380 s., 1.-4. Baskı, 2014.

Osmanlı'dan Cumhuriyete Küreselleşme, İktisat Politikaları ve Büyüme, Seçme Eserler, Cilt II, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2008, 364s.

Osmanlı Ekonomisi ve Kurumları, Seçme Eserler, Cilt I, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007, 211s.

Osmanlı-Türkiye İktisadi Tarihi, 1500-1914, İletişim Yayınları, Birinci Baskı, 2005, Dördüncü Baskı, 2007; Gerçek Yayınları, Birinci Baskı, 1988, Beşinci Baskı, 2000; K Kitaplığı, Birinci Baskı, 2003; İstanbul.

Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nda Paranın Tarihi, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul, 1. Baskı, 1999, 4. baskı, 2007.

20. Yüzyılda Orta Doğu Ekonomileri Tarihi, Sabancı Universitesi Yayınevi, 2002 (Roger Owen ile birlikte).

İstanbul ve Diğer Kentlerde 500 Yıllık Fiyatlar ve Ücretler, 1469-1998, Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü, Ankara, 218 s., 2001.

Osmanlı Devleti’nde Bilgi ve İstatistik, Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü, Ankara, 2001, 179 s.; (Halil Inalcik ile birlikte derleme).

Artık Herkes Milyoner, Türkiye Ekonomisinin 50 Yılı, Hürriyet Yayınları, 2001, 302 s. (Ercan Kumcu ile birlikte).

19. Yüzyılda Osmanlı Dış Ticareti, Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü, Tarihi İstatistikler Dizisi, Cilt 1, Ankara, 1995, 83 s..

Osmanlı Ekonomisinde Bağımlılık ve Büyüme, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul, 1984; İkinci Baskı: 1994, 267 s..

Türkiye'de Tarımsal Yapılar (1923-2000), Yurt Yayınları, Ankara, 1988, 271 s. (Zafer Toprak ile birlikte derleme)

Kriz, Gelir Dağılımı ve Türkiye'nin Alternatif Sorunu, Kaynak Yayınları, İstanbul:
Birinci Baskı, 1984, 108 s., Genişletilmiş İkinci Baskı, 1988, 199 s. (Korkut Boratav ve Cağlar Keyder ile birlikte)

TÜRKÇE MAKALELER:

“Son Iki Yüzyilda Türkiye’de Gelirin Bölüsümü”, ODTÜ Gelisme Dergisi, Cilt 40, Sayi 2, 2013, s. 297-316.

Osmanli Bütçeleri ve Mali Yapinin Evrimi: Avrupa Devletleriyle Bir Karsilastirma, 1500-1914, Toplumsal Tarih, No. 191, Kasim 2010, s. 26-33  (Kivanç Karaman ile birlikte.)

Türkiye'de Tarim ve Iktisadi Gelisme, 1880-2000, Mükiye Dergisi, No. 262, Tarim, Gida ve Köylülük Özel Sayisi, Bahar 2009, s. 63-76.

"Dunyada ve Turkiyede Iktisadi Buyume, 1820-2005", Uluslararasi Ekonomi ve Diş Ticaret Politikalari, Yil 1, Sayi 2, 2007, s, 3-26.

"20. yüzyıl Türkiyesi için büyüme ve bölüşüm endeksleri," İktisat, İşletme ve Finans Dergisi, 235, Ekim 2005, s. 5-15.

“Seçici Kurumsal Değişim ve Osman’lının Uzun Ömürlülüğü”, S. İlkin, O. Silier ve M. Güvenç (derl), İlhan Tekeli için Armağan Yazılar, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, İstanbul, 2004, s. 297-214; ayrıca Toplumsal Tarih, Sayı 133, Ocak 2005.

“Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nda Para, 1326-1914”, Halil İnalcık ve Donald Quataert (derl), Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun Ekonomik ve Sosyal Tarihi, Cilt 2, Eren Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2004, s. 1053-1093.

“18. Yüzyılda Osmanlı Para Sisteminde Canlanma”, Kemal Karpat (derl.), Osmanlı Geçmişi ve Bugünün Türkiye’si, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2004, s. 305-330.

“Karşılaştırmalı açıdan Türkiye’de İktisadi Büyüme, 1880-2000”, A. H. Köze, F. Şenses ve E. Yeldan (derl.), İktisat Üzerine Yazılar: Küresel Düzen, Birikim, Devlet ve Sınıflar İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2003, s. 383-398.

“Küreselleşme Çağında Osmanlı Ekonomisi,1820-1914”, Türkler, c. 14, (yay. haz.) H.C. Güzel, Kemal Çiçek, Salim Koca, Yeni Türkiye Yayınları, 2002, s. 241-252.

“Cumhuriyet döneminde Türkiye’nin İktisadi Büyüme Sicili” , Demokrasi ve Gençlik Vakfı (DEGEV), Uluslararası Atatürk ve Çağdaş Toplum Sempozyumu, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2002, s. 182-194.

”Osmanlı Devleti’nin Dış Borçlanma Deneyimi” Muhasebe ve Finansman Öğretim Üyeleri Bilim ve Araştırma Derneği (MUFAD) Muhasebe ve Finansman Dergisi, no. 12, Ekim 2001, s. 6-9.

“Osmanlılarda Gümüş Madenleri ve Darphaneler” , Bilim ve Teknik, no. 396, Kasım 2000, s. 92-96.

“Istanbul’da 500 Yıllık Fiyatlar ve Enflasyon, 1469-2000”, Bilim ve Teknik, no. 393, Ağustos 2000.

“Osmanlı Ekonomisinde Devlet Müdahaleciliğine Yeniden Bakış”, Toplum ve Bilim, Sayı 83, 2000, s. 133-145.

"Dünya İktisadi Bunalımı ve 1930'lara Yeniden Bakış", Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi, Tarih Vakfı ve Türk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği, Bilanço 1923-1998: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin 75 Yılına Toplu Bakış, Cilt 2, 1999, s. 33-40.

"Osmanlı'da Para ve Enflasyon", Cogito, Sayı 19, Yaz 1999, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, s. 179-88.

”Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nda Fiyat Devrimine Yeniden Bakış”, Halil İnalcık (derl.), Osmanlı, Cilt 3, Yeni Türkiye Yayınları, Ankara, 1999, s. 193-201.

"İkinci Dünya Savaşı Yıllarında İaşe Politikası ve Köylülük", Oya Baydar ve Oya Köymen (der.), 75 Yılda Köylerden Şehirlere, Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, 1999, s. 57-66.

“İstanbul ve Diğer Osmanlı Kentlerinde Fiyatlar, 1469-1914”, XIII. Türk Tarih Kongresi, Ankara, Ekim 1999, Kongreye Sunulan Bildiriler, Ankara, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, s. 101-128.

"Osmanlı'dan Cumhuriyet'e Kişi Başına Üretim ve Milli Gelir, 1907-1950", Mustafa Sönmez (ed.), 75 Yılda Paranın Serüveni, Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, 1998, s. 83-90 (Işık Özel ile birlikte).

"Türkiye'de Ücretlerin Gelişimi", Kültür Bakanlığı ve Tarih Vakfı, Türkiye Sendikacılık Ansiklopedisi, Cilt 3, 1998, s. 456-60.

"Geniş İmparatorlukta Para Politikası: Devlet Ne Kadar Müdahaleciydi, Ne Kadar Güçlüydü ?", Tarih Vakfı, Osmanlıdan Cumhuriyete: Problemler, Araştırmalar, Tartışmalar, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 1998, s. 33-43.

Türkiye’de Sosyal Bilimlerin Uluslararası Yayın Performansı , Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi, Ankara: Tübitak Matbaası, 1999 (Arda Denkel, Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı ve Namık Kemal Pak ile birlikte). 

“İktisat Tarihi”, TÜBA, Cumhuriyet Dönemi’nde Türkiye’de Bilim ‘Sosyal Bilimler’, s. 19-34 (Murat Çizakça ile birlikte).

“En Büyük Tağşiş ve 1844 Tarihli Tashih-i Sikke İşlemi”, Toplumsal Tarih, Sayı 13, Ocak 1995, s. 12-15.

“Menderes’ten Çiller’e Kısa Vadeli İktisat Politikaları ve İstikrar Paketleri”, Toplumsal Tarih, Sayı 6, Haziran 1994, s. 23-25.

“Osmanlı Para Tarihine Nasıl Bakmalı?”, Tarih ve Toplum, Sayı 119, 1993, s. 28-33.

“17. Yüzyılda Avrupa'da Basılan Kalp Paralar Osmanlı Piyasalarında Niçin Kabul Görüyordu ?”, Ekonomi ve Toplum, İstanbul, No. 2, s. 55-62, Eylül 1991.

"İkinci Dünya Savaşı Yıllarında Devletin Tarımsal Politikaları ve Bölüşüm" , Ş. Pamuk ve Zafer Toprak (derl.), Türkiye'de Tarımsal Yapılar, 1923-2000, Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul, 1988 içinde, s. 91-108.

“Yüzellinci Yılında Baltalimanı Ticaret Anlaşması”, Tarih ve Toplum, Sayı 60, 1988, s. 38-41.

“İkinci Dünya Savaşı Yıllarında İaşe Sorunu ve Köylülük”, Tarih ve Toplum, Sayı 35, 1986, s. 25-29.

“Osmanlı Ekonomisinin Dünya Kapitalizmine Açılışı”, Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, İletişim Yayınları, Cilt 4, 1985, s.718-23.

“Osmanlı Devleti’nde Ücretler, 1839-1913”, Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, İletişim Yayınları, Cilt 4, 1985, s.753-59 (Korkut Boratav ve Gündüz Ökçün ile birlikte).

"19. Yüzyılda Osmanlı Dış Ticareti", Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, İletişim Yayınları, Cilt 3, 1985, s. 653-65.

"Osmanlı Ücretleri ve Dünya Ekonomisi, 1839-1913", Yapıt , No.4, s. 62-76, 1984 (Korkut Boratav ve Gündüz Ökçün ile birlikte).

"Çiftçiyi Topraklandırma Kanunu Üzerine Tezler", Yapıt , No. 8, s. 52-65, 1984, (Çağlar Keyder ile birlikte).

"Osmanlı Zanaatlerinin Yıkılışı, Pamuklu Tekstil Örneği, 1820-1913", Toplum ve Bilim , No. 23, 1983, s. 75-99.

"Osmanlı Tarımında Üretim İlişkileri, 1840-1913", Toplum ve Bilim , No. 16, 1982, s. 3-50.

"Dünya Ekonomisi ve Osmanlı Dış Ticaretinde Uzun Dönemli Dalgalanmalar", Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Gelişme Dergisi, Türkiye İktisat Tarihi 1979-1980 Özel Sayısı, s.161-204.

"Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda Yabancı Sermaye : Sektörlere ve Sermayeyi İhraç Eden Ülkelere Göre Dağılım, 1854-1914" , Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Gelişme Dergisi, Türkiye İktisat Tarihi 1978 Özel Sayısı , s. 131-62.