Prof Dr. İlhan Başgöz, resmî kayıtla-ra göre 15 Ağustos 1923 tarihinde Sivas’ın Gemerek ilçesinde doğmuştur. Liseyi Sivas’ta okuyan Başgöz, 1940 yılında Dil ve Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi’nin Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü’ne başlamıştır. 1945 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi’nin Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü’nden mezun olmuş, 1949 yılında ise aynı üniversiteden folklor alanında hazırladığı tezle doktor unvanını almıştır.
İlhan Başgöz, 1960 yılında gittiği ABD’de California Üniversitesi’nin Los Angeles ile Berkeley yerleşkelerinde ve Indiana Üniversitesi’nde çalışmalar yap-mıştır. 1975 yılında kendi kurduğu Türk Araştırmaları Yayın Dizisi’nin genel edi-törü olarak, Türk kültürü konusunda yirmiye yakın İngilizce yapıtın yayımlan-masını sağlamıştır. 2000’li yıllarda belir-li dönemlerde Bilkent Üniversitesi Türk Edebiyatı Bölümü’nde ve Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi’nde dersler vermiştir.
ABD’deki Pozisyonlar:
Okutman, University of California, Los Angeles, CA. 1961-1963
Okutman, University of California, Berkeley, CA. 1963-1965
Yardımcı Doçent, Indiana Univer-sity, Bloomington, IN. 1965-1967
Doçent, Indiana University, Bloo-mington, IN. 1967-1975
Profesör, Indiana University, Bloo-mington, IN 1975-Present
Ödüller:
Selected Columbia University Semi-nar Fellow, 1975.
Başkan, The Turkish Studies Associ-ation, 1978-1979 and 1979-1980.
Genel Editör, Turkish Studies Series, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Hakem Kurulu Üyesi, Journal of the Folklore Institute. 1973-1978.
Genel Editör, Indiana University Turkish Studies Series
Editör, Turkish Studies Association Bulletin, 1976-1979
Yardımcı Editör, Uralic and Altaic Series, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1965- 1978
Üye, Governing Board of the Ameri-can Research Institute in Turkey, 1978-1980.
Müdür, Director of the Turkish Stu-dies Program, Indiana University
Üye, Member of the Promotion Com-mittee, College of Arts and Sciences, Indi-ana University, 1981-1982, 1982-1983
Elected Fellow, American Folklore Society, 1983
Distinguish Service Certificate, Mi-nistry of Culture, the Republic of Tur-key,1999.
Gold Medal of Distinguished Literary and Scholarly Achivment, Association of Turkish Writers (Edebiyatcilar Birligi), 1996.
Gold Medal of Nasreddin Hoca Re-search, Nasreddin Hoca Society (Turkey), 1999.
Kazandığı Burslar:
Ford Foundation grant 1961-1963 American Council of Learned Societi-es, research grant, 1964
ÖZGEÇMİŞİ VE YAYINLARI
An Autobiography and Bibliography of M. İlhan Başgöz
Evrim ÖLÇER ÖZÜNEL*
Social Science Research Council, re-search grant, 1967
U.S. Department of Health, Educati-on, and Welfare, research grant, 1967
J.S. Guggenheim Fellowship awar-ded, 1973
The Social Science Research Council, grant, 1973 Used in conjunction with the Guggenheim award.
Indiana University Cross Cultural Fellowship, grant, 1974
National Museum of Canada, resear-ch grant, 1974.
Indiana University Presidential Grant, 1977
Academy of Sciences of the USSR, in-vitation, 1978
National Endowment for the Huma-nities, research grant, 1981
Center for West European Studies, Indiana University Summer Fellowship, 1982
Ford Foundation grant, 1983 International Communication Agen-cy grant, 1983
The National Endowment for the Hu-manities, 1983
International Exchange Board grant, 1983
West European Studies Center grant, 1983
Russian and East European Institute grant, 1983
I.U. International Programs grant, 1983
Fulbright-Hase and IREX Grant, 1988.
Prof. Dr. İlhan Başgöz Yayınla-rından Seçmeler:
Kitaplar:
1. Hikâye, Turkish Folk Romance
as Performance Art.I.U.Press 2008.
2. Turkish Folklore and Oral
Lite-rature, Selected essays of Ilhan Başgöz.
Ed. Kemal Sılay. Indiana University Tur-kish Studie Publication No..19, 1998.
3. Studies in Turkish Folklore,
co-edited with Mark Glazer, Turkish
Studi-es, No. 1, (Indiana University, 1978), 248 pp.
4. Bilmece: A Corpus of Turkish
Riddles, co-authored with Andreas Tietze,
Folklore Studies, No. 22, (University of California Press, 1973), 1170 pp.
5. Turkish Folklore Reader, Uralic
and Altaic Series, Volume No. 120, (Bloo-mington, Indiana University Publications, 1971), 270 pp.
6. Educational Problems of Turkey,
1920-1940, co-authored with Howard E. Wilson, Uralic and Altaic Series, Volume No. 68, (Bloomington, Indiana University Publications,(1967), 240 pp.
Türkçe Kitaplar:
7. Türk Halk Edebiyatı, by Edmond
Saussey, translated by İlhan Başgöz, An-kara Emek Basımevi, 1952.
8. Türk Halk Edebiyatı
Antoloji-si, İstanbul, Ahmet Halit Kitabevi, 1956,
İkinci baskı: İstanbul, Ararat Yayınevi, 1968.
9. Manilerimizden, Ankara, Dost
Yayınları, 1960.
10. Atatürk ve Türkiye
Cumhuri-yetinde Eğitim, Ankara, Dost Yayınları,
1968,
11. Türkiye’nin Eğitim Çıkmazı ve
Atatürk. Kültür Bakanlığı Başvuru
Kitap-ları, 1995.
12. Pir Sultan Abdal (Sabahaddin
Eyüboğlu İçin), Önsöz, İstanbul, Cem Ya-yınevi, 1978.
13. Karac’oğlan, İstanbul, Cem
Yayı-nevi, 1978.
14. Âşık Ali İzzet Özkan, Ankara, İş
Bankası Yayını, 1979, İkinci baskı: 1994.
15. Folklor Yazıları, İstanbul: Adam
Yayınları, 1986.
16. Yunus Emre, Araştırma ve
Gül-deste, İstanbul, 1989, Indiana University Turkish Studies Series publication in Tur-kish, no. 1.
17. Türk Halkının Bilmeceleri 2 cilt.
Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara, 1992, İkinci baskı: 1996.
18. Karacaoglan, İstanbul: Pan
Ya-yıncılık, 1992.
19. Kardeşliğe Bin Selam. Interwiev
with İlhan Başgöz. İstanbul: Tetragon Ya-yınevi, 2003.
20. Yük Taşımıyoruz Sevgi
Taşıyo-ruz, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Akademi
Formu 51, Ankara: Yeni Forum Matbaacı-lık, 2007.
21. Türkü. İstanbul: Pan Yayıncılık,
2008.
Kitap Editörlükleri (Serilerin Genel Editörü Olarak):
22. An Anthology of Turkish
Litera-ture, by Kemal Silay, Turkish Studies
Se-ries, 1999.
23. Karacoglan, The Poetry of a
Tur-kish Bard, by Karaba, Yarnel, TurTur-kish Studies Series, 1996.
24. The Structural Changes in
Tur-kish Society, ed. M. Belik, TurTur-kish Studies
Series, no. 10,1992.
25. Turkish Workers in Europe (An
Interdisciplinary Study), co-edited by
Nor-man Furniss, April 1986.
26. Studies in Turkish Folklore, by
Ilhan Başgöz-Mark Glazer.Turkish Studi-es SeriStudi-es Publications, (Bloomington, IN), 1978.
27. Sex Roles, Family and Community
in Turkey, by Cigdem Kagitçibaşı,Turkish Studies Series Publications, (Blooming-ton, IN), 1982.
28. Sait Faik, A Dot on the Map:
Se-lected Stories and Poems, Ed.Talat hal-man Turkish Studies Series Publications, (Bloomington, IN), 1983.
29. Turkish Workers in Europe: An
Interdisciplinary Study, Turkish Studies
Series Publications, (Bloomington, IN), 1985.
30. Turkic Culture: Continuity and
Change, ed.by Sabri Akural,Turkish
Stu-dies Series Publications, (Bloomington, IN), 1987.
31. Twenty Stories by Turkish
Wo-men Writers, Trans.by Nilufer Turkish
Studies Series Publications,
Turkish Sampler, Turkish Studies Series Publications, (Bloomington, IN), 1989.
32. Yunus Emre and His Mystical
Poetry, Turkish Studies Series
Publicati-ons, (Bloomington, IN), 1991.
33. Structural Change in
Tur-kish Society,ed.by Mubeccel Belik Kıray
Turkish Studies Series Publications, (Bloomington,IN), 1991.
34. The Middle East and the Balkans
under the Ottoman Empire: Selected Es-says of Halil Inalcık.Turkish Studies
Seri-es Publications, (Bloomington, IN), 1992.
35. Ottoman and Turkish Jewry:
Community and Leadership, Turkish
Stu-dies Series Publications, (Bloomington, IN), 1992.
İngilizce ve Fransızca Makale-ler:
1. “Turkish Folk Stories About the Lives of Minstrels,” Journal of the
Ameri-can Folklore, 65/258, 1952, pp. 331-340.
2. “Les devinettes,” co-authored by Pertev N. Boratav, Philologicae Turcicae Fundamenta II, Darmstadt, 1965, pp. 77-89.
3. “Dream Motif and Shamanis-tic Initiation,” Asian Folklore Studies, 1, 1966, pp. 1-20.
4. “The Functions of Turkish Ridd-les,” Journal of the Folklore Institute, II/2, 1966, pp. 132 147.
. “Rain Making Ceremonies and Anatolian Seasonal Festivals,” Journal
of the American Oriental Society, 84/331,
1967, pp.
. “Turkish Story Telling Tradition in Azerbaijan Iran,” JAF, 84/331, 1970, pp. 405.
. “Earlier References to Kukla and Karagoz,” Turcica, III, 1971, pp. 9-21.
. “Riddle Proverbs and Related Forms in Turkish Folklore,” Proverbium, 18, 1972, pp. 655-668.
9. “Folklore Studies and Nationa-lism in Turkey,” Journal of the Folklore
10. “Love Themes in Turkish Folk Poetry,” Review of National Literature, IV, 1973, pp. 99 114.
11. “The Boarding School in Turkey,”
Social Change and Politics in Turkey, ed.
by Kemal Karpat and Contributors, 1973, E.J. Brill, pp. 203-223.
12. “The Structure of Turkish Ro-mances,” Folklore Today, ed. by Linda Dégh, Henry Glassie, Felix Oinas, Indiana University Publications, 1975, pp. 12-23.
13. “The Tale Singer and His Audi-ence,” Folklore: Performance and
Commu-nication, ed. Dan Ben-Amos and K.
Gols-tein, Pennsylvania University Publicati-on, 1976, pp. 142-202.
14. “The Epic Tradition Among the Turcic Peoples,” Heroic Epic and Saga, ed. by Felix Oinas, Indiana University Publi-cations, 1976, pp. 310-336.
1. “Epithet in a Prose Epic: The Book of My Grandfather Korkut,” Studies
in Turkish Folklore, Indiana University
Turkish Studies, No. l, ed. by Ilhan Bas-göz, Mark Glazer, 1978, pp. 25-45.
1. “Formula in Prose Narrative Hikâye,” Folklore Reprint Series, Vol. 6, No. l, 1978, (A publication of Indiana Uni-versity Folklore Student’s Association.)
1. “Frogs, Toads and Rain Ceremo-nies,” Folklore on Two Continents, Essays in honor of Linda Dégh. ed. by Nikolai Burlakoff and Carl Lindahl, Trickster Press, Bloomington, 1980, pp. 104-112.
1. “Religion and Ethnic Conscious-ness Among Turks in the Soviet Union,”
Islam in the Contemporary World, ed. by
Cyriac Pullapilly, Cross Roads Books, 1980, pp. 238-250.
19. “Yasar Kemal and Turkish Folk Literature,” in Edebiyat (A Journal of
Middle Eastern Literature published in
English by University of Pennsylvania), Vol. V, No. 1-2,1980, pp. 37-54.
20. “Human Dimension of Yunus Emre’s Transformation,” Yunus Emre and
His Mystical Poetry, ed. by Talat Halman,
Indiana University Turkish Studies, No. 2, 1981, pp. 23-41.
21. “Yada Tradition Among the Tur-kish Peoples,” a refereed article, in press for the Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 16, 1982, No. 1.
22. “The Names and Social Change in Turkey,” Proceedings of the Academy of
Sciences, Sweden, 1982, (in press)
23. Dede Korkut in Yunus Emre’s Poetry, Studia Turcologica Memorial
Alexii Bombaci Dicata, pp. 22-28. Napoli,
1982, Instituto Universitario Orientale Seminario di Studi Asiatici, Series Minor XIX.
24. “Formula in Prose Epic, Hikaye” in Folklorica, Festtschrift for Felix Oi-nas, ed. by P. Vorheis, Indiana University Publications, Uralic and Altaic Series, Vo. 141, 1983, 30 pp.
2. “Yunus Emre and The Turkish Epic Tradition” in Festschrift for Alessio
Bombacci, ed. By Nullo Minis Napoli,
1983, (in press).
2. “Folklore in a Changing Soci-ety, The Turkish Case,” in Sudosteuropa
Handbuch IV, TURKEY, ed. by Dr. K. D.
Grothusen, Berlin, 1983, (in press) 2. “The Meaning and Dimension of Change of Personal Names in Turkey,”
Turcica XV, 1983, pp. 201-218.
2. “Turks in the Canadian Social Mosaic,” Nord Nytt, 20, 1983, pp. 63-78.
29. “Name and Society--a Case Study of Personal Names in Turkey,” Altaistic
Studies, Papers presented at the 25th
Me-eting of the Permanent International Al-taistic Conference at Uppsala, June 7-11, 1982, Stockholm, 1985, pp. 1-15, edited by Gunnar Jarring and Staffan Rosen.
30. “Digression in Oral Narrative: A Case Study of Individual Remarks by Tur-kish Romance Tellers, Journal of
Ameri-can Folklore, 99, 1986, pp. 5-23.
31. “Digressions in Oral Narrative, a Case Study of Individual Remarks by Turkish Romance Teller,” JAF, 1986, pp. 1-23.
32. “The Structure of Turkish Folk Romance Hikâye” reprinted in Folk Group
Elliot Oring. Utah State University Press, 1989.
33. “Proverbs about Proverbs,”
Pro-verbium, 7, 1990, pp. 7-17.
34. “Proverb Image, Proverb Messa-ge, and Social Change” Journal of
Folk-lore Research, vol. 30, 1993, pp. 127-142.
Republished in Cognition,Comprehension ,and Communication: A Decade of North American Proverb Studies 1990-2000. Ed Wolfgang Mieder. Schnider Verlag Hohen-gehren,2003.
3. “The Horse does the Work, the Hero Boasts: the Seven-Century Life of a Turkish Proverb” Proverbium, vol. 11, 1994, pp. 47-57.
Türkçe Makaleler:
3. “Ata Candan Haber,” A folk song
from India, Translated from English, Yeni
Ufuklar, Vol. 16, 1968, Sayi 189, pp. 40-44.
3. “Köroğlu Düzeni,” Özgür İnsan, Ankara, 24, 1975, pp. 78-82.
3. “Habip Karaslan,” Özgür İnsan, 24, 1975, pp. 67-77.”Karac’oglan Gelene-ği,” Türk Dili, Ankara, 287, 1975, pp. 411-420.
3. “Toronto’ya Göçümüz,” Özgür
İn-san, III/29, 1976, p. 80.
3. “İnsan Adları ve Toplum,” Türk
Dili, 294, 1976, pp. 164-171.
39. “Bir Geziden İzlenimler I, II,” Politika, günlük Gazete, 3-4 Ağustos, 1976.
40. “Türk Halk Edebiyatında Protes-to Geleneği,” I-VI, Politika, 20-25 Temmuz 1976.
41. “Bela Bartok,” Türk Dili, 306, 1977, p. 296.
42. “Pir Sultan Abdal Yorumları,”
Özgür İnsan, 5/40, 1977, p. 56.
43. “Yollar,” Türk Dili, 309, 1977, pp. 550-552.
44. “Halk Şiiri,” Milliyet Sanat
Der-gisi, 28 Ocak, 1977, sayı 216, p. 13.
4. “Nereye Yavrum Nereye,” Özgür
İnsan, P. Seager’den.
4. “Kuklanın Eskiliği,” Türk Dili, 321, 1978, pp. 510-515.
4. “Karac’oglan Türkmenistan’da,”
Ulusal Kültür, 4, 1979, pp. 123-134.
4. “Tekerlemeler: Basım,” Milliyet
Çocuk Dergisi, 21, 21 Mayıs 1979, p. 11,
M. İlhan Can baba (Alias).
49. “Âşık Edebiyatının Evrimi,” (The Evolution of the Asik Poetry), Cumhuriyet
Dönemi Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, 19, 1984,
pp. 592-593.
0. “Yozgatlı Karacoğlan,”
Cumhuri-yet, October 12, 1990.
1. Başgöz, İlhan. “Nasreddin Hoca Hikâyelerinin Kökeni.” Evrensel Kültür (195) 3.2008, 70-73
2. “Yunus Emre’de Halk Edebiyatı ve Toplumun Hikâyesi.” Bilim ve Ütopya 14(162) 12.2007.
3. “Doğu Anadolu’da Folklor Derle-meleri”,
Öğretim materyalleri (Kayıtlar ve Bantlar)
1. Yunus Emre, Selected Poems,
In-diana University Turkish Studies, Record Series No. 1, Bloomington, 1981.
2. Selected Poems of Yunus Emre,
recited by Ilhan Basgoz and Talat Halman (LP in Turkihs and English), Turkish Stu-dies Series Publications, Bloomington.
3. The Superintendent, Turkish
Studies Series Publications, Bloomington.
4. How Was Fil Hamdi Caught?,
Turkish Studies Series Publications, Bloo-mington.
5. The Midwife with a Trunk,
Tur-kish Studies Series Publications, Bloomin-gton.
6. An Episode of Two, Turkish
Stu-dies Series Publications, Bloomington.
7. The Voice of Turkish Authors,
Turkish Studies Series Publications, Bloo-mington.
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