Curriculum Vitae

Erdem Uçar

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Academic Positions

2020–present

Research Fellow — Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

2011–2016

Associate Professor — Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Gediz University, İzmir, Türkiye

2001–2011

Research Assistant — Institute of Turkic World Studies, Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye

Education

2003–2009

Ph.D. in Turcology (Dr. phil.) — Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye

2001–2003

Master of Education in Turcology — Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye

1996–2000

Bachelor of Education in Turcology — Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye

Editorial Experience

2017–present

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Old Turkic Studies (JOTS)
Published on DergiPark from 2017 to 2025 in Türkiye; published by Franz Steiner Verlag from 2027 onward.

Peer Review and Academic Evaluation

Peer Reviewer

Archiv Orientální (ArOr)
Central Asiatic Journal (CAJ)
Digital Humanities Quarterly (DHQ)
Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD)
Journal of Turkic & Uyghur Studies (National University of Mongolia)

External Expert / Remote Evaluator

European Research Council (ERC), Peer Review of Grant Proposals, 2025 Calls

Research Interests

Old Turkic philology · Orkhon runic inscriptions · pre-Islamic Turkic literature and textual traditions · Islamic Turkic literature · Old Uyghur Buddhist and Manichaean literature · historical Turkic lexicography · Turkic writing systems · grammaticalization and emergent grammar · lexical sources of grammatical forms · constructional change · historical and comparative Turkic linguistics · linguistic typology · digital humanities · pre-Ottoman literature · modern Turkish and Turkic languages