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Curriculum Vitae CURRICULUM VITAE Tasin GEMIL Institutul de Turcologie și Studii Central-Asiatice, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, str.M.Kogălniceanu nr.1, RO-400084, Cluj-Napoca, România (http://turkology.institute.ubbcluj.ro) Tel: 0040 744-220914 0040 731-105743 E-mail: [email protected] Date and place of birth 21 September 1943, Medgidia, Constanţa County, Romania Profile Experienced researcher and academic with a strong background in the History and Civilization of the Turkish World (Ottoman and Tatar in particular), History of the Romanian-Ottoman-Tatar Relations, Romania’s Relations with Turkey, the Independent states in Central Asia and Southern Caucasus and History and Civilization of Islam. Education Tatar Primary School, Medgidia 1949 – 1956 “N. Bălcescu” Highschool, Medgidia 1956 – 1960 University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”- Iaşi, Faculty of History- 1960 – 1965 Philosophy, History section Doctoral studies 1971-1976 Career History Teacher of history– Constanta, Eforie Sud Highschool 1965 – 1966 Scientific researcher – Romanian Academy, “A. D. 1966 – 1977 Xenopol” Institute of History and Archaeology, Iași. Senior researcher – The Romanian National Archives - 1977 – 1984 Bucharest. Scientific/Senior researcher – Romanian Academy, 1984 – 1998 “Nicolae Iorga” Institute of History, Bucureşti. Associate Professor –“Ovidius” University of Constanţa 1991 – 1994 Head of the Department of Ancient and Medieval History . 1991-1998 1 Full Professor – “Ovidius” University of Constanţa 1994 – 2009 Doctoral program supervisor in “History of International 1996 – present Relations”. Director of the Department of Doctoral Programs 1999 – 2008 Initiator and director of the “Center of Eurasian 2005 – 2009 Studies”; editor–in-chief of “The Romanian Review for Eurasian Studies”. Vice-Rector – “Ovidius” University of Constanţa 2004 – 2008 The First Romania’s Ambassador in the Republic of 1998 – 2003 Azerbaijan. Romania’s Ambassador in Turkmenistan 2004 – 2007 Director of the Institute of Turkology and Central Asian Since 2008 Studies, “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca. Doctoral program supervisor, Babeş-Bolyai University, Since 2009 Cluj-Napoca. Publishing Activity Author of 4 books and joint author of 11 books. Around 100 scientific studies and papers. Many articles in newspapers and magazines. Community and Political Activity Founder and the first President of the Democratic Union 28 December 1989 of Muslim-Turkish Tatars of Romania. – 14 July 1990 Member of Romanian Parliament; secretary of the 1990 – 1996 Permanent Committee for Education, Science, Youth and Sport of the Deputies Chamber. Member of the first Permanent Delegation of the 1991 - 1992 Romanian Parliament to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Member of the first Permanent Delegation of the 1993-1996 Romanian Parliament to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Economic Cooperation in the Black Sea Region. Titles and Awards Doctor in Sciences (Ph.D.) 1976 Correspondent member of the Turkish Society for History Since 1988 (Türk Tarih Kurumu), Ankara. “Nicolae Iorga” Prize of the Romanian Academy. 1991 “Radu Rosetti” Prize offered by the “Magazin Istoric” Cultural 1993 Foundation. Honorary Citizen of Medgidia. 1999 2 Honorary Professor of the “International University of Baku” 2001 Friend of Azerbaijan, title awarded by the Civil society of the 2002 Azerbaijan Republic. Letter of Grattitude of the Academy of Sciences of the 2010 Tatarstan Republic, Russian Federation. Blagodarstvennoe Pismo (Letter of Thankful) of the 2012 Parliament of the Tatarstan Republic, Russian Federation. Diploma for excellence of the Romanian Cultural Institute of 2013 the Romanian Government. Silver Medal for Success in Science (“Za Dostiszenija Nauke”) of the Academy of Sciences of the Tatarstan Republic, Russian 2013 Federation. Foreign languages Tatar, Turkish, Azeri, English fluently Turkmen, Uzbek, Kirghiz, Kazakh, French well Russian, Latin, Italian well enough References Enciclopedia Istoriografiei Româneşti (Encyclopaedia of Romanian 1978 Historiography), Editura Ştiinţifică şi Enciclopedică, Bucureşti, p.150 Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları, nr.64, Şubat 1990, Istanbul, 1990, 1990 pp.104-105 Dicţionar Enciclopedic (Encyclopaedic Dictionary), Editura 1996 Enciclopedică, Bucureşti, p.423 Agi Amet Gemal, Dicționarul personalităților turco-tatare din 1999 România (The Dictionary of Turk-Tatar Personalities of Romania), Constanta, 1999, pp.92-99 Tatar Enţiklopedya Süzlege (Tatar Encyclopaedic Dictionary), 2002 Tatar Enţiklopedya Instituty, Kazan, p. 221 Istorie şi Diplomaţie în Relaţiile Internaţionale. Omagiu istoricului 2003 Tahsin Gemil (History and Diplomacy in International Relations. Homage to the Historian Tasin Gemil), D. Flaut and I. Ţighiliu (eds.), Ovidius University Press, Constanţa, 460 pages. 3 Mic Dicţionar Enciclopedic (Small Encyclopaedic Dictionary), 2005 Editura Enciclopedică şi Univers Enciclopedic, Bucureşti, p. 505 Tatarskaya Enţiklopediya (Tatar Encyclopedia), Institut Tatarskoi 2005 Enţiklopediya, Kazan, pp. 274-275 Dicţionar de Personalităţi Dobrogene (Dictionary of Dobrudjan 2005 Personaities), vol.II, Ex Ponto, Constanţa, p. 61 Irfan Ünver Nasrattinoğlu, Romanya Yazıları, Egeli Araştırmacı ve 2006 Yazarlar Birliği, Denizli, pp.214-218 Şerban N. Ionescu, Dicţionarul Panoramic al Personalităţilor din 2006 România (Panoramic Dictionary of Romanian Personalities). Sec.XX, EVF, Bucureşti, p.169 Hübner’s Who’s Who, 2nd ed., 2007, p.463 2007 Wikipedia and other sites in Romania and abroad 4 .
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