Mehmetcan Akpınar
Personal statement
I am a Ph.D Student at the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department. My concentration is on the Islamic Intellectual History. I work with Prof. Wadad Kadi and with Prof. Fred Donner.
Education
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Ph.D. Candidate in Islamic Thought, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations,
2001-present;
Minor: Early Islamic History
Received M.A degree, December 2004
M.A. Thesis: al-Mawardi’s al-Ahkam al-Sultaniyya
University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Visiting Student at the Orientalisches Seminar (Oriental Institute), April-July 2004
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Bachelor of Science in Management, High Honor Student, September 1997-June 2001
Received High Honor Certificates (5 semesters)
Ranked 5th in the Turkish National University Placement Examination among 1.5 million participants (June 1997)
University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Exchange Student, January-June 2000
Enrolled in the Ms in Marketing program
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