Name: F. Jamil Ragep
Contact: jamil.ragep@mcgill.ca
Education:
- Ph.D. (June 1982): Harvard University [History of Science]
- M.A. (August 1973): University of Michigan [Near Eastern
Studies]
- B.A. (December 1972): University of Michigan [Anthropology]
Professional Positions:
- Professor Emeritus, McGill University 2021-
- Honorary Member, Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) 2021-
- Canada Research Chair, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill
Univ. 2006-2020
- Richmond Visiting Professor of Arabic Studies, Williams College
Fall 2017
- Director, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill, University
2008-2013, 2014-2015
- Acting Chair, History of Science Department, U. of Oklahoma
2005-2006
- President, Commission Hist. of Sci. & Tech. in Islamic
Societies 2005-2009
- Full, Associate, and Asst. Prof., History of Science, U. of
Oklahoma 1990-2006
- Coordinator, Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oklahoma
2000-2005
- Co-Director, Center for Peace Studies, Univ. of Oklahoma
2000-2005
- Visiting Assistant Professor, History of Math, Brown University
1989-1990
- Instructor, History of Science, Stonehill College Spring 1989
- Fellow, Society for the Humanities, Cornell University 1985-1986
- Harvard Postdoctoral Fellow 1984-1985, 1988-1989
- Lecturer, History of Science, Harvard University 1983-1984,
1987-1988
- Instructor, Mathematics, C.W. Post/Long Island University Fall
1982
Major Fellowships, Grants, Awards, and Lectures:
- Turkish Academy of Sciences Prize in Social Sciences and
Humanities 2019
- SSHRC Partnership Development Grant 2015-2019
- Canada Foundation for Innovation Grant 2008-2012
- Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin)
Spring 2007
- American Council of Learned Societies Digital Innovation Grant
2006-2007
- Distinguished Lecturer, University of Barcelona [3 lectures]
April 2007
- Keynote address, Renaissance Society of America, Miami March
2007
- Distinguished Lecturer, University of Alberta [5 lectures] March
2006
- Sarton Lecturer, American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science
February 2006
- Max Planck Institute Fellowship (Berlin) March-June 2004
- Fulbright Teaching/Research Award (Syria) Sept. 2003-Feb. 2004
- Dept. of State, Citizens’ Exchange Grant for Water Groups Sept.
2002-Dec. 2003
- National Science Foundation Research Grant Jan. 2000-Dec. 2001
- Director, Rockefeller Foundation Postdoctoral Program July
1999-June 2003
- Kuwait Prize, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science
Jan. 1997 (announced)
- American Research Institute in Turkey Fellowship Dec. 1996-June
1997
- Social Science Research Council Fellowship Aug. 1996-Dec. 1996
- OU President’s International Travel Fellowship [3 awards] June
1994, ’96-7, June ’98
- National Science Foundation Research Grant Jan. 1987-July 1989
- Fellow, Society for the Humanities, Cornell University 1985-1986
- National Endowment for the Humanities Research Grant 1984-1985