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Kağan Arik is an Instructional Professor (Teaching Professor) in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 2000. He serves as coordinator for the Modern Turkish language program and holds the Ayaslı Lecturer position in Modern Turkish and Turkic languages, with office location in Pick Hall #306.
His educational background includes a Ph.D. from the University of Washington (1999).
Research interests span the historical development of Turkish language and dialects, Turkic languages, Central Asian anthropology, oral literature, traditional healing practices, and Old Turkic. His anthropological fieldwork since 1987 covers pre-Islamic cultural elements across Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tatarstan, and China's Uyghur Autonomous Region, with regional language expertise in 11 Turkic and related languages.
Professional activities include founding the Central Asian Studies Society at UChicago (2000) and serving on the Central Eurasian Studies Committee board.
Scientific awards: None documented in source materials.
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He established the Central Asian Studies Society to advance interdisciplinary research on Central Eurasia, complementing his role in the Central Eurasian Studies Committee.
