Selin Kara

Selin Kara is a historian of science with a focus on Ottoman history and currently working as a visiting researcher at École Pratique des Hautes Études - Université PSL (Funded by Ambassade de France en Turquie and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). She holds two bachelor’s degrees in both philosophy and sociology (double major) as well as a master’s degree in history of science from Ankara University. Since 2015, she has been working as a research assistant at Aksaray University, Turkey.

The project

Title: An Investigation of the French Influence on the 19th Century Ottoman Scientific Image through the Example of Hasan Tahsin (1811-1881)

Hosting institution: École Pratique des Hautes Études-Université PSL

Selective bibliography

Kara, Selin (2020). “ Bilim Tarihi Disiplinine Sınır Çizme Denemeleri: Adıvar ve Mossensohn’un Osmanlı Bilim Tarihine Bakışı”. Ozne-Science and Society Studies, No: 33, pp. 139- 158.

Kara, Selin (2020). “Development of Ottoman Printing Technology Based on Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) Theory”, STS in Turkey : Introduction to the Science and Technology Studies, Istanbul Technı̇cal University Publications, pp. 215-224.

Kara, Selin (2017). “An Investigation for the Relations between Technology and Social Change in the Contex of the Social Construction of Technology Approach”, Dort Oğe-Philosophy and History of Science Articles, V. 6, No: 12, pp. 117-131.