Berkley Center

Alparslan Acikgenc is director of postgraduate studies at Yildiz Technical University. He previously was professor of philosophy and dean at Fatih University in Istanbul, Turkey. He has also taught at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, the University of Chicago, Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization in Kuala Lumpur, and the University of Jordan. He earned his B.A. at Ankara University, his M.A. at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. He is a member of the Turkish Philosophical Association and an honorary member of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences.