Erdem UçarAcademic Positions
2020–present
Research Fellow — Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
2011–2016
Associate Professor — Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Gediz University, İzmir, Türkiye
2001–2011
Research Assistant — Institute of Turkic World Studies, Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye
Education
2003–2009
Ph.D. in Turcology (Dr. phil.) — Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye
2001–2003
Master of Education in Turcology — Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye
1996–2000
Bachelor of Education in Turcology — Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye
Editorial Experience
2017–present
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Old Turkic Studies (JOTS)
Published on DergiPark from 2017 to 2025 in Türkiye; published by Franz Steiner Verlag from 2027 onward.
Published on DergiPark from 2017 to 2025 in Türkiye; published by Franz Steiner Verlag from 2027 onward.
Peer Review and Academic Evaluation
Peer Reviewer
Archiv Orientální (ArOr)
Central Asiatic Journal (CAJ)
Digital Humanities Quarterly (DHQ)
Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD)
Journal of Turkic & Uyghur Studies (National University of Mongolia)
External Expert / Remote Evaluator
European Research Council (ERC), Peer Review of Grant Proposals, 2025 Calls
Research Interests
Old Turkic philology · Orkhon runic inscriptions · pre-Islamic Turkic literature and textual traditions · Islamic Turkic literature · Old Uyghur Buddhist and Manichaean literature · historical Turkic lexicography · Turkic writing systems · digital humanities · pre-Ottoman literature · modern Turkish and Turkic languages