Feza Günergun – Biodata
Professor emerita of History of Science, Feza Günergun (born Baytop in Istanbul) is originally trained as a chemical engineer and holds a PhD in medical history from Istanbul University. She acted as Head of the Department of History of Science of Istanbul University from 2001 to 2023. She is the founder of the journal Osmanlı Bilimi Araştırmaları / Studies in Ottoman Science and was its chief-editor from 1995 to 2023. Günergun’s research interests include, the transfer of modern sciences and techniques from Europe to Turkey (18th-20th c.), Turkish translations of science books, diffusion and popularization of scientific knowledge through journals, scientific instruments, science teaching in educational institutions, biographies of scientists.
Günergun is an effective member of the International Academy of the History of Science and founding member of the Turkish Society for the History of Science, and was its secretary-general between 1991-2000.
Among the books she co-edited are Introduction of Modern Science and Technology to Turkey and Japan (IRCJS, 1998, co-editor: S. Kuriyama), Science between Europe and Asia (Springer, 2011, co-editor: D. Raina), Seapower, Technology and Trade – Studies in Turkish Maritime History (Piri Reis University, 2014, co-editors: D. Couto and M.P. Pedani), Entre Trois Mers – Cartographie ottomane et française des Dardanelles et du Bosphore (Arkas, 2016, co-editor: J.-F. Pérouse), Scientific Instruments between East and West (Brill, 2019, co-editors: N. Brown, S. Ackermann). Günergun curated two exhibitions: Pursuing Knowledge - Scientific Instruments, Manuscripts and Prints form Istanbul University Collections (catalogue published in 2016) and Eduquer par l’Expérience: La Physique expérimentale au Lycée Saint-Joseph d’Istanbul (2023).
