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Associate Prof. Dr. Netice Yıldız graduated from the Department of English Literature and Language in the Faculty of Letters at Istanbul University in 1980. She completed her doctoral degree in the Department of Archaeology and History of Art at her alma mater in 1987 with her thesis "British-Ottoman Artistic Exchanges, 1583-1914." Since 1987, she has been teaching at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in North Cyprus. Her research interests are: the aspect of British - Ottoman artistic exchanges; Cyprus Medieval and Ottoman culture, art and architecture; western artists and the Turkish image in England; women in Cyprus through the ages; and medieval iconography in Cypriot Art. She has received many honors and awards such as a research grant of the Barakat Foundation, Oriental Research Centre, Oxford University (2000) and the Ministry of Education and Culture Funding Award for the project ′Catalogue of Illuminated Islamic Manuscripts in North Cyprus′.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yıldız has been a member of the Standing International Committee of International Congress of Turkish Arts since 1991; fellow member of BRISMES (British Society for Middle Eastern Society); member of Historian of Islamic Art (HIA); member of Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA); fellow member of Europa Nostra; Board of Antiquities and Monuments (1998-2000); and Executive Board for Centre for Woman Studies (EMU) (1998-2004) (2006- ). She has published numerous articles and proceedings on her research topics in the areas of British- Ottoman relations, and Cyprus Art History. She worked as the editor-in-chief for KADIN/WOMAN 2000, Journal for Woman Studies, a refereed and indexed journal (2000-2008).
Selected publications:
"The Vakf System in Cyprus as a Philanthropy and Religion Institution and a Special Case for Housing the Poor: The Complex of Saman Bahçe Houses in Nicosia (Cyprus)." In Religions and Philanthropy, Global Issues in Historical Perspectives, Legacy of MISP. Edited by Guiliana Gemelli, Bologna: Baskerville UniPress, 2007, pp. 217-266.
"Documents Regarding the Supplies of Dolmabahçe and Other Palaces in the Archive of the Turkish Embassy in London." In Bildiriler (Proceedings), International Symposium for the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of Dolmabahce Palace in İstanbul, organized by Milli Saraylar (National Palaces) 23-26 November 2006. Vol. I, pp.107-122.
"Osmanlı İmparatorluğu′nda İngiliz Saatleri ve Topkapı Sarayı Koleksiyonu." In Belleten, LXX, 259 (Aralık 2006). pp. 919-973 (British Clocks and Watches in Ottoman Empire and Topkapi Palace Collection)
"Wakfs in Ottoman Cyprus." In Frontiers of Ottoman Studies. Edited by Imber, Colin, Kiyotaki, Keiko, Murphey, Rhoads. Vol. 2, I.B. Tauris Publications, 2004 pp. 179-196.
"A Mark of Modernity: The Role of Turkish Cypriot Women Artists in the Evolution of Modern Art." In KADIN/WOMAN 2000. III (2) December 2003, pp.1-36.
"İngiliz Yaşamında Türk İmgesi ve Etkileri." In Türkler. Edited by Hasan Celal Güzel, Kemal Çiçek, Salim Koca. Ankara: Türkiye Yayınları, 2002, 21 Volumes, in Vol. 11, pp. 921-933. (21 Volumes, Reference section Book).
"İngiliz Kültüründe Osmanlı Etkileri." In Türkler. Edited by Hasan Celal Güzel, Kemal Çiçek, Salim Koca. Ankara: Türkiye Yayınları, 2002, Vol. 15, Part. 75, pp. 564-580. (a twenty-one-volume reference book).
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