Prof. Dr. Ramazan Şeşen is a leading scholar and author on the history of sciences, history of Islamic states, geographical and travel literature, and internationally recognized specialist of studies on Islamic historical manuscripts. He worked as faculty member in the Departments of History of Istanbul University and Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in different periods, and as the Head of IRCICA’s Bibliographies and Manuscripts Department from 1982 to 2000. Prof. Şeşen has authored 45 to 50 books until now; he wrote numerous articles, including twenty-six entries in the Turkish Diyanet Foundation’s İslam Ansiklopedisi, and translated works from Arabic into Turkish. During his tenure at IRCICA, he directed teams of experts for large-scale research and bibliographic projects such as the 18-volume series titled History of Ottoman Scientific Literature and several research works and catalogues of libraries with historical collections.
