Doug Howard, Professor, History 
(616)526-6197
dhoward@calvin.edu
Office: Hiemenga Hall 476
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Educational background
B.A., History, Western Michigan University
M.A., History, Indiana University
Ph.D., Uralic and Altaic Studies, Indiana University
Research and professional interests
Prof. Howard has published a survey of the history of Turkey and articles on Ottoman institutional and literary history. He also has an ongoing project that will be a translation and study of a seventeenth-century Ottoman mirror for princes. But he has moved this to the back burner in order to work on writing a history of the Ottoman Empire, tentatively titled Empire of the Borderlands. It is going to be a classic.
Recent activities
During his sabbatical leave in fall 2008, Prof. Howard was a resident fellow at Collegium Budapest Institute for Advanced Study. This is a research institute located in a beautiful setting in the castle district of Budapest (Hungary). He used the time to research and write two chapters of Empire of the Borderlands. He also met people who study life on Mars. To view sabbatical photos and videos, go to this Facebook link.
Life outside of Calvin College
"I like to drink really strong coffee. I usually need to eat again at 11 a.m. My wife and I enjoy our season tickets to the Tigers on FS-Detroit. And I like to work out my blues on the piano and in writing music."
Other information
Prof. Howard is the faculty coordinator of the exchange program between Calvin and Károli Gáspár Reformed University in Budapest. Each year about eighteen Calvin students study in Budapest on Calvin's semester in Hungary program during the long, gorgeous fall semester. Three Károli students study at Calvin for the interim term.
See a partial list of Doug Howard's publications.
