In Memoriam: Senior Fellow Nur Yalman (1931 - 2026)

Senior Fellow Nur Yalman, also a professor of Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies (emeritus), passed away in Istanbul on June 4, 2026, at the age of 95. Nur served as a Senior Fellow since 1993. 

In the words of the Society's Chair Noah Feldman, "Nur was a brilliant and influential figure within the Society and of course in the world beyond. The only Senior Fellow to specialize in anthropology in the history of the Society, he brought his distinctive cosmopolitan ethic to bear in his conversation and habitus as he did in his writing and teaching. What Nur contributed to the Society was immeasurable but can be felt by all of us who encountered his depth, his wisdom, and his care for us and our projects and our lives."

Read the Anthropology Department's In Memoriam here.