Justin McCarthy (American historian)

Justin A. McCarthy
Born (1945-10-19) October 19, 1945 (age 78)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
AwardsOrder of Merit of Turkey (1998)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California at Los Angeles
Academic work
Sub-disciplineHistories of the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans
InstitutionsUniversity of Louisville

Justin A. McCarthy (born October 19, 1945) is an American demographer, former professor of history at the University of Louisville, in Louisville, Kentucky. He holds an honorary doctorate from Boğaziçi University (Turkey), was awarded the Order of Merit of Turkey (in 1998), and is a board member of the Institute of Turkish Studies[1][2] and the Center for Eurasian Studies (AVIM).[3] His area of expertise is the history of the late Ottoman Empire.[4][5]

McCarthy's work has faced harsh criticism by many scholars who have characterized McCarthy's views defending Turkish atrocities against Armenians as genocide denial.[6][7][8][9] Hans-Lukas Kieser considers that McCarthy has "an indefensible bias toward the Turkish official position."[10]

  1. ^ MacDonald, David B. Identity Politics in the Age of Genocide: the Holocaust and Historical Representation. London: Routledge, 2008, p. 121. ISBN 0-415-43061-5.
  2. ^ "Board of Governors". Institute of Turkish Studies. 2008-11-04. Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
  3. ^ "Advisory Board". avim.org.tr. Center for Eurasian Studies.
  4. ^ Justin McCarthy. Home page of another academic with whom he served in the Peace Corps.
  5. ^ "University of Louisville :: The Expert Source :: Expert Details". Archived from the original on 2010-06-05. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
  6. ^ Auron, Yair. The Banality of Denial: Israel and the Armenian Genocide. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2003, p. 248.
  7. ^ Charny, Israel W. Encyclopedia of Genocide, Vol. 2. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 1999, p. 163.
  8. ^ Dadrian, Vahakn N. "Ottoman Archives and the Armenian Genocide" in The Armenian Genocide: History, Politics, Ethics. Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.) New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 1992, p. 284.
  9. ^ Hovannisian, Richard G. "Denial of the Armenian Genocide in Comparison with Holocaust Denial" in Remembrance and Denial: The Case of the Armenian Genocide. Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.) Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1999, p. 210.
  10. ^ Kieser, Hans-Lukas; Oktem, Kerem; Reinkowski, Maurus (2015). "Introduction". World War I and the End of the Ottomans: From the Balkan Wars to the Armenian Genocide. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85772-744-2.