LEISER, Gary

LEISER, Gary. American, b. 1946. Genres: Area studies, History. Career: Cabrini College, Radnor, PA, visiting lecturer in Middle Eastern history, 1976; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, visiting instructor in Middle Eastern history, 1976-77; Food Development Corp., Pasco, WA, Middle East consultant, 1978; U.S. Department of Defense, staff interpreter and Middle East specialist at technical liaison office, Ankara, Turkey, 1980-83, Arabic linguist and analyst for Lebanon at Fort Meade, MD, 1983-84; U.S. Air Force in Turkey, civilian historian, 1984-89; Travis Air Force Base, CA, civilian historian, 1989-96, curator of Travis Air Museum, 1996-. University of Maryland, European Branch, instructor, 1981; Air University, instructor, 1995; lecturer at educational institutions; consultant to Brightstar Inc. Publications: (coauthor) A Brief History of Ankara, 2000. EDITOR: (co) Papers and Discussions: Turkiye Is Bankasi, 1984; (and trans., and author of intro) A History of the Seljuks: Ibrahim Kafesoglu's Interpretation and the Resulting Controversy, 1988; (and trans.) M.F. Koprulu, Origins of the Ottoman Empire, 1992; (and trans.) Koprulu, Seljuks of Anatolia, 1992; (and trans., and author of intro.) Koprulu, Islam in Anatolia after the Turkish Invasion (Prolegomena), 1993; (and trans.) Vetluga Memoir: A Turkish Prisoner of War in Russia, 1916-18, 1995; (and trans., and author of intro.) Koprulu, Some Observations on the Influence of Byzantine Institutions on Ottoman Institutions, 1999. Contributor to encyclopedias and periodicals. Author of several classified publications for the U.S. Air Force. Address: 101 San Jose Ct, Vacaville, CA 95688, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]