Justin McCarthy (American historian)
Justin A. McCarthy | |
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| Born | October 19, 1945 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Awards | Order of Merit of Turkey (1998) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of California at Los Angeles |
| Academic work | |
| Sub-discipline | Histories of the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans |
| Institutions | University 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 and the Center for Eurasian Studies (AVIM). His area of expertise is the history of the late Ottoman Empire.
McCarthy's work has faced harsh criticism by many scholars who have characterized McCarthy's views defending Turkish atrocities against Armenians as genocide denial.