EDUCATION
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2019-present
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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- Ph.D. in Sociology
- Supervisor: Prof. Gökçe Yurdakul
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2017-2019
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Boğaziçi University
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- M.A. in Cultural Studies
- Thesis: Negotiating Alliances: Queer People of Color and the New Wave Turkish LGBTQ Migrants in Berlin
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2009-2014
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Koç University
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- B.A. in Law (Major)
- International Relations (Minor)
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SUMMER SCHOOLS
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2021
2021
2012
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University of Oslo
New School for Social Research
U.C. Berkeley
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EMPLOYMENT AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
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June 2021 - present
September 2020 - May 2021
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
(Drittmittelfinanzierte Stellen - funded by the DeZIM Institute)
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- Doctoral Researcher (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)
- Doctoral Researcher (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)
- Project titled Getting Respect in Germany: How Immigrants from Turkey Respond to Racism in German Schools
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October 2019- May 2020
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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- Lecturer for the seminer titled "Citizenship, Borders, and Sexuality"
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May 2018-October 2019
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German American Fulbright Commission, Berlin, Germany
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- Diversity and Project Assistant for "European Fulbright Diversity Initiative"
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April 2017- April 2018
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Boğaziçi University
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- Research Assistant
- Teaching Assistant
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TEACHING
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2019-2020
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Humboldt University of Berlin
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Seminar titled: "Citizenship, Borders, and Sexuality" - Humboldt University of Berlin
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GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS (selected)
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September 2020 – January 2021
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Deutsche Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung
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Research funding for “Getting Respect in Germany: How Turkish People in Berlin Respond to Racism and Discrimination”
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October 2020
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Humboldt-Universität-Gesellschaft
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Academic event funding
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March 2020 – January 2021
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DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
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Scholarship for Particularly Engaged Doctoral Students with an Outstanding Commitment within the International Context
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2019
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European Commission & Boğaziçi University
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Erasmus+ Grant
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2020
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Conference & Travel Grant
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2009-2015
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Koç University
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Vehbi Koç Scholar
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AWARDS AND PRIZES
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2021
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Council for European Studies, Colombia University
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Gender and Sexuality Research Network Best Article Prize
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PUBLICATIONS
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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Other Academic Publications
- (2021) ““Who is afraid of the rainbow?” The Politics of LGBTQ Symbols in Turkey” Engenderings Blog, London School of Economics
- (2020) "What COVID-19 Reveals about Borders and Citizenship: Europe’s Migrants on Their Way Back Home," Witnessing Corona Series, Medizinethnologie Blog, Arbeitsgruppe Medical Anthropology in der DGSKA e.V
Op-eds and Interviews
- (2020) "Anti-Blackness in Turkish Popular Culture: Revisiting Arab Mammies, Yam-Yams, and Sexualized Black Bodies," Bianet Turkey, Independent Communication Network
- (2020) "Türkiye Popüler Kültüründe Siyah Karşıtı Irkçılık: Arap Bacılar, Yamyamlar ve Cinselleştirilmiş Siyah Bedenler," Bia Magazine, Independent Communication Network
- (2020) "Digital Clubbing: Turkish Queers Claim the Internet during COVID-19," MyKali Magazine, Vol:70
- (2019) “Szene Machen: Queer Men* of Color Berlin,” Siegessäule Magazine, Dezember 2019
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SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, DEPARTMENT AND CAMPUS
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Studierendenvortragsreihe Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Gender Studies Department
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Organizer (2019-2021)
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Queer Men* of Color Group, GLADT e.V.
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Organizer (2019-2020)
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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European Network for Queer Anthropology (ENQA)
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Board Member (2020-2022)
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European Association of Social Anthropologists
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Member (2019-present)
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Council for European Studies
- Gender and Sexuality
- Race and Racism in Europe
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Member (2020-present)
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Gesellschaft für Prostitutions- und Sexarbeitsforschung
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Member (2020-present)
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CONFERENCES (selected)
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Panel Presentations
- (2020) 40. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellshaft für Soziologie “COVID-19 and the Politics of Cure: Border Closures from the Perspective of Queer Noncitizen and Bi-national Couples in Berlin,” Berlin, Germany.
- (2020) Online Conference of Council for European Studies - Gender and Sexuality Research Network, "Strolling at the Crossroads of Sex, Gender, and Immigration: A Study of Trans* Immigrants Occupied with Street Sex Work in Berlin," University of Exeter, UK.
- (2020) Social Movements & Mobilization in Times of Global Pandemic, "Borders from Below: A Study of Trans* Immigrants Occupied with Street Sex Work in Berlin," Copenhagen Centre for Political Mobilization and Social Movement Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
- (2019) European Network for Queer Anthropologist Conference, "From Turkey to Berlin: Rethinking Queer Ethnography and Writing Against, Within, and Without,” European University Viadrina, Germany.
- (2019) Academics on the Move, "Exploring the Classroom as a Site of Collected Remembrance," Humboldt University & Touro College Berlin, Germany.
- (2017) Social Sciences Congress, "Politics of Masculinity in Canada’s Underground Cinema," Ryerson University, Canada.
Workshop Presentations
- (2019) Ph.D. Colloquium: A Masterclass with Prof. Martin F. Manalansan IV, “Negotiating Community Engagements and Alliances: Queer People of Color and Turkish Migrants in Berlin,” Humboldt University, Germany.
- (2019) Sabancı University Publication Workshop: Turkey’s Queer Times: Three Decades of LGBTQ+ Struggle in a Muslim Society, “Negotiating Community Engagements and Alliances: Queer People of Color and Turkish Migrants in Berlin,” Sabancı University, Turkey.
Organization
- (2020) SVR Breaks the Internet: Student Conference on Gender and Sexuality, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
- (2019) 65th Fulbright Berlin Seminar, European Fulbright Diversity Initiative and German American Fulbright Commission, Germany.
- (2019) 2nd European Diversity Roundtable Workshop,” European Fulbright Diversity Initiative and Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commissions, Bulgaria.
Public Talks
- (2020) “Unmasking Inequalities: Minority and Marginalized Community Responses to COVID-19” Fulbright Association
- (2020) "Queer Openings," Inaugural Workshop of the DGSKA Working Group Gender and Sexualities Queer Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.[1]
- (2019) "Gender, Cognition and Queer Theory Panel,” Istanbul University, Turkey.
Moderation
- (2020) Moderator, "State, Politics, and Gender," SVR Breaks the Internet: Student Conference on Gender and Sexuality, Germany.
- (2019) Discussant, “Aesthetics of Trauma & Violence," Sabancı University, Freie Universität Berlin & University of Ulster, Germany.
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