Academic Events
Conference Presentations and Invited Talks
05/2022
“Grief, Pain, and Guilt: Remembering the (Im)possibilities of Collective Mourning against the Political Violence in Turkey’s Gezi Uprisings and Their Aftermath” at the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) World Convention, Online, May 2-7, 2022.
12/2021
“’Witnessing the beauty of fighting together:’ Affective Dimensions of Collective Action in Turkey’s Gezi Uprisings” at the Institute for Social Anthropology Guest Lectures, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria, December 9, 2021.
05/2021
“Affective Dimensions of Collective Action in Turkey’s Gezi Uprisings and Their Aftermath” at the Brownbag Seminar of the Centre for Southeast European Studies (CSEES), Graz, Austria, May 4, 2021.
02/2020
“The Diversity and Complexity of Violence among the Urban Poor: Spatializing Solidarity and Conflict in the Gülsuyu-Gülensu Neighborhood, Istanbul” at the International Conference “Neighborliness in Global Perspective,” Erfurt, February 12-14, 2020.
04/2019
“The War at Home: Reading the Syrian War through the Neighborhood” at the Fourth Conference of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS), Beirut, April 12-14, 2019.
06/2018
“From Bystanders to the Protagonists: Provincializing the Gezi Uprisings,” at Urban Struggles in Mediterranean Cities: The Right to the City and the Common Space International (Un)Conference, Athens, May 31-June 3, 2018.
03/2017
“The Poor of 'Gezi' and the 'Gezi' of the Poor: Affective and Emotional Dynamics for Political Participation of the Urban Poor in the Gezi Park Protests,” at the Third Conference of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS), Beirut, March 10-12, 2017.
11/2016
“Affective politics of the Gezi Park protests and their aftermath,” at Middle East Studies Association (MESA) 2016 Annual Meeting, Boston, November 17-20, 2016.
09/2015
“From Massacre to Legend, From Tradition to Future, ‘Kızıldere’ as a Living Memorial,” at Karaburun Science Congress, Izmir, September 2-6, 2015.
11/2014
“The Kızıldere Massacre in the Collective Memory of Turkey: A Research on the Commemoration Ceremonies,” at the 12th Graduate Conference of Turkish Political Science Association, Çanakkale, November 8, 2014.
09/2014
“Commemorative Practices of Revolutionary Movements in Turkey: ‘Kızıldere’ as a Realm of Memory,” at Karaburun Science Congress, Izmir, September 3-7, 2014.
04/2014
“The Potentials and Limitations of Feminist History: The Representation of Revolutionary Women of the 1960-70s in Recent Turkish History,” at Gendered Memories of War and Political Violence Young Researchers Conference, Istanbul, April 25-27, 2014.
Workshops
12/2019
“Affective Politics and Political Transformation in Turkey and Egypt,” at Freie Universität Berlin, SFB Affective Societies Teilproject Emotion and Affect within the Context of Authoritarian Transformations in Egypt and Turkey Workshop, Berlin, Germany, December 6, 2019
01/2019
“Neighbourhoods at Times of Conflicts," at Weber World Cafe organized by Max Weber Stiftung, Berlin, January 29, 2019.
05/ 2018
“The War at Home: Reading the Syrian War through the Neighbourhood,” at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) Neighbourhoods at Times of Change and Crisis Workshop, Berlin, May 17-18, 2018.
12/2015
“Political Participation, Emotion, and Affect in the Context of Sociopolitical Transformations,” at Freie Universität Berlin, SFB Affective Societies Teilproject C01 Workshop, Berlin, Germany, December 3, 2015.
10/2015
“Affective Archive Workshop,” Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, October 2015.
12/2014
“Forgetting and Remembering: Memory Culture and Politics in Turkey,” organized by Friedrich Neuman Stiftung and History Foundation, Heybeliada Istanbul, Turkey, December 5-6, 2014.