Dissertation: “The Hands that Rock the Cradle will Rise: Woman, Gender, and Revolution in Ottoman Turkey, 1908-1918”
MA (2003)
Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona
Thesis: “The Problem of Identity within the Ottoman Elite, 1900-1918”
BS (2001)
History, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Minor: Sociology
EMPLOYMENT
Assist. Professor
TOBB ETU, Ankara-Turkey, 2012-…
Assist. Professor
History, SUNY New Paltz, 2010-2012
Instructor & Graduate Assistant
History, University of Arizona, 2003-2009
Grad. Assistant
Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, 2001-2003
Visiting Inst.
History, METU, Ankara-Turkey, Summer 2007
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Forthcoming
“Constitutionalism as a Solution to Despotism and Imperialism: The Iranian Revolution of 1905-1911 from the Ottomans’ Perspective”
Published
“The Formation of a Counter Public through Women’s Press in the Late Ottoman Empire,” İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi 12/2 (2015): 41-72.
Published
“The Sky is the Limit: Feminism, Nationalism, Modernity, and Turkish Historiography,” International Journal of Turkish Studies, Vol.20, Nos.1&2 (October, 2014): 85-101.
Published
“Birinci Dünya Savaşı ve Kadınlar,” Kılavuz 50 (June 2014): 30-37.
Published
“Reconstructing the History of the Constitutional Era in Ottoman Turkey through Women’s Periodicals,” Aspasia: The International Yearbook of Central, Eastern, Southeastern European Women’s and Gender History 5 (June, 2011): 92-111.
Book Chapters
Published
"Call to the Rescue: World War I Through the Eyes of Women," War and Collapse: World War I and the Ottoman State, ed. Feroz Ahmad and Hakan Yavuz, University of Utah Press, 2016: 405-426.
Published
“Aydınlanma ve Kadın” (Enlightenment and Woman), Aydınlanma Felsefesi (Philosophy of Enlightenment), ed.Menderes Çınar, Atatürk Üniversitesi Açıköğretim Fakültesi Yayınları, 2015.
Published
“Fighting on Two Fronts: The Balkan Wars and the Struggle for Women’s Rights in Ottoman Turkey,” War and Nationalism, eds. Isa Blumi and Hakan Yavuz, University of Utah Press, 2013: 298-315.
Encyclopedic Entries
Published
“Young Turks,” Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, eds. Edward Ramsamy, Andrea L. Stanton, Peter J. Seybolt, and Carolyn Elliott. Sage Publications, 2012, Part II: 231-232.
Book Reviews
Published
“The Life and Times of the Shah, by Gholam Reza Afkhami.” The Historian 73, 2 (June, 2011): 319-320.
Published
“Confrontation at Lepanto: Christendom vs. Islam, by T.C.F Hopkins.” The Historian 70, 1 (Mar 2008): 163-164.
Translations (to Turkish)
Published
James Ellsworth De Kay, 1831-1832 Türkiye’sinden Görüntüler (Sketches of Turkey in 1831 and 1832), Ankara: METU Press, 2009.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“The Day Has Finally Arrived: Women’s Participation in the Elections of 1930 and 1935,” Middle East Studies Association Convention, Boston, November 17-20, 2016.
“Riding the Waves of Change: Women in the Constitutional Revolutions in Qajar Iran and Ottoman Turkey,” Fourth World Congress for Middle East Studies, Ankara, August 18-22, 2014.
“Conflicting Interpretations of the Past and Competing Visions of the Future: Early Republican Responses to the Collapse of the Ottoman Empire,” The Collapse of Ottoman and Austria-Hungarian Empires: Patterns and Legacies,” Vienna, January 16-17, 2014.
“A Strong Ally or a Possible Threat?: Iranian Perceptions of Kemalist Turkey,” Middle East Studies Association Convention, New Orleans, October 10-13, 2013.
“Changing Identities of the Turkish Women Intellectuals after the Balkan Wars,” The Centenary of the Balkan Wars (1912-1913): Contested Stances, METU, May 23-24, 2013.
“Call to the Rescue: World War I Through the Eyes of Women,” The Ottoman Empire and World War I, Sarajevo, May 16-19, 2012.
"Origins of the Turkish Women's Movement," Women’s Studies Colloquium, SUNY New Paltz, November 29, 2011.
“The Balkan Wars and the Turkish Women’s Movement,” The Lasting Socio-Political Impacts of the Balkan Wars, University of Utah, May 5-8, 2011.
“The Emergence of Political Diversity in Turkey,” Diversity in the Middle East: Commonalities and Polarities, SUNY New Paltz, April 21, 2011.
“Aziz Haydar: An Ottoman Woman Refusing To Be Silenced,” Middle East Studies Association Convention, Boston, November 21-24, 2009.
“Reconstructing the History of the Constitutional Era Through Women’s Periodicals,” Problem of Sources in Women’s Memory, Women’s Library and Information Center, Istanbul, Turkey, April 17-19, 2009.
“The Sky is the Limit: The First Turkish Woman to Fly and the Debate Surrounding Her Flight,” 9th Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, March 25-27, 2009.
“The Iranian Revolution in the Ottoman Press,” Commemorating the Constitution, 1906-2006: State-Building and Global Responses to Iranian Constitutionalism, University of Pennsylvania, March 24-25, 2006.
“The Problem of Identity within the Ottoman Elite, 1908-1918,” 5th Annual Graduate Student Forum, University of Arizona, April 15, 2004.
“The ‘Woman Issue’ in the Context of the Identity Crisis within the Ottoman Elite, 1908-1918,” 6th Annual Middle East Studies Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara, March 14, 2004.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor (TOBB ETU)
TAR 324 Social and Economic History of the Ottoman Empire
TAR 326 Intellectual Movements in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th Century
TAR 328 History of Turkish Modernization
TAR 325 US History
TAR 361 Seminar in History
TAR 395-396 Vocational English I-II
TAR 452 History of the Middle East
TAR 466 Seminar in Historical Concepts
Instructor (SUNY New Paltz)
HIS393 The Ottoman Empire
HIS340 Iran
HIS244 Middle East Since 1798
HIS243 Middle East Until 1798
Instructor/Lecturer (University of Arizona)
HIST495E Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East and North Africa
HIST479 Ottoman Empire to 1800
HIST445 Women in Islamic History
HIST414 History of the Modern Middle East
TRAD101 Middle Eastern Humanities
Instructor Middle East Technical University
HIST414 History of the Modern Middle East
Teaching Assistant (University of Arizona)
TURK401: Intermediate Turkish
TURK101: Beginning Turkish
TRAD101: Middle Eastern Humanities
INDV103: What is Politics?
TRAD103: Making of American Culture, 1607-1877
HIST 450: American Foreign Relations Since 1914
HIST332: Vietnam and the Cold War
HIST254: History of Women in the United States: 1890 to Present
Research Assistant (University of Arizona)
Book Project of Professor Linda T. Darling: A history of social justice and political power in the Middle East: the Circle of Justice from Mesopotamia to globalization (New York: Routledge, 2012)
SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Panel Organizer
“Women as Agents and Symbols of Change in Early Twentieth Century Turkey”, Middle East Studies Association Convention, Boston, November 17-20 2016.
Panel Chair
“Early Modern Turkish Republic,” Middle East Studies Association Convention, Boston, November 17-20 2016.
Panel Participant
“Women in the First World War”, Belgrade, March 18-19, 2016.
Guest Lecturer
“Erkekler Hakikaten Hürriyetperver midirler?: 1908 Devrimi ve Kadın Hakları Mücadelesi (Are Men Really Advocates of Freedom?: The Revolution of 1908 and the Struggle for Women’s Rights), History Foundation, Ankara, April 18, 2014.
Guest Lecturer
"Origins of the Turkish Women's Movement," Women’s Studies Colloquium, SUNY New Paltz, November 29, 2011.
Panel Chair
“Body and Soul in Late Ottoman Times,” Middle East Studies Association Convention, New Orleans, October 10-13, 2013.
Co-organizer
“Political Diversity in Turkey,” SUNY New Paltz, April 2011.
Panel Chair
“Gender, Family and Sexuality in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey,” Middle East Studies Association Convention, San Diego, November 18-21, 2010.
Panel Organizer
“Unheard Ottoman Voices: Minorities, Subalterns and the National Narrative,” Middle East Studies Association Convention, Boston, November 21-24, 2009.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Grant Reviewer
TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), 2016.
Article Reviewer
Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2016.
Article Reviewer
Kadın/Woman 2000 –Journal for Women’s Studies, 2015.
Erasmus Coordinator
Department of History, TOBB University of Economics and Technology
History Department Representative
Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate, SUNY New Paltz, 2010-2011.
Executive Board
Center for Middle Eastern Dialogue, SUNY New Paltz, 2010-2011.
Organization Committee
“Diversity in the Middle East: Commonalities and Polarities,” SUNY New Paltz, April 21, 2011.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Middle East Studies Association
Association for Middle East Women’s Studies
International Society for Iranian Studies
HONORS, AWARDS, and GRANTS
2009
Graduate and Professional Student Council Travel Grant
2009
Center for Middle Eastern Studies Travel Grant
2008
Graduate and Professional Student Council Travel Grant
2008
Center for Middle Eastern Studies Travel Grant
2008
Department of History Travel Grant
2007
Richard A. Cosgrove Graduate Award
2007
Emery and Ann Johnson Scholarship
2006
Graduate and Professional Student Council Travel Grant
2006
Department of History Travel Grant
2005
Barbara Payne Robinson Fellowship
2005
John Rockfellow Fellowship
2003-2008
Graduate Scholarship, Department of History, University of Arizona
2001-2003
Graduate Scholarship, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona
1997-2001
Top Ranking High Honor Student, Department of History, Middle East Technical University
