Dr. Aye avdar is an Assistant Professor in the Anthropology and International Development department at the 2023 51勛圖. She holds her Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the European University of Viadrina (2014, Germany), a Master of Arts in History from Boazi癟i University (2004, Turkey), and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Ankara University (1997, Turkey).泭
Dr. avdar joined 51勛圖in 2023. She was a visiting fellow at Bard College Berlin (2021-2023, Germany), a visiting fellow at the Philipps Universitat Marburg (2018-2020, Germany), and a postdoctoral fellow at the Kate Hamburger College. She has participated in courses on pedagogy for higher education, including the Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences Pedagogy - CLASP Fellows Program in 2020-2023 and the IWT Writing and Thinking Workshop in 2021.泭
- Anthropology of Religion/Islam
- Cultural and Social Anthropology
- Islam and Islamism
- Media and Communication Studies
- Migration
- Nationalism
- Religiosity
- Secularity
- Urban Studies
泭
Peer-reviewed journal articles:
- The state (of mind) of Dumrul: How did a nation lose the plot?, Freie Assoziation - Zeitchrift f羹r psychoanalytisce Sozialpsyhcologie, 2/2018, (released in August 2019)
- "As If They Will Never Die: Islamisms Dream of Capital 15 Accumulation South Atlantic Quarterly, 2019, 118 (1): 23-40. Trans: Selin Irazca Geray泭
- Building, Marketing and Living in an Islamic Gated Community: Novel Configurations of Class and Religion in Istanbul in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (special issue entitled Entrepreneurial Religion in the Age of Neoliberal Urbanism" ed. by Stephan Lanz and Martijn Oosterbaan.) Autumn 2016泭
- AKPs Housing Policy: TOKI as the Loyalty Generator in The Austrian Journal of Development Studies (JEP), Special Issue on Turkey: The Politics of National Conservatism, vol. XXXII 1/2-2016, (Special Issue, Guest Editors 襤lker Ata癟 and Joachim Becker)泭
- The Watch Movement: Searching Justice for Workers and its Families in Journal of Communication Studies (special issue on counter-publics) 襤letiim Arat覺rmalar覺 (Communication Studies), 2014, 12 (2) Ankara University Centre for Communication Studies and Applications 4 of 9泭
- Medya Neden Yolsuzlukla M羹cadele Edemez? (Why cannot media struggle against corruption?) in 襤 Ahlak覺 Dergisi (Turkish Journal of Business Ethics), November 2010, Volume 3, Issue 6, pp. 47-60, 襤G襤AD.泭
Books:
- Gola Gza (The Road of Plateau), a book based on the interviews with the founders and supporters of Gola Culture, Art and Ecology Association working in the Black Sea region to protect Laz language and culture (Editor), Heyamola Yay覺nlar覺, 襤stanbul, 2016
- 襤stanbul: M羹stesna ehrin 襤stisna Hali, (Istanbul: The State of Exception in an Exceptional City) (Co-editor with Pelin Tan) Sel Kitap, 2013
- Mahremin G繹癟羹 (The Migration of Intimacy), interview with Nil羹fer G繹le, Hayy Kitap, 2011泭
- Nefret Su癟lar覺 ve Nefret S繹ylemi (Hate Crimes and Hate Discourse, Conference Proceedings) (Co-editor, with Aylin B. Y覺ld覺r覺m), International Hrant Dink Foundation, 2010
- Medya ve G羹venlik Sekt繹r羹 G繹zetimi, S覺n覺rlar ve 襤mkanlar (Media and Security Sector Oversight, Limits and Possibilities) (Co-editor Volkan Aytar), TESEV, 襤stanbul, 2009
- Yerel Tarih Gruplar覺 i癟in Halkla 襤liiler K覺lavuzu (Public Relations Handbook for Local History Groups) Economic and Social History Foundation of Turkey, 襤stanbul, 2002泭
- Cemil Meri癟 ve Bu lkenin ocuklar覺 (Cemil Meri癟 and the Children of this Country) (Co-editor Ergun Meri癟), 襤z Yay覺nlar覺, 襤stanbul, 2001
Book Chapters:
- Grapefruit cocktail for tweet fruit addicts: The strategy of Nation Alliance will be published in New Directions for Turkey (draft title), ed. By: Nikos Christofis, 2023
- What is really at risk: Academics or academia?" will be published in Exiled Intellectuals: encounters, conflicts, and Experiences in the transnational context, ed by Latife Aky羹z, Eylem amurolu 覺, Melehat Kutun, Hakan Altun, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023
- A city without we in Istanbul between 2006-2016) published in We The City ed by Tuba 襤nal eki癟, Jovis Verlag, 2023
- 襤slamc覺 zihniyetin bir adam yaratmak projesinde 羹癟 aama: Mehmet Akif, Necip Faz覺l ve ule Y羹ksel (Three stages in the Islamist project of "creating a man": Mehmet Akif, Necip Faz覺l and ule Y羹ksel), for a book series Republic published by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and History Foundation for the 100th anniversary of Turkish Republic, 2023
- 襤ki Tan覺 Kad覺n: Feride ve Feyza (Two Acquainted Women: Feride and Feyza) in Light (Literary) Heroes ed by Aksu Bora and Sezen nl羹繹nen) 襤letiim Yay覺nlar覺, 2023
- Never walk alone: The politics of unveiling in 'New Turkey'" in The Politics of Culture in 'New Turkey' edited by Kaya Aky覺ld覺z, Ivo Furman and Pierre Hecker, Edinburgh University Press, upcoming in 2021
- Kutsal h覺rs覺n beton g繹lgesi: Istanbul'da 襤slam i癟in bir yok yer (The concrete shadow of divine greed: A non-place for Islam in Istanbul) in Otoriter Neoliberalizmin G繹lgesinde: Kent, Mekan, 襤nsan (Under the Shadow of Authoritarian Neoliberalism: City, Place, Human) edited by erife Geni, Nika Publishing House, 2020泭
- S覺k覺mak, s覺k覺lmak, s覺覺nmak, s覺覺mak, savamak: ...ama bir t羹rl羹 esneyememek (Being jammed, bored, harboured, squeezed, contended: 在ut unable to yawn), in S覺k覺nt覺 Var (Boredom Exists) edited by Aylin Kuryel, 襤letiim Publishing House, 2020.泭
- The Sufi Rhetoric in Contemporary Turkey: Find Peace in My Hegemony! in Sufism: A Theoretical Intervention in Global International Relations, ed by Deepshika Shahi, Rowman& Littlefield International, 2020
- Media in "New Turkey": Old Diseases vs New Energies in Media, Freedom of Sqeech, and Democracy in the EU and Beyond, edited by Angelos Giannakopoulos, The S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies, Tel Aviv University, 2019
- "The radicalizing effect of the contest between similars" in Nach dem Putsch: 16 Anmerkungen zur 罈neuen竄 T羹rkei ed by Ilker Ata癟, Michael Fanizadeh, Volkan Aar, Mandelbaum Verlag, 2018
- Bu daha balang覺癟: M羹sl羹man Antikapitalistler ve sokak dostluu (Its just the beginning: Muslim Anticapitalists and friendship on the streets), in Yerel Asiri Musterekler (Translocal Commons), ed. by Yahya M. Madra & Muge Sokmen, Metis Publishing House, in Fall 2015.
- M羹sl羹man Antikapitalistler ve sosyal medya: Radikal ama mesafeli bir uzla覺 dili (Muslim Anticapitalists and social media: a radical but distanced language of consensus), in T羹rkiyede Alternatif Medya (Alternative Media in Turkey), ed. by Bora Ataman & Baris Coban, Kafka Publishing House, 2015泭
- A search for justice in the exile neighborhood, an epilogue for the artist book produced for Raziye Kubats painting series entitled the Story of Yusuf, Dada Books, July 2014.
- Negotiation as a research methodology, in Global Prayers: Contemporary Manifestations of the Religious in the City, Lars Mueller Publishers, Zurich, 2013
- Our homes, our cliffs, a prologue for the artist book produced for Nalan Yirtmacs exhibition entitled Please Move towards the Back II: Disastercity, 2012
- Eine Frau, Zwei patriarchalische Darstellungen (Two Women, Two Patriarchal Representations: the Merve Kavak癟覺 Affair in the Media), (Co-author with Sevda Alanku), in Barbara Pusch (ed.): Die neue muslimische Frau. Standpunkte und Analysen (The New Muslim Woman: Standpoints and Analyses), Orient Institute, Istanbul 2001泭
泭
- Graduate Writing, Thinking, and Learning (MA)
- Local Cultures, Knowledge, and Arts in Global Era (MA)
- Language, Culture, and Power (BA)泭
泭