SELİM SIRRI KURU

Associate Professor

University of Washington,
Near Eastern Languages of Literatures

Box: 353120, Seattle, WA 98195

selims@u.washington.edu

http://faculty.washington.edu/selims

 

  

 

 

I. EDUCATION

 

2000                                        Ph.D., Near Eastern Languages and Literatures,

                                                Harvard University, Cambridge MA, 2000

                                                Major Fields: Ottoman and Modern Turkish Language and Literatures, Old Turkic

                                                Minor Fields: Anatolian Turkish History, Classical Persian Literature

 

1993                                        M. A., Institute of Social Sciences,

                                                Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey, 1993

                                                Major Fields: Ottoman and Modern Turkish Languages, Chagatai Turkic Language

 

1999                                       

                                                B.A., Turkish Language and Literature Department,

                                                Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey, 1990

                                                Faculty of Arts and Sciences

                                                Major Fields: Ottoman and modern Turkish language and literature

                                                Minor Fields: Linguistics, English Literature

 

 

II. LANGUAGES

 

Classical Languages: Ottoman Turkish, Chagatai, Persian, Arabic

Modern Languages: Native Turkish speaker, English, Persian (Reading), German (Reading), French (Reading).

 

III. M. A. Thesis Title           “Bir Deh-nâme Örneği Olarak Ta’aşşuk-nâme ve Eserdeki Ki’li Yantümceler.” [Edition of a work of poetry in Chagatai language and analysis of certain clause constructions used in it].

 

IV. Ph.D. Dissertation Title  “A sixteenth century Ottoman scholar, Deli Birader and his work Dāfi‘ü’l-ġumūm and rāfi‘ü’l-humūm.”

 

V. EMPLOYMENT

 

2007                                        University of Washington, Seattle, WA

                                                Associate Professor

                                                Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

                                                Near and Middle Eastern Studies Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program

                                                           

2000- 2007                              University of Washington, Seattle, WA

                                                Assistant Professor

                                                Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

                                                Near and Middle Eastern Studies Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program

                                               

1999-2000                               University of Washington, Seattle, WA

                                                Acting Assistant Professor

                                                Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

 

1997-98, 2000, 2002-Present  Harvard and Koç Universities Intensive Ottoman Summer School, Ayvalik, Turkey

                                                Instructor, Co-director

 

2005 Spring                             Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey

                                                Invited Lecturer

 

2004 Fall                                  Turkish Language and Literature Department Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey

                                                Invited Lecturer

 

1999-1998                               Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

                                                Lecturer

                                                Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

 

1995-1999                               Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

                                                Graduate Teaching Assistant

                                                Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

 

1992-1994                               Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey

                                                Research Assistant

                                                Turkish Language and Literature Department

                                               

 

VI. RELATED PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

 

2005                                        American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT)

                                                Reviewer

                                                Reviewed Boğaziçi University Summer School for Turkish Language Program; conducted interviews with teachers and ARIT students, visited classrooms, and wrote a report for ARIT.

 

1997- Present                          Ottoman Studies Foundation

                                                Committee Member

                                                Actively involved in the organization and direction of the Ottoman Summer School; wrote reports for fundraising efforts.

 

1996-1997                               Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

                                                Cataloguer

                                                Widener Library, Middle Eastern Division.

                                                Cataloguing and consulting the purchase of, Turkish, Ottoman and Modern Uighur books and serials.

 

1994-1999                               Journal of Turkish Studies, Cambridge MA: Harvard University.

                                                Managing Editor.

                                                Edited and proof-read submitted articles of this annual publication.

 

1991-1992                               Turgut Publication Company, İstanbul, Turkey.

                                                Editor for Turkish and Publication coordinator,

                                                Turkish editions of JAMA publications, Modern Medicine, Archives of Internal Medicine, Archives of Pediatrics.

                                               

1989-1991                               TAYA Organization and Publication Company.

                                                Editorial

                                                TÜRSAB Magazine, Incentive Guide 1991 and Incentive Guide 1992 Expertise on the traveling agencies and tourist sites of Turkey and writing news articles on tourism policies in Turkey (June 1989- June1992)

 

VI. PUBLICATIONS

 

A. Monographs

 

1. Unruly Desires Unspeakable Words: Life and Works of the Sixteenth Century Poet Gazali and translation of the Book That Repels Sorrow and Removes Anxiety. Submitted to Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs Series (Cambridge, Mass).

 

2. Dāfi´ü’l-gumūm rāfi´ü’l- humūm, a Sixteenth-century Ottoman Turkish work by Gazali: Critical edition and analysis. Accepted for publication in 2007 by the Sources of Oriental Languages and Literatures series (Cambridge, MA: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, Harvard University).

 

3. Intermediate Ottoman Reader. Sources of Oriental Languages and Literatures series (Cambridge, MA: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, Harvard University) accepted for publication.

 

4. An Annotated Catalogue of Ottoman Şehrengiz Texts. In Preparation with Barış Karacasu.

 

5. In the Beauty of A Boy: Birth and Death of a Genre (Şehr-engīz) in Ottoman Literature. In Preparation.

 

B. Edited Works

 

1. In Memoriam Şinasi Tekin. Special Issue, Journal of Turkish Studies 31 (forthcoming in 2007) Co-edited with Yücel Dağlı, George Dedes.

 

2. Eski Türk Edebiyatına Modern Yaklaşımlar [Modern Approaches to Classical Turkish Literature]. Co-edited with H. Aynur, M. Çakır, H. Koncu (İstanbul: Turkuaz Yayınları 2007).

 

3. Sözden yazıya: edebiyat incelemeleri [Spoken into Written: literary essays]. Co-edited with Erol Köroglu (Istanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, 1994).

 

C. Articles in Journals (* Peer Reviewed Journals)

 

1.  2007     * “Sex in the Text: Deli Birader and Ottoman Literary Canon,” Middle Eastern Literatures 10:2 (2007):157-174..

 

2.  2004     “Şiirin Aynasında: İshak Çelebi’nin şiiri hakkında değinmeler [In the mirror of poetry: Preliminary thoughts on İshak Çelebi’s poetry],” Yasak Meyve 11 (November-December 2004):60-63.

 

 3.  2004    * “Sevgiliye Mektuplar: Diğer deh-nāmeler ışığında Seydi Ahmed Mirza’nın Ta‘aşşuk-nâme’si [Letters to the Beloved: Seydi Ahmet Mirza’s Taaşşuk-name under the light of other deh-names],” Journal of Turkish Studies 28:4 (2004): 109-125.

 

4.  2001     “Kötü kadınlar, aptal oğlanlar, masum hayvanlar: Osmanlı’da bir erkeğin cinsellik nesneleri, [Wicked women, stupid boys, innocent animals: Possible sexual objects of a man in the early modern Ottoman Empire]” Tarih ve Toplum (May 2001):36-40.

 

5.  1994     “Mustafa Nihat Özön, ‘Yüz senelik gazeteciliğimiz’,” Müteferrika (Summer 1994): 3-47. Edition of a series of articles on history of printing in the Ottoman Empire, with introduction, transcription and annotations.

 

D. Articles in Books (*Invited)

 

1.    2008      “İshak Çelebi’nin Hayatı ve “Üsküp Şehrengizi” Etrafında Düşünceler [“L’fe story of Ishak Celebi and notes on his work ‘Beauties of Skopje’” Kritik Eleştiri 1 (March 2008): 88-101.

 

2.    2008      “Fuat Köprülü ve eski edebiyat II: Mazinin yeniden kuruluşu,” in Eski Türk Edebiyatına Modern Yaklaşımlar II ed. by H. Aynur, M. Çakır, H. Koncu, S. Kuru (İstanbul: Turkuaz Yayınları 2008): 21-30.   

 

3.    2007      “Fuat Köprülü ve Eski Edebiyat I: Sürekli bir Gelecek Adına Mazinin İnkarı,” in Eski Türk Edebiyatına Modern Yaklaşımlar I ed. by H. Aynur, M. Çakır, H. Koncu, S. Kuru (İstanbul: Turkuaz Yayınları 2007):221-242.

 

4.    2007      * “Naming the Beloved in Ottoman Turkish Gazel: The Case of İshak Çelebi (d. 1537/8),” in Ghazal as World Literature II. From a Literary Genre to a Great Tradition. The Ottoman Gazel in Context. ed. by in Angelika Neuwirth, Michael Hess, Judith Pfeiffer & Boerte Sagaster, Beiruter Texte und Studien 84. (Beirut/Würzburg 2007):163-173

 

5.    2005       * “Bir Dilin Derinlerinde: Şinasi Tekin’in Eserlerine bir Yaklaşım Denemesi [In the Depths of a Language: A Preliminary Approach to Şinasi Tekin’s Works]” in Şinasi Tekin’in Anısına: Uygurlardan Osmanlıya ed. by Günay Kut and Fatma Büyükkarcı (İstanbul:Simurg Kitapçılık, 2005):74-86.

 

6.    2005                                    * “Biçimin Kıskacında Bir Mesnevi: Enderunlu Fazıl ve Defter-i Aşk Adlı Mesnevisi [A Narrative Poem in the Straightjacket of Form: Fazıl of Enderun and his Narrative Poem ‘Love’s Register’ (Analysis and Textual edition)]” in Şinasi Tekin’in Anısına: Uygurlardan Osmanlıya ed. by Günay Kut and Fatma Büyükkarcı (İstanbul:Simurg Kitapçılık, 2005):476-506.

 

7.    5. 1994                                “Bir Zemin Yaratmak: Türk Dilinin Yeniden Kurgulanışı [Creating a Ground: Reconstruction of Turkish Language],” in Sözden yazıya: edebiyat incelemeleri, ed. S. Kuru and Erol Köroğlu (İstanbul: Boġaziçi Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü 1994):63-71.

 

E. Encyclopedia Articles

 

1. 2007      “Sünbül-zâde Vehbî” accepted for publication by the Diyanet Vakfi Islam Ansiklopedisi (Istanbul 2007).

 

2. 2006      “Deli Birader,” accepted for publication by the Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature (London: Routledge 2006).

 

3.  2006     “Attila İlhan,” accepted for publication by the Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature (London: Routledge 2006).

 

4. 2006      “Women, Gender and representations of Sexualities and Gender in Poetry and Prose: Pre-Modern, Including Courtly Poetry and Prose: Turkish,” accepted for publication by the Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures 6 (Leiden: Brill Fall 2006).

 

 5. 2006     “Women, Gender and Love: Modern Discourses: Ottoman,” in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (Leiden: Brill 2006): 234-235.

 

6.  2002     “Modern Turkish Literature,” Encyclopedia of Modern Asia 3 (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 2002): 514-517.

 

F. Conference Proceedings

 

1.  “Lami’i Çelebi’nin Gözüyle Bursa [Bursa through the Eye of Lami’i Chelebi],” in Osman Gazi ve Bursa Sempozyumu Bildiri Kitabı, ed. by Cafer Çiftçi (Bursa: Osmangazi Belediyesi, 2005):215-224.

 

 2.  “Latifi Tezkiresinde Mutasavvıflar [Mystic Poets in the Biographical Dictionary of Latifi]” Dünden Bugüne Bursa: Bursa Tasavvuf Sempozyumu 3 (Bursa: Bursa Kültür Sanat ve Turizm Vakfı Yayınları, 2004):197-202.

 

G. Articles in Progress

 

1.    “16th Century Ottoman Literature,” [A chapter for the Cambridge History of Turkey  2]

 

2.    “Beauties of the City in Spring: Reading Mesihi’s Şehrengiz,” [A new critical edition and analysis of an early 16th century Ottoman narrative poem].

 

3.    “Slippery Grounds: Ottoman Bath-houses and Ottoman Turkish Literature,” [A documentation and critical analysis of bathhouses as public spaces in the Ottoman Empire starting from 15th century until early 20th century.]

 

4.    “Varvari Ali Paşa’s Autobiography in Verse,” [Edition of an early 17th century Ottoman narrative poem in collaboration with Gülşah Taşkın.]

 

H. Book Reviews

 

1. 2003      Review of, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Time Regulation Institute translated by Ender Gürol. In Edebiyat 13:2 (Fall 2003): 258-260

2. 1999      Review of, Walter Andrews, Najat Black, and Mehmet Kalpakli, Ottoman Lyric Poetry: An Anthology. In Turkish Studies Association Bulletin (Spring 1999):79-80.

3. 1999      Review of, Victoria Holbrook, Unreadable Shores of Love. "Divan edebiyatinin kıyılarında" [], Virgül (January 1999):7-10.

4. 1993      Review of Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum. "Eco’nun romanı, romanın ekosu: Foucault Sarkacı, (The novel of Eco, echo of novel: Foucault’s Pendulum," Kitap Gazetesi s.16 (January 1993): 9.

 

 

VII. LECTURES

 

A. Invited Lectures

 

 

1. 2005      “Mesihi’nin Şehrengizi’ni Yeniden Okumak: [Re-reading Mesihi’s Şehrengiz]” Boğaziçi University, Turkish Language and Literature Department Seminar Series, (April 14).

 

2. 2005      “Osmanlı Şiirinde Güzel Oğlanların Yükselişi ve Düşüşü [The Rise and Fall of Beautiful Boys in Ottoman Poetry],” Sabancı Üniversitesi School of Arts and Social Sciences (April 7)

 

3. 2005      “Lami’i Çelebi’nin Gözüyle Bursa [Bursa through the Eye of Lami’i Chelebi],” Bursa, Osman Gazi ve Bursa Sempozyumu (April 3).

 

4. 2004      “Latifi Tezkiresinde Mutasavvıflar [Sufis in the Biographical Dictionary by Latifi],” Bursa Tasavvuf Sempozyumu, Bursa, Turkey (October 22).

 

5. 2004      “City as the Mirror of Beloveds: The Case of Ottoman Shehrengiz," Berlin Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin, Germany (May 26).

 

6. 2004      “Possibilities of Love: Chronicle of Love and Ottoman Modernity,” Turkish Studies Talk, NES Colloquium Series, University of Arizona (March 24).

 

7. 2001      “Sex in the Text: Classification of objects of sex from the pen of an Ottoman müderris,” Gender in the Middle East Seminar Series, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University (February 21).

 

8. 2000      “Presenting Turkey: Turkish literature in English” Middle Eastern Literature and the World: Literary Encounters, Washington University, St. Louis (6-8 October 2000).

 

9. 1997      “On the Margins of the Canon: Deli Birader, Scholar and Author in the Sixteenth-century Ottoman Empire,” University of Washington, Seattle (April 27, 1997).

 

10. 1994    “The Women of the World: an Ottoman Poet’s Perspective" Harvard University, NELC Student Colloquim, (November 1, 1994).

 

B. Conference Papers and Organized Panel

 

1.         2008    “Aşkın Halleri: Mesnevi ve Aşk [Modes of Love: Lyric narratives and love]”. Eski Edebiyata Yeni Yaklaşımlar [New Approaches to An Old Literature], Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Turkey (April 23).

 

2.      2007    “Love and Punishment: Representations of Desire among Learned Men in 16th century Ottoman Empire,” in the workshop Sexualities in the Middle East, Harvard University (December 7).

 

3.      2007    “Fuat Köprülü ve Eski Edebiyat II: Cumhuriyet Dönemi Yazıları [Fuat Köprülü and Classical Literature II: Republican Period,” in the conference Eski Türk Edebiyatına Modern Yaklaşımlar II [Modern Approaches to Classical Turkish Literature] Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar University, İstanbul (April 24)

 

4.      2007    “Persian Roses in Turkish Gardens: Writing in Persian in the Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Court,” Renaissance in an Islamic Context. American Historical Association Annual Meeting (January 6).

 

5.      2006    “Beauty Leads Us There: The Mi'raj and Its Function in Ottoman Lyric Romances,” The Prophet Muhammad's Ascension (Mi'raj) in Turkic Literary and Cultural Traditions.  Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting 2006 (November 19).

 

6.      2006    “Evaluating Composition Assignments,” in AATT Workshop Teachign Turkish Writing at All Levels: The Why and the How Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting 2006 (November 19).

 

7.      2006    “Literary Beginnings: Ottoman Literary Biography and Literature,” in A Symposium on Ottoman Primary Sources Harvard University Ottoman and Turkish Studies Program (November 16-17).

 

8.      2006    “Modern Bir Tarihçi Eski Bir Edebiyat: Fuat Köprülü’nün Kaleminden Harabat Erenleri [A Modern Historian and an Old Literature: The Mystics of the Tavern of Ruins by Fuat Köprülü]” in the conference Eski Türk Edebiyatına Modern Yaklaşımlar I [Modern Approaches to Classical Turkish Literature] Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar University, İstanbul (April 24).

 

9.      2004    “Reading Ottoman Turkish Literature from the Margins,” in the Panel Writing a Literary History of Ottoman Literature Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting 2004 (November 21).

 

10.  2003    “Modernizing Sacred Love: Enderunlu Fazil's 'Love's Register' and Poetics of Ottoman Modernity,” Focal Points and Critical Perspectives in Turkish Literature Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting 2003 (November 9).

 

11.  2002    “Compositions of Power: Ottoman Cultural Studies in the Northwest,” organized this graduate student panel for the interdisciplinary graduate student conference titled Frontiers: Literature, Religion, and Empire at the University of British Columbia (May 9-10).

 

12.  2002    “Turkish Language Text-books: The case of Engin Sezer’s Yaşayan Türkçe,” in AATT workshop What are We Using?: A Discussion of Current Turkish Teaching Material, Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting 2002 (November 23).

 

13.  2000    “Desperate Searchers: 'Secret Face' as a Sign of 90s Turkish Intellectual Melancholy” Painful Identities: Literary and Visual Articulations of Turkish realities, Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting 2000 (17 November 2000).

 

14.  1994    “Fazıl’ın kadınları: Enderunlu Fazıl’ın Zenan-name adlı eseri [The women of Fazıl: Zenan-name of Fazıl of Enderun],” Thirteenth Annual Meeting of Communication for Research on Art History: The socio-cultural position of Anatolian woman from pre-history until today, (May 12, 1994), Topkapı Palace Museum, İstanbul, Turkey.

 

15.  1994   “Bir zemin yaratmak: Türk dilinin yeniden kurgulanışı [Creating a ground: The reconstruction of Turkish language],” From the Written to the Spoken: Researches on Turkish Literature, A Graduate Conference in Turkish Language and Literature, (April 8, 1994).

 

16.  1993   “Birinci Türk Dil Kurultayı 1932: Türkiye’de Dilin Kurumsallaşması [1. Turkish Language Congress 1932: Institutionalisation of Language in Turkish Republic],” Monthly Meeting of Research Assisstants of Universities in İstanbul, Murat Sarıca Library, Istanbul, Turkey, (November 19, 1993).

 

C. Attended Workshops

 

1. 2005      Workshop on Reading Proficiency: Choosing Texts and Developing Strategies, University of California, Los Angeles (January 27-January 29, 2005).

                 

2. 2002      ACTFL Oral Proficiency Testing Workshop. Brigham Young University, UT (November 18-November 20 2002).

 

3. 2002      The Middle East Language Consortium Workshop. University of California, Los Angeles (April 13, 2002).

 

4. 2001      The Middle East Language Teachers' Workshop, University of Texas, Austin (February 17-18, 2001).

 

5. 2000      Collegium on Large Class Instruction. University of Washington Teaching Academy, Pack Forest (April 5-8, 2000)

 

6. 1999      Multi-language Workshop: Teaching Language/Learning the Web: A Hands-On Approach to Authoring Websites in Hebrew and Turkish.  University of Arizona, Tucson (October 15-16, 1999).

 

VIII. PROJECTS

 

1.      2006-2008 Eski Edebiyata Yeni Yaklaşımlar [New Approaches to An Old Literature], University of Washington, Seattle WA, Mimar Sinan and Yıldız Teknik Universities, İstanbul.  An annual conference series on topics in Classical Turkish literature organized in collaboration with Hatice Aynur (Yıldız Technical University), Hanife Koncu and Müjgan Çakır (Mimar Sinan University). Istanbul 2006, 2007, 2008.

 

2.      2008          Turkish Literature in Seattle, Organized and presented at this Symposium, which is a part of series “A Year of Turkish Literature,” (organized by Walter Andrews and Mehmet Kalpakli). Invited famous Turkish poet Ataol Behramoglu and scholar translators, Aron Aji, Maureen Freely and Erdag Goknar for a poetry reading night, four panels and Munir Nurettin Beken for a concert (February 1-2).

 

3.      2008          Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel Prize and the World of Turkish Literature: A Conversation with Walter Andrews, organized and conducted an interview. (Seattle Central Library, January 16).

 

4.      2006-2007 Silk Road Lecture Series, Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. In collaboration with Prof. Florian Schwarz and Prof. Joel Walker, History Department,  Prof. Cynthea Bogel, Department of Art History, Prof. Kyoko Tokuno, Jackson School of International Relations.

 

5.      2005-         Eski Türk Edebiyatı Çalışmaları [Workshop on Classical Literature].  An annual workshop series on Classical Turkish Literature.  Organized in collaboration with Prof. Hatice Aynur (Yıldız Teknik University, İstanbul), Dr. Hanife Koncu and Dr. Müjgan Çakır, (Mimar Sinan Güzel sanatlar University, İstanbul).  Second workshop on Modernist Approaches to Classical Ottoman Literature was held in İstanbul (April 24, 2006)

 

6.      2001          Envisioning the Ottoman Empire, a collaborative interdisciplinary research project to promote Ottoman history and arts at the University of Washington. Awarded by University of Washington, Humanities Center. In collaboration with Prof. Resat Kasaba, Jackson School of International Relations, and Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Department of History (As the third part in the series Imperial Reflections class taught, Spring 2001).

 

7.      2000-         Modern Turkish Language and Literature in English, A project which investigates the representation of Turkish literature in English language. A bibliographic database of translations into English from, and scholarly articles on Modern Turkish Literature is being launched on a web-site.  This site is public and updated every other year. http://courses.washington.edu/mtle/mtle2000.html

 

8.      Turkish Language Program at UW.  Wrote and recorded a 19 parts series of dialogues for elementary and intermediate Turkish classes that are employed at Duke University and Harvard University Turkish language classes. http://depts.washington.edu/llc/olr/turkish/index.php

 

9.      Yasayan Türkçe, a textbook for teaching modern Turkish. Wrote dialogues for chapters and proof-reading. Project director: Prof. Engin Sezer, Harvard University (1997-1998).

 

10.  From Semerkand to Kandilli: Instruments of Astronomy. Organized an exhibition on history of astronomy with Hatice Aynur and Fethiye Erbay. Semerkant’tan Kandilliye: Astronomi Eserleri Sergisi. Bogazici University, Kandilli Observatory ve Earthquake Research Institute. (June 1994).

 

X. SERVICE

 

A. Reviewer

 

Journal of Modern Language Association,

Journal of Turkish Studies.

 

B. Lectures

 

1. 2007            Invited Lecture “Where Everything Converges: Artistic Traditions of Anatolia,” Crossing The Bridge: Where East Meets West in Turkish Culture. World Affairs Council.  Teacher Training Workshop. (April 19, 2007)/

 

2. 2006            “Turkish Language” The World Language Day. University of Washington (March 3, 2006)

 

3. 2006            “Women in Islam,” Seattle Public Library (February 1, 2006)

 

4. 2003            Invited lecture “Turkish Identity” in Identity Matters – SISME 490 class taught by  Fakhereddin Berrada (May 24, 2003)

 

5. 2002            Invited lecture “Sultanates and Gunpowder Empires” in Introduction to Islamic Civilization - NEAR E 210 class by Dr. Deborah Wheeler (November 5, 2002)

 

6. 2002            Invited lecture “Turkish Literature” in Modern Near Eastern Literatures in Transition class by Prof. Ahmad Karimi Hakkak (April 26, 2002)

 

7. 2002            Invited lecture. “An introduction to Islamic concepts that have figured prominently in discussions of terrorism.” in CHID 498c Right and Terror class taught by Matthias Scheiblehner (April 23, 2002)

 

8. 2002            “Turkeys don’t come from Turkey,” The World Languages Day (March 8, 2002)

 

9. 2001            “Cultural Backgrounds and Perspectives from the Middle East” in the panel Day of Reflection and Engagement at University of Washington (October 11, 2001)

 

10. 1999          “Earthquake in Turkey: The aftermath, organized a presentation and discussion session on the recent earthquake in Turkey.” Invited professors Resat Kasaba, Jackson School of International Relations, and Prof. Stephanie Chang, Department of Geography to increase awareness about disasters, drawing on Turkish case and Taiwan earthquake. Sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. (October 19, 1999).

 

B. Committees and Other Duties

 

  1. 2008       Fritz Fellowships Committee

 

  1. 2008       Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies Steering Committee

 

  1. 2008       Middle Eastern Studies MA Program Admissions Committee

 

  1. 2008       Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies Admissions Committee

 

  1. 2006-8    Graduate Program Coordinator, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization Department

 

  1. 2006       The Middle East Center, FLAS Award Committee (2006)

 

  1. 2006       Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies Admission Committee (2006)

 

  1. 2006       Peer Teaching Evaluation Committee, Firoozeh Papan-Matin (Fall 2006).

 

  1. 2006       Turkish Studies Association, Nominations Committee (2006).

 

  1. 2004       Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies Admission Committee (2004).

 

  1. 2003-2004       Executive Board Member, American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages.

 

  1. 2003       Chair, Near and Middle East Interdisciplinary PhD Program Progress Review Committee Chair (May 19, 2003).

 

  1. 2003       Organizer and Presenter. Talk by Professor Cemal Kafadar, “Ottoman views of the West before Westernization” Supported by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the Early Modern Research Group, The Department of History, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, and the Middle Eastern Center (February 27, 2003).

 

  1. 2003       JSIS Middle East Studies MA Admissions Committee (2003).

 

  1. 2002-2003       Executive Board Member, American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages.

 

  1. 2002       Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations MA Admissions Committee (2002).

 

  1. 2002       Peer Teaching Evaluation Committee, Terri DeYoung (Fall 2002).

 

  1. 2002       Chair, the UW graduate student panel “Turkish Citizens in the Making,” Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Conference, (November 24, 2002).

 

  1. 2001       Moderator, for the panel "Material culture" in the Western Humanities Alliance 19th Conference (Fall 2001).

 

  1. 2001       Peer Teaching Evaluation Committee, Scott Noegel (Fall 2001).

 

  1. 2001       “Cultural Backgrounds and Perspectives from the Middle East,” with Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak.  University of Washington Day of Reflection and Engagement (October 11, 2001).

 

  1. 2000       Moderator. The Pious and the Profane, Religion and Public Culture University of Washington, Seattle (October 13, 2000).

 

  1. 2000       The Third Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium: Poster Session. Rüya Barlas, “Modern Turkish Literature in English” (May 12, 2000).

 

  1. 1999-2007       Turkish Studies Circle. Attended regularly to this graduate student colloquium organized by Resat Kasaba.

 

 

XI. AWARDS

 

1. 2006               Graduate School Fund for International Travel and Research, University of Washington (Spring 2004)

 

2. 2004               Royalty Research Fund, University of Washington (Spring and June 2004)

 

3. 2001               Selected Participant, Curriculum Transformation Seminar, sponsored by American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington, and funded by the Ford Foundation, Spring 2001.

 

4. 2001               Undergraduate Research Assistant Award, awarded for Modern Turkish Literature in English Project. An undergraduate student is appointed as a research assistant. The student will be presenting a paper in the Undergraduate Research Symposium at the University of Washington, under my supervision.

 

5. 1994-1996      Harvard University Scholarship, Winter 1994-Spring 1996. 

 

 

XII. MEMBERSHIPS

 

1. 1995-              Middle Eastern Studies Association

2. 1998-              Turkish Studies Association

3. 1999-              American Association for Teachers of Turkic

4. 2000-              Modern Language Association

 

 

XIII. CLASSES TAUGHT

 

A. Guest Lecturer, Koç Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Turkey

 

“Osmanlı Türkçesi II [Ottoman Turkish II]” HIST 330 (Spring 2005)

 

B. Guest Lecturer, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Turkey

 

“Osmanlıda Hayat Hikayeleri [Life Stories in the Ottoman Empire]” TKL582 (Fall 2004]

 

“Osmanlı Yüksek Kültürü [High Culture in the Ottoman Empire]” TKL 487 (Fall 2004)

 

C. Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA

 

“Modern Turkish for Beginners” TKISH 411, 412, 413 (Fall, Winter, Spring quarters 1999-2004, Fall 2005-Spring 2006)

 

“Modern Turkish for Intermediate Level” TKISH 421, 422, 423 (Fall, Winter, Spring quarters 1999-2004, Fall 2005-Spring 2006)

 

“Introduction to Islamic Civilization” NEAR E 210 (Fall 2003, Fall 2005)

 

“Methodology in Near Eastern Studies” NEAR E 496/596 B (Fall 2003, Spring 2006)

 

“Turkish Cultural History: From Empire to Nation” NEAR E 242, SISME 466, CHID 498 H (Winter 2003)

 

“Intensive Modern Turkish” TKISH 401 (Summer 2002)

 

“Modern Turkish Literature in English” NEAR E 496/596 B (Winter 2000).

 

“Ottoman Turkish Literature in English” NEAR E 443 (Winter 2002).

 

“Imperial Reflections” HUM 596/SISME 590/ART H 509 (Spring 2001).  A seminar class on Ottoman cultural history. Offered as a part of the Humanities Center series ‘Envisioning the Ottoman Empire.’

 

Conducting independent study in advanced level Turkish, Turkish literature, and Ottoman Turkish. (Each quarter one to five independent study students).

 

D. Instructor, Harvard University and Koç University Intensive Ottoman Summer Program, Cunda, Ayvalık Turkey.

 

‘Advanced Ottoman Turkish,’ Harvard University Summer School and Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, Intensive Ottoman Turkish Program at Alibey/Cunda, Turkey (2003-2008)

 

‘Intermediate Ottoman Turkish,’ teaching this five-day-a-week intermediate language course during summers, using texts compiled and annotated by myself.  Prepared and graded weekly exams.  (July 1-August 15 1997, 1998,  2000, 2002).

 

E. Instructor, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA

 

"Turkish A; Turkish 120a-120b, Turkish 130a-130b", taught these three levels of Modern Turkish classes, with a proficiency based approach, using audio-visual material. Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (1998-1999).

 

"Introduction to Modern Turkish Literature", Designed and taught part of the course on the Turkish novel and short story with Professor Engin Sezer who taught the part on Turkish poetry. Undergraduate course on a survey of Turkish literature.  Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (Spring 1996).

 

F. Teaching fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

 

"Turkish A; Turkish 120a-120b, Turkish 130a-130b", Full course for elementary Turkish and half year courses for intermediate and advanced levels. Taught and designed two classes of these five-day-a-week courses, Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations with Professor Engin Sezer (1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-8).

 

G. Orhan Bey School for Turkish Language, Cambridge MA, USA

 

"Intermediate Turkish", designed and taught this intermediate spoken language course which gathered every Sunday for two hours, (1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997).

 

XIV. GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES

 

A. MA Students

 

Erin Clowes (2008)

Matthew Erickson, (2007)

Tamara Sollinger, Chair (2006)

Müge Salmaner, Chair (2006)

Emine Terzioğlu, Chair (2004)

Didem Havlioğlu, Chair (2003)

 

B. PhD Committees

 

Sevim Kebeli, ‘Chair’ (Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle East Studies)

Murat Umut Inan, ‘Chair’ (Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle East Studies)

Müge Salmaner, ‘Chair’ (Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle East Studies)

Didem Havlioğlu, ‘Chair’ (Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle East Studies)

Zeynep Akbulut (Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle East Studies)

Ethan Spanier (History Department)

Elmira Kochumkuchumkulova (Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle East Studies)

Hande Solakoğlu (Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle East Studies)

Fevziye Barlas, ‘Chair’ (Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle East Studies)

Nilüfer Patterson (Comparative Literature)

Denis Basic (Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle East Studies)

Erdağ Göknar (Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near and Middle East Studies)