Welcome Dr. Asli Igsiz, Turkish Studies Assistant Professor Fall 2009
Dr. Asli Igsiz joins the Turkish program in Near Eastern Studies starting August 2009, brining a wealth of experience and expertise to the Department. Her research combines archival research in Turkish and Greek sources and literary and cultural products (documentary films, novels, family histories, cookbooks) to investigate construction of cultural aspects of population-movement experience, memory and genre. She examines the dynamic role literary works play in putting national past and identities into question and probes identity: e.g., Jewish-Christian converts to Islam in Greece; and a conceptual discussion of historiography and literature. Her interests include: nineteenth and twentieth-century literary cultures in Ottoman State, Turkey, Greece, and France and their intersections and divergences; the Enlightenment and its exported legacies; implications of “East-West” in the Mediterranean; narratives of war and violence; forced migration and ethno-religious conflicts; art and politics; dissecting categories of analysis; history of disciplines and interdisciplinarity; transnationalism and world literature.
Her current project is Comparative Dialogues: Questioning the Unfamiliar in Modern Greece and Turkey. In addition to her research, she brings with her extensive Turkish Language teaching experience. Welcome Dr. Igsiz! See Full Vitae
About the Department of Near Eastern Studies
Students wishing to pursue Turkish Studies, including Turkish language, culture, society, history, and gender have many opportunities in Near Eastern Studies (NES) at the University of Arizona. Degrees offered include a BA with a major in NES or minor in TURK, as well as Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Near Eastern Studies. NES and affiliated faculty take an interdisciplinary approach to Turkish studies. Students may enroll for Turkish language courses as well as other courses focusing on Turkey and the Middle East (see coures). Beginning Turkish I and II (TURK 101, 102); Intermediate Turkish I and II (TURK 401, 402); Advanced Turkish I and II (TURK 403/503 and 404/504) are offered every year. In addition, Ottoman Turkish is offered from time to time under TURK 410/510, 411/511. Contact Ahmet Okal for questions regarding testing and/or placement.
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