Turkish Website, Dept of Near Eastern Studies

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Socio-cultural Anthropology, Islam, modernity, religion and secularism, social theory, liberalism, public culture, mass media, nationalism, historiography, Turkey, Middle East, Europe.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. Anthropology, 2002
M.A. University of California, Berkeley. Anthropology, 1995
Licence. University of Strasbourg, France. Ethnology, 1993 with special merit (mention spéciale)

SELECTED ACADEMIC AWARDS

Fellowships, grants and awards from Fulbright-Hays; SSRC; Institute of Turkish Studies; Mellon Foundation

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"Disciplines of Presence in Modern Turkey: Discourse, Companionship and the Mass Mediation of Islamic Practice,” Cultural Anthropology, 23(1), 2008.

"Sufism and Modernity in Turkey: From the Authenticity of Experience to the Practice of Discipline," in M. van Bruinessen and J. Day Howell, eds. Sufism and the Modern in Islam, London: I.B. Tauris, 2007.

“Islamist Critique in Modern Turkey: Hermeneutics, Tradition, Genealogy,” Comparative Studies in Society and History, 47(1), 2005.

“Newspapers and Print Media: Turkey” and “Radio and TV: Turkey” entries in Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, Rev. Ed. R. Simon, R. Bulliet, et. al. eds. New York: MacMillan, 2004.

“Islam and Modernity in Turkey: Power, Tradition and Historicity in the European Provinces of the Muslim World,” Anthropological Quarterly, 76(3), 2003.

“Discipline, Knowledge and Imperial Power in Central Asia: 19th Century Notes for a Genealogy of Social Forms,” Central Asian Survey, 21(1), 2002.

“Mystic Speech in Modern Turkey: Voice and Text in the Practice of Islam,” Istanbuler Almanach, n. 5, 2001.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Anthropological Association
American Ethnological Society