09/ 2012 Present Campaigns and Activism Coordinator, Amnesty International Turkey

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1 Dr. BEGÜM BAŞDAŞ Amnesty International Turkey Hamalbaşı Cd. No: 22 Dükkan2-D2-D3-D Beyoğlu / Istanbul Turkey Tel: begum.basdas@amnesty.org.tr EDUCATION PhD M.A B.A University of California Los Angeles, Geography Focus: Gender and Sexuality Studies, Political Theory, Human Rights Dissertation: Cosmopolitanism in the City: Contested Claims to Bodies and Sexualities in Beyoğlu, Istanbul University of California Riverside, Art History Focus: Urban History, Architectural Theory MA: Old Buildings / New Faces: Urban and Social Change in Galata, Istanbul Bogazici University Istanbul, Sociology PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 09/ 2012 Present Campaigns and Activism Coordinator, Amnesty International Turkey 02/ 2010 Present Lecturer, Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul - Cultural Studies, MA Program 02/ 2013 Present Lecturer, Boğaziçi University Istanbul - Department of Sociology 09/ / 2012 Assistant Professor and Vice Chair, Yeditepe University Istanbul Department of Anthropology 06/ / 2010 Part time Lecturer, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul - Department of Sociology 02/ / 2010 Part time Lecturer, Istanbul Technical University Istanbul The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences 09/ / 2010 Part time Lecturer, Marmara University Istanbul Institute of Health Sciences, PhD Program 09/ / 2009 Research Fellow, ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Geography, The Open University - UK ESRC Project: Urban Aesthetics: a comparison of experiences between Milton Keynes and Bedford Town Centres OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES 09/ /2013 Amargi Women s Cooperative, Istanbul Member, Co-Chair of Board ( ) 01/ /2010 Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Matra project, Istanbul LambdaIstanbul LGBT Solidarity Association, Kaos-GL, COC Nederland Project Co-coordinator - 'Strengthening the LGBT community in Turkey' 03/ / 2009 Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance, The Open University - UK Affiliate Member 05/2008 Co organizer with Dr. Veronica Della Dora, Geography Department, Bristol Landscapings: Iconographies and Beyond International Symposium in honour of Denis E. Cosgrove Geography Department, University of California, Los Angeles 10/2007 Co organizer with Prof. Patricia Morton, History of Art Department, UCR Begum Basdas 1

2 Ambivalent Geographies: Empire and Histories of Architecture International Symposium, University of California, Riverside 11/2005 Aural Performance Femme Strolls Art walk exhibition strange strolls curator, Perdita Phillips Moores building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle Australia 08/ /1999 Ahmet San Productions: Concert and Event Promoting ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Begum Basdas, Locating queer politics within social movements in Turkey in Regional Network Against Homophobia: LGBT Network in the Middle East, Balkans, and Caucasia, Ayrinti: Ankara, (2011). Begum Basdas Kadinlarin Haritasi: toplumsal cinsiyet, kamusal alan, ve farkliliklarin merkezi Beyoglu Cinsiyet ve Mimarlık Dosyası, TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Ankara Subesi (April 2010) Begum Basdas, Memory, Image and the Cosmopolitan Past in Visual and Historical Geographies: Essays in honour of Denis E. Cosgrove, 42, Historical Geography Research Series, Royal Geographical Society Institute of British Geographers (2010). Veronica Della Dora, Begum Basdas and Susan Digby (eds.) Visual and Historical Geographies: Essays in honour of Denis E. Cosgrove, 42, Historical Geography Research Series, Royal Geographical Society Institute of British Geographers (2010). Gillian Rose, Monica Degen and Begum Basdas, More on big things : building events and feelings Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Vol. 35 Issue 3 Pages (2010) Monica Degen, Gillian Rose and Begum Basdas, Bodies and everyday practices in designed urban environments, Science Studies, Special Issue, (2010) Gillian Rose, Begum Basdas and Monica Degen, Using the web to disseminate research on urban spatialities Geography Compass, Vol. 4 (September 2009). OTHER PUBLICATIONS Begum Basdas, Başka bir yöne, kenarlardan aşağılara, oradan içeriye: Jack Halberstam ile bir buluşma, Queer+, 2015 Begum Basdas, Yeni nesil için yeni feminizm: GAGA, Kaos GL Dergisi, Kasım-Aralık 2013, Sayı 133. Begum Basdas, Şimdi Ne Olacak? Kaos GL Dergisi, Eylül-Ekim 2013, Sayı 132. Begum Basdas and Gülkan, Feminizm ve Queer e dair gullümlü bir muhabbet, Kaos GL Dergisi, Mayıs- Haziran 2013, Sayı 130. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Lecturer in Cultural Studies MA Program, Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul Sexuality Troubles and Queer Theory Lecturer in Department of Tourism Management, Bogazici University Istanbul Human Geography Lecturer in Department of Sociology, Bogazici University Istanbul Urban Sociology / Seminar on Social Movements Assistant Professor in Department of Anthropology, Yeditepe University Istanbul Feminist Ethnography Community Awareness Gender and Culture Social Problems Begum Basdas 2

3 Cultural Anthropology Regional Studies Global Cities Human Geography Lecturer in The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Istanbul Technical University Istanbul City and Society Lecturer in Institute of Health Sciences PhD Program, Marmara University Istanbul Sociology of Organizations Lecturer in Department of Geography, UCLA Feminist Geography: speaking across worlds (co-sponsored with Women Studies) Middle East: Spaces, Gender, Sexuality Teaching College Geography Teaching Assistant in International Institute Global Studies, UCLA Globalization Concepts and History Teaching Assistant in Geography, UCLA Cultural Geography African Ecology and Development People and the Earth s Ecosystem Physical Geography SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS UCLA 2007 UCLA Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award, nominee 2006 Society of Women Geographers Award Academic Year Dissertation Year Fellowship 2005 Department of Geography Teaching Award 2005 Center for the Study of Women, Travel Grant 2005 Citizenship Award, Department of Geography 2005, 2004, 2003 Department of Geography Travel Grants 2004, 2003 Summer Research Mentorship Fellowships 2003 Henry Bruman Fellowship in Cultural Geography 2002 Center for Near Eastern Studies, Travel Grant to Academic Years Non-Resident Tuition Fellowship Academic Year Geography Departmental Grant Academic Year Alexander Von Humboldt Stipend UC Riverside and Academic Years Non-Resident and Resident Tuition Fellowships and Academic Years Gluck Graduate Fellowship and Academic Years Art History Departmental Grant 1999, 2000 ArtsBridge Scholarship Boğaziçi University 1999 B.A. Degree awarded with Honors SELECTED TALKS and RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS 07/2015 International Conference of Critical Geography, Ramallah-Palestine, Queer assemblages of protest: rethinking Gezi Park protests (forthcoming) 06/ th European Feminist Research Conference, Lapland-Finland, Sex and Capitalism (forthcoming) 02/2015 Baki Koşar Hate Crimes, İzmir, Varlıklar arasında Çokluk 11/2013 Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, VI. Ulus Baker Buluşması, Feminizm ve Hayellenme Halleri Begum Basdas 3

4 05/2013 Gender and Women Studies Forum, Sabanci University, Discussant on Contradictions of Sexual Citizenship Claims and Reproductive Rights in Transnational Context by Nancy A. Naples and Mary Bernstein 04/2013 Ankara Üniversitesi Kadın Çalışmaları Yüksek Lisans Programı, Queer Çalışmaları Dersi, Kentin Cinsiyetine Queer Müdahaleler 04/2013 Annual Association of American Geographers Conference, Los Angeles, Found in Translation: Performing Queer Injuries and Desires 03/2013 Grounding Cosmopolitanism Conference, Bahcesehir University, 2 nd wave feminist movement, sexuality and interactions between the LBGT and feminist movements in Turkey (with Ayse Gul Altinay) 11/2012 Bremen University, Institute of Cultural Studies and Cultural Anthropology, Feminist Ethnology: intersectional approaches to research and methodology 06/2012 International Faculty Development Seminar, Ciee Study Center Koc University, Consumption & Entertainment in Beyoğlu 05/2012 Center for Advanced Studies, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich Feminist Publics and Queer Injuries: performing sexualities in Istanbul s streets 04/2012 Invited Lecture on Everyday Life at Cultural Studies Seminar, Bilgi University 02/2012 Annual Association of American Geographers Conference, New York, sexual publics and feminist politics: re-formulating women s subjectivities in contemporary Turkey 12/2011 Cultural Studies Speaker Series, Sabanci University, Sexuality and Cosmopolitanism 11/2011 SALT Istanbul 90 Lecture Series, Istanbul Sokaklarinda Kadinin Yeri Neresi? 05/2011 Gender and Women Studies Forum, Sabanci University, Anayasa ve Siddet 01/2011 Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics, Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Mekan 07/2009 McGhee Centre - Georgetown University, Women s narratives on gender and sexuality in Istanbul 11/2008 Department of Geography Seminar Series, University of Bristol, Cosmopolitanism and indifference: women s everyday narratives on sexuality and gender in Beyoglu, Istanbul 11/2008 Urban MultipliCITIES Conference, Queen Mary University, London, with Prof. Gillian Rose, Experiencing Urban Space 10/2008 Department of Geography Seminar Series, University of Sheffield, 'Is Beyoglu a liberated place?': sexuality, gender, and cosmopolitanism in Istanbul s streets 08/2008 Royal Geographic Society - IBG Annual International Conference, London UK, Designing spaces of play, leisure, and consumption: public art and small scale urban design projects in CMK and Bedford 05/2008 UCLA, Von Humboldt Chair Symposium, Urban landscape, memory and walking 04/2008 Annual Association of American Geographers Conference, Boston, Doing / Writing Activist Work 04/2008 Annual Association of American Geographers Conference, Boston, Co-organizer and co-presenter in sessions with G. Rose and M. Degen Experiencing Urban Aesthetics Begum Basdas 4

5 02/2008 Seventh European Social Science History Conference, Lisbon, State agency and Incoherence in the Cosmopolitan City 04/2007 Annual Association of American Geographers Conference, San Francisco, Participatory research methods and dilemmas in writing up activism 04/2007 Annual Association of American Geographers Conference, San Francisco, Doing Fieldwork: A Physical and Psychological Challenge 02/2007 Thinking Gender Conference, UCLA Women Studies, Lesbian Invisibility in Istanbul: Propriety and Politics 11/2006 Sociology Department, Bogazici University, Cosmopolitanism and Beyoglu 09/2005 Istanbul Fragmented, Istanbul Technical University Department of Architecture, Sexuality and Public Space 08/2005 Royal Geographic Society - IBG Annual International Conference, London UK, (Un)sexy public spaces: women s everyday narratives on difference in Beyoglu District, Istanbul 04/2005 Annual Association of American Geographers Conference, Denver, Not yet: lesbian mobilities and activism in Istanbul 03/ 2003 Annual Association of American Geographers Conference, New Orleans, Walking in Galata 11/ 2002 Art History Department Graduate Student Symposium, Yale University, Visual and Lived Experience of Everyday Cosmopolitanism Begum Basdas 5