CURRICULUM VITAE DR. SINAN CIDDI. Institute of Turkish Studies Georgetown University ICC 305R Washington DC, USA

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE DR. SINAN CIDDI Institute of Turkish Studies Georgetown University ICC 305R Washington DC, USA EDUCATION 2007 PhD: University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Political Science: Supervisor: Prof. William M. Hale Thesis: Social Democracy, Kemalism and the Republican People s Party: An analysis of the electoral Weakness of Turkey s Centre Left 2002 MA: University of Exeter, Pan - European Politics (Graduated with Distinction) 2001 MA: School of Oriental and African Studies (Graduated with Merit) Turkish Studies 1999 BSc: University of London, King s College 1996 Prior Park College, (HMC), Bath, England EMPLOYMENT 2011-Current Institute of Turkish Studies, Georgetown University Executive Director & Visiting Assistant Professor - Strategic Planning & Grants Management - Promoting the Academic Study of Turkey in the United States - Outreach Coordination and Planning - Teaching: Undergraduate and Graduate Levels University of Florida, Gainesville: Center for European Studies (CES) Assistant Director - Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Coordinator - Language Program Coordinator of CES - Supervisor of the Turkish Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant - Supervisor of the Academic Programs Coordinator Faculty: Head of the Turkish Studies Program - Teaching Area Studies and Language courses - Developing the Turkish Studies Program - Participation in outreach programs to promote Turkish culture and current affairs 1

2 2007-current Economist Intelligence Unit, Economist Group (London, UK) Country Analyst for Turkey: Politics Section - Authoring Monthly political forecasts utilized by businesses, investors and governments - Analysis includes short (immediate), medium (2-3 year) and long term (5 year) projections - Areas of coverage: Domestic and Foreign Policy, Election watch, Political Stability Sabanci University (Istanbul, Turkey) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Authored book: see publications part of CV - Teaching of introductory level social and political science courses to undergraduates Sabanci University (Istanbul, Turkey) Instructor, Head TF, and Undergraduate Advisor - Teaching of introductory level social science courses to freshman students - Supervising approximately 50 Teaching Assistants in relation to courses SPS 101 and Exeter University (Exeter, UK) Turkish Language Tutor - Turkish language instructor within the university s school of foreign languages for two semesters. EXTERNAL GRANTS RECEIVED Co-PI Jean Monnet Module Grant with CES Director Dr. Amie Kreppel to fund the teaching of EUS4931: The History of Turkey and Europe; the Future of Turkey in the EU. Grant Amount: 21,000 Euros. (matched by CES) Grant Source: European Union, Education and Culture DG, Lifelong Learning Program. PI Library Grant to purchase books to help build the Turkish Studies Program. Grant Amount: $2500 (matched by CES). Grant Source: Institute of Turkish Studies, Washington DC. PI Lecture Series Grant to help build the Turkish Studies Program. The grant was used to invite four speakers to UF throughout AY and present papers on the theme of Turkey and the West. Grant Amount: $3500 (matched by CES) Grant Source: Institute of Turkish Studies, Washington DC. INTRNAL GRANTS RECEIVED Co-PI Course Development Grant with Dr. Tom Kostopoulos to develop a new course: EUS3930: Greece and Turkey: Parallel Crossings of the Other Grant Amount: $5000 2

3 Grant Source: CES PI Course Development Grant to help develop a new course: EUS 4930: Turkish Government and Politics Grant Amount: $5000 Grant Source: CES PI Foreign Language Across the Curriculum (FLAC) Grant to help develop a new course: EUS3937: Foreign Language Across the Curriculum Turkish Grant Amount: $5000 Grant Source: CES. GRANT WRITING AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE 2009-Current: Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Coordinator, CES Within CES I am responsible for managing the FLAS fellowship program, which grants fellowships to students to develop their language skills in the lesser and least commonly taught languages and related area studies. Grant Amount: ~$210,000 annually Grant Source: US Department of Education, Washington DC Title VI: National Resource Center: Grant Renewal In 2009, I assisted the CES Director, Dr. Amie Kreppel with writing CES Title VI grant for renewed federal funding. Title VI grants help fund National Resource Centers throughout the United States Grant Amount: ~$1,000,000 Grant Source: US Department of Education, Washington DC. PUBLICATIONS Turkey s September 12 th 2010 Referendum, Middle East Review of of International Affairs, Vol.15 No. 4 Berk Esen and Sinan Ciddi, "Turkey's 2011 Elections: An Emerging Dominant Party System?", Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 15, No. 3 Kemalism in Turkish Politics: The Republican People s Party, Secularism and Nationalism, (London and New York, Routledge, 2009) The Republican People s Party and the 2007 Turkish General Elections: Politics of Perpetual Decline?, Turkish Studies, Vol. 9 No. 3 EDITORIAL AND SERVICE RELATED WORK 2009-current: International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Peer Reviewer Reviewing articles submitted to the journal current: Chair: Polish Studies Faculty Search Committee I am currently chairing the committee to hire a Polish Studies faculty member Search Committee Member: Modern European Studies Faculty Hire I participated in departmental search committee to hire a faculty member current: US State Department BOREN Scholarships, UF Campus Reviewer 3

4 In collaboration with UF s International Center, I help review student applications for the prestigious BOREN scholarship program. Following reviews, recommendations are submitted to the State Department current: CES Faculty Peer Reviews Coordinator Helping the CES Director coordinate annual faculty peer reviews 2008-current: Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Supervisor, CES Collaborating with the Fulbright program annually in order to host a Turkish FLTA at UF. FLTA s hosted by CES teach 2 semesters of Beginner Turkish language courses. I also serve as the direct supervisor of the FLTA : CES Speakers Committee Helped design and facilitate a themed speakers series for the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, titled From the Iron Curtain to the EU: 20 Years After : CES: Executive Committee, Chair Duties included conducting a departmental evaluation of the CES Director as well as devising budget management strategies with the Director in relation to university wide budget cuts. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 2003 Royal Society of Arts: Certificate of English Language Teaching for Adults (CELTA), International House London. ACADEMIC AWARDS 2002 University of Exeter, School of Historical Political and Social Studies- Masters Bursary for Academic Achievement LANGUAGES Bilingual Turkish & English SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS March 2004 Social Democracy in Turkey, The Statist Heritage School of Oriental & African Studies, Seminars on Turkey Program July 2004 Turkey s Democratisation: The Inward Looking Political Culture 2004 International Conference on Middle Eastern Studies-London, British Society for Middle East Studies February 2005 Religious and Cultural Perceptions of the other in Viewing Greek- Turkish Relations, joint paper presented at the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy November 2007 The Republican People s Party and the 2007 General Elections: Politics of Perpetual Decline?, Sabanci University, Istanbul-Turkey November 2009 The importance of the Strategic Alliance: Turkish-US Relations in Present Times. ROTC, University of Florida 4

5 February 2011 The Changing Nature of Turkey s Political Opposition: The Ergenekon Trials, February 11 th, 2011, Florida State University, Symposium on Turkey CONTENT BASED COURSES TAUGHT INAF 452 Turkish Foreign Policy (upper division and graduate) The course is designed to focus on providing students a clear understanding of the determinants that go into the making of Turkish foreign policy in republican times (1923-present). A general survey of Turkish foreign policy will be completed in the first half of the semester. This will give students both a chronological and historical understanding of the development of international politics surrounding Turkey. This is followed by a regional analysis of foreign policy goals and developments in the contemporary period, in aid of answering the questions posed above. EUS2003 Europe from a Social Science Perspective (lower division) An undergraduate course designed for students who have little or no knowledge about the concept of Europe and the EU. The course dwells upon key themes in the evolution of European civilisation, examining periods such as antiquity, feudalism, the enlightenment and the industrial revolution and their role as processes in the founding of modern Europe. Having examined these formative periods, the course proceeds to focus on the founding of the EU and the challenges it faces in contemporary times in building a more integrated union. A direct contrast is made between the challenges that Europe has faced historically and at present, intended to add depth of student understanding. EUS4930 Government and Politics of Turkey (upper division and graduate) An undergraduate course designed to introduce students to core debates within Turkey in the modern republican era (1923-present). The course does not require pre-existing knowledge regarding Turkey and is hence structured in two parts: the first deals with a chronological overview of political developments during republican and multiparty times. Following this, a thematic approach is adopted, remaining faithful to comparative methodology, which analyses key debates in contemporary Turkey. Among these are the role and nature of Kemalist ideology, democratisation, political Islam, socialism and nationalism. EUS 4931/POS 4931: History of Europe and Turkey, and the Future of Turkey in the EU (upper division) Turkey's membership application to the EU has been a long and drawn out affair, beginning in the 1960s. Throughout the Cold War, Turkey was felt to be a "tangible" asset within the western alliance to help combat the spread of Communism. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union however, Turkey's membership within the emerging European Union was questioned and initially rejected. Put simply, several member states and a sizeable portion of public opinion in the West did not feel that Turkey belonged in the "new Europe" for a variety of reasons. Despite this initial setback, Turkey continued to press for membership and began full accession 5

6 negotiations with the union in 2005, which has helped to spark a larger debate in Europe over what constitutes European or "European-ness". In concise terms, Turkey has been seen by many as Europe's "other." It is often cited as an example of the opposite of what the "West" stands for. It is a country with a 99.6 percent Muslim population, constructed from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire, largely perceived as the eastern threat to western Christendom. In the present climate however, the debate over Turkey's candidacy to formally join the "West" represents in many ways the types of conceptual problems that the EU is grappling with more generally. Primary among these are: EUS3930: The Greek and Turkish "Other" A historical legacy of animosity between Greeks and Turks can be said to exist for a variety of reasons both historically and culturally rooted. Despite their geographical proximity and cultural congruence, it is surprising to note how little interaction exists between the two cultures. This course has a bold aim of trying to firstly determine what the areas of friction between both people's are, why these problems are so entrenched and the impact these animosities have had on both cultures. The grand aim of this course will be to highlight the surprising degree of similarity of both cultures' portrayal of the "other" and to help dispel existing myths. POLS303 Elections and Political Participation This is an undergraduate upper division course designed to introduce students of political science to debates surrounding the extent of democratic participation. Electoral systems within EU countries are portrayed in a comparative manner to engage students to understand differences of representation versus systemic stability in democracies. In addition, the course examines the role of various institutions such as political parties and nongovernmental organizations in facilitating individual and group interest projection/realization. LANGUAGE COURSES TAUGHT TUR 2220 Intermediate Turkish I and TUR 2221 Intermediate Turkish II (second semester) Second year Turkish language courses offered to both graduate and undergraduate students. EUS 3937: Foreign Language Across the Curriculum This course parallels the current course offering in the Turkish Studies Program curriculum at the Center for European Studies at UF: Government and Politics of Turkey (EUS4930/POS4931). It intends to provide upper-division undergraduate students, who are fluent in Turkish language an introduction to both the political history of republican Turkey (1923-present), as well as provide a thematic and comparative analysis of current issues in Turkish politics. The FLAC in Turkish has a language focus on building competency related to using indirect and reported speech in Turkish. 6

7 REFERENCES: Dr. Amie Kreppel Director, Center for European Studies University of Florida Gainesville, FL, Dr. William M. Hale Emeritus Professor of Political Science Koç University Istanbul, Turkey Dr. Sabri Sayari Professor of Political Science Sabanci University Istanbul, Turkey 7