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1 1 PERSONAL INFORMATION Name Surname: Bilgen Sütçüoğlu Karakuş Permanent Address: Ayazağa OYAK Sitesi 30-B Blok D:5 Şişli-İstanbul Turkey address: EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS PhD: European Research Centre, Kingston University; November 2010 Thesis Title: Redefining the Nation: Nâzim Hikmet and Nationalist Discourse in Contemporary Turkey Supervisor: Spyros Sofos MA: International Relations and Political Science, Istanbul Bilgi University; September 2001 Dissertation Title: Multiculturalism as a Surrogate to Nationalism? : Questioning the Link between Nationalism and State through a Critical Evaluation of the Debate on Multiculturalism Supervisor: Umut Özkırımlı BA: International Relations, Bilkent University; June 1999 Summer School: Ethnicity and Nationalism, Central European University; 17-29, July, 2005 High School: International School of Naples, 1994 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor at Yeditepe University: Since March 2012 (Undergraduate and Graduate level) - Research Methods: Approaches to the Study of Politics - Theories of Nationalism (Undergraduate and Graduate level) Assistant Professor at Istanbul Arel University: March 2011-March Introduction to International Relations - Comparative Political Ideologies - Identity Politics

2 2 Lecturer at Istanbul Arel University: September 2010 March Delivering undergraduate courses; - Setting, marking and assessment of papers and examinations; - Support and advisory role for students choosing elective modules and career planning; - Administrative duties, such as enrolment of students. Developed computer literacy in Microsoft Office and specific software utilised in this role. Part-time Lecturer at Yeditepe University: September June Delivering undergraduate courses; - Delivering a course as part of the preparation module for MA and PhD students; - Setting, marking and assessment of papers and examinations; - Teaching mature students. - Research Methods and Statistics Part-time Lecturer at Yeditepe University: September January International Relations Theory I - International Relations Theory II Part-time Lecturer at Yeditepe University: February - June International Relations Theory I - International Politics I Part-time Lecturer at Kingston University: February - June Delivering an undergraduate module on political philosophy ; - Planning and facilitating seminar sessions that are designed to generate discussion among students; - Evaluating students attainment levels through their participation in class and course work; - Providing academic support to students; - Teaching students from different cultural backgrounds and age groups. - Theories of Human Nature (Seminar sessions) Part-time Lecturer at Kingston University: February - June Theories of Human Nature (Seminar sessions)

3 3 ADMINISTRATIVE WORK Vice Head of Department at the Department of Int. Rel. & Pol. Science at Yeditepe University: as of Spring Semester Bologna Coordinator for the Graduate Level Courses at Yeditepe University: as of Spring Semester Research Assistant at Yeditepe University: September August Support and advisory role for students choosing elective modules and career planning. - Evaluation and invigilation in examinations. - Administrative duties, such as enrolment of students. Developed computer literacy in Microsoft Office and specific software utilised in this role. PUBLICATIONS Article: - (2012) Doğan Avcıoğlu versus Nazim Hikmet: Two alternative narratives of Kemalist modernization articulated by the Turkish left in M. Erdem et. al (ed.) Change and Challenge: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Cultural Studies Symposium, İzmir: Ege University Press, p (2009) Türkiye'de Ulusal Kimligin Tanimini Degistirme Çabasi: Devlet Katinda Nazim Hikmet'in Degisen Imgesi in Gönül Pultar (ed.) Kimlikler Lütfen: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nde Kültürel Kimlik Arayis ve Temsili, Ankara: ODTU Yayinlari. Book Reviews: - Rubin, Barry; Heper, Metin (eds) (2002), Political Parties in Turkey, London: Frank Cass, in Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Volume 4, Number 2 / November, p: Özkırımlı, Umut; Sofos, Spyros A. (2008) Tormented by History: Nationalism in Greece and Turkey, London: Hurst & Co. published in Insight Turkey 11/3 Summer Issue, p: Translation: - Calhoun, Craig (1997), Nationalism, Buckingham: Open University Press, Istanbul Bilgi University Press, May, CONFERENCE PAPERS - Conference Title: Interculturalism, Meaning & Identity, Inter-Disciplinary.net, Prague, March Paper Title: Battle over the Formation of Turkish Culture : Two Narratives of Kemalist Cultural Project Articulated by the Turkish Left

4 4 - Moderator at the Symposium Interculturalism, Meaning & Identity, Inter- Disciplinary.net, Prague, March Conference Title: CSS 2011 Cultural Studies Symposium, Ege University, İzmir, May Paper Title: Modernization of Turkey as a process of change and the challenges articulated by the Turkish left - Conference Title: 6th Annual Conference in Citizenship Studies: Representing Citizenship, Wayne State University, USA, Center for the Study of Citizenship, March 27-28, Paper Title: A Study of Official Representations of Citizenship and National Identity in Turkey with the case of Nâzım Hikmet - Conference Title: 'Without Let or Hindrance': Inclusion and its Subversion from the Medieval to the Modern, Lancaster University, UK, 7-9 July, Paper Title: Nâzım Hikmet: A Case of Inclusion and Exclusion in Turkish National Identity - Conference Title: Boundaries Postgraduate Conference, Loughborough University, 3 June Paper Title: Nâzim Hikmet: A Critical Approach to the Boundaries of Turkish National Identity - Conference Title: Reinvention of Identities in the Balkans, Beykent University, May, Paper Title: Reinvention of Turkish National Identity: The Case of Nâzım Hikmet - Conference Title: Symposium on Identity and Culture in Istanbul, June 2005 Paper Title: Questioning Turkish National Identity with the Case of Nâzım Hikmet: A Discursive Approach - Conference Title: Research Student Conference organised by the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Kingston University; May Paper Title: From Taboo to Turkish: Questioning Turkish National Identity with the case of Nevruz. GRANTS - Travel grant by Michigan Humanities Council, March Tuition waiver by Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Kingston University, October 2007-October Full bursary to participate in summer school on Ethnicity and Nationalism, CEU, July Travel grant, Re-Inventing Europe Project funded by the European Union, August 2003.

5 5 - Faculty Research Scholarship Scheme by Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Kingston University, October 2002-October Tuition waiver by Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Kingston University, October 2002-October AFFILIATIONS ASEN; Research Student Society in Kingston University; Bilkent University Alumni. LANGUAGE SKILLS Turkish (native); English (advanced, Internet-based TOEFL score 112. Test taken on 16 August 2008); Italian (intermediate); French (beginner)