Curriculum Vitae Turgut Kerem Tuncel CONTACT INFORMATION Permanent Address: 315.cad. Simkent Sitesi 6. Blok 3/32 06610 Kirkkonaklar, Ankara, Turkey Address in Italy: Via Malpensada 90, 38123, Trento, Italy Mobiles: +90 5362612002 (Turkey) +39 3891298147 (Italy) +374 96292502 (Armenia) E-mail: turguttuncel@hotmail.com turgutkerem.tuncel@unitn.it PERSONAL DETAILS Nationality: Turkish Sex: Male Date and Place of Birth: 09.09.1977, Ankara/Turkey CURRENT POSITION Doctoral student in the Doctoral School of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento since 01.10.2009 Manoogian Simone Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellow in the Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in the 2011-2012 academic year EDUCATION MA in Political Science and Public Administration 2001-2002, Bilkent University, Department of Political Science, Ankara/Turkey. Interests: Politicization of ethnicity and religion CGPA: 3. 91 / 4.00 Minor Degree in Sociology 1998-2001, Middle East Technical University, Department of Sociology, Ankara/Turkey. Interests: Political sociology CGPA: 3.30 / 4.00 B.Sc. in Psychology 1997-2001, Middle East Technical University, Department of Psychology, Ankara/Turkey. Interests: Social psychology, In-Group & Out-Group Relations, CGPA: 3.35 / 4.00 Geological Engineering (No Degree Acquired) 1995-1997, Middle East Technical University, Department of Geological Engineering, Ankara/Turkey. 1
RESEARCH INTERESTS Political and social theory; Transnationalism; Diasporas; Collective memory; Armenian culture, society and politics; Armenian-Turkish relations; Armenian Diaspora; Politics and society in the Caucasus. RESEARCH PARTICIPATED Fall 2001-Spring 2002, A Study of Migrant Groups in Ankara: Politicization Patterns of Migrants of Different Ethnic and Religious Backgrounds in the Ege District, Ankara/Turkey. In collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tahire Erman, Bilkent University, Department of Political Science. Summer 2001, Farklı Kesimlerden Gençlerin Değerleri (The Values of Youth from Different Stratas of Society), In collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sibel Kalaycıoğlu and Assist. Prof. Dr. Helga Rittersberger-Tılıç, Middle East Technical University, Department of Sociology. Spring 2001, GAP Bölgesinde Urfa, Harran, Diyarbakır da Yaşayan Farklı Kesimlerde Toplumsal, Kültürel, ve Ekonomik Değişim Beklentileri (Social, Cultural, and Economic Change Expectations of Different Sections of Society Living in Urfa, Harran, Diyarbakir in the South Eastern Project Region), In collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sibel Kalaycıoğlu and Assist. Prof. Dr. Helga Rittersberger-Tılıç, Middle East Technical University, Department of Sociology. RESEARCH CONDUCTED Summer 2008, Armenian-Turkish Relations: Perspectives of the Armenian Intellectuals; Yerevan/ Armenia. Spring 1999, Politics of Migration: An Oral History of Urbanization and Politicization of Migrant Families in Ankara; Ankara/Turkey EDITING WORK 2006, Çocuklar Yoksulluğu Anlatıyor: 1001 Çocuk, 1001 Dilek Projesi-Çocuk Mektupları (Children Tell Poverty: 1001 Children, 1001 Wishes Project-Children Letters), report prepared by Pınar Uyan for Deniz Feneri Yardımlaşma ve Dayanışma Derneği, (available at: http://www.deyam.org/raporlar/cocuk_yoksullugu_anlatiyor_2006.pdf). PUBLISHED BOOK CHAPTERS 2009, Türkiye de Yükselen Yahudi Karşıtlığı (Rising Anti-Semitism in Turkey), in Barış Çoban, (ed.), Medya, Milliyetçilik, Şiddet (Media, Nationalism, Violence), Đstanbul: Su. 2008, Panopticon dan Pelican Bay e: Geç Modern Zamanlar için Yeni Bir Paradigma Önerisi ve Kentsel Mekansal Bağlamda Örneklendirme Denemesi (From Panopticon to Pelican Bay: A Proposal of a New Paradigm for the Late Modern Times and a Trail to Illustrate at Urban Space), in Esin Candan, Nida Kamil Özbolat, and Mustafa Öziş (eds.), Bilim ve Đktidar (Science and Power), Ankara: Dipnot. LECTURES/ SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS/ FORUMS/ PRESS CONFERENCES April 22, 2012, A Reel Politik Examination of the Politicization of the 1915 Tragedy and the Turkish Responses, Paper presented at the Panel Discussion When and How the 2
Government of Turkey may Recognize the Armenian Genocide, The Detroit United Armenian Committee, AGBU Manoogian School, Dearborn, MI, USA. July 27, 2011, Armenian Diasporan Youth Homeland Visits and the Construction of the Self, Paper presented at the Socioscope Societal Research and Consultancy Center NGO, Yerevan, Armenia. October 15, 2010, There is no Place Like Home : Functional Content Analysis of the Birthright Armenia Travelogues, Paper presented at the public workshop organized by the Faculty of Sociology, University of Trento, Trento, Italy. June 23, 2009, Armenia between East and West: Challenges and Opportunities after the Russo-Georgian War, Paper presented at Conference Armenia on the Intersection of Communications, Center for Civilization and Cultural Studies of the Yerevan State University, Cakhkadzor, Armenia. October 17, 2008, Armenian-Turkish Relations from the Viewpoint of Armenian Intellectuals, Istanbul Bilgi University European Institute, Istanbul, Turkey. September 25, 2008, Current Political Picture of Turkey and the Issues, Civil Society Institute, Yerevan, Armenia. September 24, 2008, Armenian-Turkish Relations: The Present and Future Developments, Pastark Club, Yerevan, Armenia. May 2003, Debates on the Population Question in Turkey from 1923 to 2000s. Paper presented at the Weekly Graduate Seminars, Bilkent University, Department of Political Science, Ankara, Turkey. PAPERS PRESENTED / TO BE PRESENTED IN ACADEMIC CONFERENCES December 2011, Patriotism by Cash: Armenian State Discourse on National Giving and the Armenian Diaspora Philanthropy, Paper to be presented at the Workshop Moralities of Migration, The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Oslo, Norway. September 2011, The Desirable Compatriot : Armenia s Diaspora Policy and Engineering of the Diasporan-Armenian Identity, Paper to be presented at the Conference Twenty Years Later: Reshaping Space and Identity, the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia. September 2011, Spatialization of the Ethnicity and Ethnicization of the Space: Armenian Diaspora and the Ethnic Homeland Tourism in Armenia, Paper to be presented at the Conference Re-Thinking Humanities and Social Sciences: The Zone and Zones - Radical Spatiality in Our Times, Zadar, Croatia. June 2011, Serving the Homeland Building the Nation: An Analysis of the Homeland and Identity Perceptions of the Volunteers from Diaspora in Armenia, Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Granada, Spain. 3
April 2011, Between Myth and Reality of the Homeland : Young Diasporan Armenians Discovery of Armenia, Paper presented at the 16th Annual ASN World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities: Charting the Nation between State and Society, New York, USA. April 2009, Armenian-Turkish Relations from the Perspective of the Armenian Intellectuals, Paper presented at the 14th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities: Imagined Communities, Real Conflicts, and National Identities, New York, USA. March 2009, The Armenianness and Citizenship in Armenia, Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference in Citizenship Studies: Representing Citizenship, Detroit, USA. July 2008, Wrestling for Self-Definition in Transnational Space: A Case Study of the Identity Construction of Alevis in Turkey and Germany, Paper presented at the 1st Global Conference: Diasporas- Exploring Critical Issues, Oxford, United Kingdom (with Mehmet Demiray). April 2008, Deterritorialization of Nation-Building and Ethnicization of the National Narratives, Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Nationalities 13th Annual Convention, New York City, New York, USA (with Ayhan Kaya). October 2007, Ulus-aşırılık ve Modern Siyasetin Sınırları: Teritoryal-olmayan Siyaset Üzerine Bir Deneme (Transnationalism and the Limits of Modern Politics: An Essay on Deterritorial Politics), Paper presented at Turkish Political Science Association Graduate Conference, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. December 2006, Uluslararası Hukukta Azınlık/Grup Hakları ve Türkiye de Azınlıklar: Bir Vaka Analizi Olarak Türkiye de Yahudi Karşıtı Söylem (Minority/Group Rights in International Law and Minorities in Turkey: A Case Study of the Anti-Jewish Discourse in Turkey), Paper presented at the Human Rights and Citizenship Conference, Türkiye ve Orta Doğu Amme Đdaresi Enstitüsü (TODAĐE) Đnsan Hakları Araştırma ve Derleme Merkezi (ĐHADM), Ankara, Turkey. November 2006, Türkiye de Đslamcılık Akımı Literatürü Üzerine Eleştirel Bir Đnceleme (A Critical Analysis of the Literature on Islamist Movement in Turkey), Paper presented at Turkish Political Science Association Graduate Conference, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey. October 2006, Different Actors, Converging Interests and the Islamic Revival: A Sociological Inquiry of the Islamic Movement in the post-1980 Turkey, Paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists, Muslim Identities: Shifting Boundaries and Dialogues, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (with Mehmet Demiray). September 2006, Panopticon dan Pelican Bay e: Geç Modern Zamanlar için Yeni Bir Paradigma Önerisi ve Kentsel Mekansal Bağlamda Örneklendirme Denemesi (From Panopticon to Pelican Bay: A Proposal of a New Paradigm for the Late Modern Times and a Trail to Illustrate at Urban Space), Paper presented at Karaburun Science Congress, Karaburun, Đzmir, Turkey. 4
November 2005, 1927-1950 Yılları Arasında Nüfus Meselesinin Türk Basınındaki Yansımaları (Reflections of the Population Question in Turkish Media Between 1927-1950), Paper presented at Turkish Political Science Association Graduate Conference, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. PANELS CHAIRED November 2008, Chair of the Panel on Turkish-Armenian Relations in History at Turkish Political Science Association Graduate Conference, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul/Turkey. November 2005, Chair of the Panel on Politics and Modernity at Turkish Political Science Association Graduate Conference, Hacettepe University, Ankara/Turkey. CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS ASSISTED February 2009, Model Caucasus Parliament: Pre-Simulation Programme, organized by Caucasus Forum for Solidarity and Cooperation, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul/Turkey. August 2005, First Global International Studies Conference, Istanbul Bilgi University,Istanbul/Turkey. CONFERENCES ORGANIZED November 2008, Turkish Political Science Association Graduate Conference, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul/Turkey. October 2007, Turkish Political Science Association Graduate Conference, Erciyes University, Kayseri/Turkey. November 2006, Turkish Political Science Association Graduate Conference, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta/Turkey. November 2005, Turkish Political Science Association Graduate Conference, Hacettepe University, Ankara/Turkey. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Manager/Executive Psychologist June 2005-September 2005, Kardeşler Pre-School Educational Center, Ankara/Turkey. September 2004-June 2005, Yaren Pre-School Educational Center, Ankara/Turkey. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Research Associate July-September 2011, Research associate at Socioscope Societal Research and Consultancy Center NGO in Yerevan, Armenia. Teaching & Research Assistantship September 2005-September 2009, Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations, Istanbul/Turkey. 5
Courses assisted: Early Modern Political Thought; Modern Political Thought; Research Methods; Turkish Foreign Policy; Politics and Culture in Southern Europe; Mediterranean Politics; Middle East History; Middle East Politics; International Migration; Implementing Public Policies; Governance and Policy Making in the EU. Fall 2001 Summer 2004, Bilkent University, Department of Political Science, Ankara/Turkey. Erasmus Exchange Program Coordinator Assistant September 2005-September 2008, Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of International Relations, Istanbul/Turkey. AWARDS AND HONORS June 2011, Graduate scholar winner at the Ninth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Granada, Spain. November, 2009-November 2012, University of Trento Doctoral Scholarship. September, 2001 September 2002, Bilkent University Graduate Scholarship for MA study at the Department of Political Science. Full-tuition fee waiver and maintenance. September, 2001, Acceptance from the Middle East Technical University, Department of Sociology for MA program and assistantship in the same department. September 2001, Graduated from the Middle East Technical University, Department of Psychology, as an Honor Student. 1997 2001, Four high honor, three honor certificates from Middle East Technical University. 1995 Country Wide University Entrance Examination, Ranked at the top 2% of the whole students taking the exam in that year (nearly 1.000.000 students). LANGUAGE SKILLS Turkish (Native speaker) English (Very good) Azerbaijani (Reading and listening-very good) Italian (Intermediate) (Western) Armenian (Basic) Computing Skills Operating System: Windows Software: Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point Data analysis and Statistical Software: Stata 10 6