Dr Türkay Salim Nefes E-mail: turkay.nefes@sociology.ox.ac.uk Academic Appointments 2012- Research Fellow, St Antony s College, University of Oxford 2012- Research Associate, Sociology Department, University of Oxford 2011-12 Research Fellow, Sociology Institute, University of Freiburg 2006-11 Assistant Lecturer, Sociology Department, University of Kent Education 2006-10 DPhil Sociology, University of Kent Thesis: Towards a Sociology of Conspiracy Theories: An Investigation into Conspiratorial Thinking on Dönmes 2005 06 Postgraduate Diploma in Social Research Methods, University of Kent 2003 05 MSc Political Science, Middle East Technical University Thesis: Conceptualizing and Problematizing the Contemporary Popularity of Conspiracy Theories in Turkey: Re-thinking Karl Popper 1998 02 BSc Sociology, Middle East Technical University (Exchange studentship, University of Alberta, 2000-01) Book Publications Nefes, T. S. (2015) Online Anti-Semitism in Turkey, under contract with Palgrave Macmillan. Peer-reviewed journal articles Nefes, T. S. (2015) Scrutinizing impacts of conspiracy theories on readers political views: Anti-Semitic rhetoric in Turkey, British Journal of Sociology (forthcoming). Nefes, T. S. (2014) Rationale of conspiracy theorizing: who shot the president Chen Shui-bian? Rationality and Society 26(3): 373-394. Nefes, T. S. (2014) Teaching sociology seminars through The Simpsons: Homer under Mills eye, Journal of Sociology 50(2): 119-137. 1
Nefes, T. S. (2013) Political parties perceptions and uses of anti-semitic conspiracy theories in Turkey, The Sociological Review 61(2): 247-264. Nefes, T. S. (2013) Ziya Gökalp s adaptation of Emile Durkheim s sociology in his formulation of the modern Turkish nation, International Sociology 28(3): 335-350. Nefes, T. S. (2012) The history of the social constructions of Dönmes (converts), Journal of Historical Sociology 25(3): 413-439. Nefes, T. S. (2010) Review: Conspiracy panics: political rationality and popular culture, Sociological Research Online 15(4). Nefes, T. S. (2007) Zygmunt Bauman on postmodernity: a prophet or a story teller, Civil Academy 5(2): 25-30. Diken, B., Laustsen, B. and Nefes, T. S. (2005) Hamam, ToplumBilim 18: 13-20 [in Turkish]. Nefes, T. S. (2004) New stories of the city, Birikim 182: 67-71 [in Turkish]. Diken, B., Laustsen, B. and Nefes, T. S. (2003) Postmodern violence: the Fight Club in the network society, Doğu Batı 23: 56-69 [in Turkish]. Nefes, T. S. (2003) From globalization to viva Zapata, Birikim 168: 85-90 [in Turkish]. Book chapters Nefes, T. S. (2015) Dönmes: heroes and villains of Turkish modernisation, in M Dabag (ed.) Lexicon of non-national communities and diasporas in the Mediterranean, Munich, Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink (forthcoming) [in German]. Nefes, T. S. (2014) The function of secrecy in anti-semitic conspiracy theories: the case of Dönmes in Turkey, in M. Reinkowski and M. Butter (eds.) Conspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East: A Comparative Approach, De Gruyter: 139-156. Nefes, T. S. (2011) Conspiracy theories as conduits of fundamentalist knowledge, in U. Martensson, U. Bailey, P. Ringrose, A. Dyrendal (eds.) Fundamentalism in the Modern World: Vol. 1: Fundamentalism, Politics and History: The State Globalization and Political Ideologies, I.B. Tauris: 219-239. Work under Review Nefes, T. S. (2014) A Sociological Insight into Contemporary Anti-Semitism in Turkey. Nefes, T. S. (2014) Exploring the sociological rationale of Turkish nationalism. Nefes, T. S. (2014) Conspiracy theorising in Turkey. 2
Work in Progress Nefes, T. S. Analysing current anti-semitism in Turkey: Discussing the Holocaust online Academic Honours and Awards 2012- Research Fellowship Award, St Antony s College, University of Oxford 2014 Two awards of International Journal Publication Incentive, TUBITAK 2013-14 International Research Grant, Contemporary Online Communication of Anti- Semitic Conspiracy Theories in Turkish, Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism 2013 Two awards of International Journal Publication Incentive, TUBITAK 2012-13 TUBITAK Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Grant 2012 First Place in Doctoral Researcher Awards (Social and Management Sciences Category), Association of British Turkish Academics 2012 Award of International Journal Publication Incentive, TUBITAK 2011-12 International Research Fellowship Grant, Freiburg University 2006-10 Highest PhD studentship award, Sociology Department, University of Kent 2005 Honourable mention in essay competition of Turkish Liberal Society 2000-01 Exchange student scholarship, University of Alberta Teaching Experience 2014-15 Tutor, Regent s Park College, University of Oxford - Sociological Theory 2006-11 Assistant Lecturer, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent - Sociological Perspectives on Violence, Terrorism and Modern Society, Sociology of Belonging, Sociology of Disasters and Social Policy modules 2010-11 Teacher, CATS College Canterbury - Sociology and Turkish literature 2010- Fellow of Higher Education Academy 3
2010 Completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PCGHE) programme, University of Kent 2008- Associate of Higher Education Academy Conference Papers, Invited Lectures and Summer Schools 2013 Sociology of conspiracy theories: analysing anti-semitic conspiratorial rhetoric, Workshop on Rational Choice Theory and Applications, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy, 19-21 September 2013 Interviews with popular Turkish conspiracy theorists, British Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference, University of Kent, United Kingdom, 7 July 2013 Online communication of conspiracy theories, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 6 March 2013 Understanding conspiracy theories sociologically, Sociology Department, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 4 February 2012 Ziya Gökalp s emphasis on Turkish folklore, British Centre of Durkheimian Studies, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 1 December 2012 Ziya Gökalp s use of Emile Durkheim s sociology, International Conference on Circulating Social Science Knowledge, Freiburg University, Germany, 25 September 2012 The political use of the Durkheimian sociology in the early 20 th Century Turkey, Sociology Institute, Freiburg University, Germany, 28-29 March 2012 The use of anti-semitic conspiracy theories in Turkish politics, South East European Studies Centre, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 5 March 2011 Adapting Durkheim into Turkish sociology: Ziya Gökalp s attempt to create a Modern Turkey, Invited lecture, University of Basel, Switzerland, 12 December 2011 Reception of Durkheim in the making of the Turkish nation, Freiburg University, Germany, 19 October 2011 The reflections on conspiracy theories in Turkish parliament, British Sociological Association Annual Conference, London School of Economics, United Kingdom, 6-8 April 2011 Political significance of anti-semitic conspiracy theories on Dönmes, Jewish Studies Group, University of Kent, United Kingdom, 2 February 4
2011 Political parties perceptions of conspiracy theories: the Dönme case, Conference: Conspiracy Theories in the Middle East and the United States, Freiburg University, Germany, 13-15 January 2010 The history of the social constructions about Dönmes, World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain, 15-19 July 2010 A comparative analysis of mainstream political hostility against converts: Dönmes and Marranos, The Conversos and Moriscos in Spain and Beyond, Saint Louis University at Madrid, Spain, 16-18 June 2010 The genealogy of the conspiracy theories on Dönmes, Jewish Studies Group, University of Kent, United Kingdom, 17 March 2009 Early Career Summer School, University of Warwick, United Kingdom, 05-10 July 2007 Conspiracy theories on crypto-jewish Dönmes (Conversos), Summer School, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, 12-15 July 2006 Conspiracy theories as conduits of fundamentalist knowledge: thinking about The Protocols of Elders of Zion, International Conference on Global Communication of Fundamentalist Knowledge, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, 14-17 December 2005 Turkish conspiracy theories in the age of fragmentation, 12th International Conference of the Association of French Speaking Sociologists, Galatasaray University, Turkey, 26-29 May 2004 New stories of the city: a movie, 10th National Congress of Sociology Students, Ege University, Turkey, 25-28 April 2003 A general discussion on the contemporary popular culture in Turkey, 9th National Congress of Sociology Students, Isparta University, Turkey, 18-21 April 2002 Globalisation and new forms of resistances, 8th National Congress of Sociology Students, Bilgi University, Turkey, 26-29 April Skills and Extracurricular - Member of British Sociological Association and British Centre for Durkheimian Studies - Turkish (native), English (advanced), Spanish (advanced) - Chess, former member of the Chess Club, University of Kent - Football, member of the St Antony s College team, University of Oxford 5