Irmak KARADEMIR HAZIR Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, TURKEY E-Mail: irmakka@metu.edu.tr EDUCATION Ph.D., 2009-2013: Sociology, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Thesis Title: How Bodies are Classed: An Analysis of Tastes in Clothing and Bodily Appearances among Women in Turkey, Supervisors: Prof. Alan Warde, Prof. Mike Savage, Dr. Sophie Woodward M.A., 2006-2009 : Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, High Honours Degree, Thesis Title: Different Facets of Middle Class-ness: A Case Study in the City of Ankara, Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Helga Rittersberger Tılıç, Prof. Sibel Kalaycıoğlu B.S., 2001-2006 (Awarded as ranked at first): Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey Minor B.S. Degree, 2003-2006: Politics, Middle East Technical University (Honours Degree) AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 22-26/07/2011 European Sociological Association, PhD Summer School in Lisbon (Full funding) 2009-2013 Turkish Council of Higher Education, PhD Scholarship/4 years 2006-2008 Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Graduate (M.A) Scholarship) AREAS OF INTEREST Social class, inequality, cultural capital, consumption, taste, cultural participation, clothing and embodiment, cultural hostility, social change, symbolic boundaries, food and eating, mixed methods.
EMPLOYMENT Assistant Professor, (2014 October-), Middle East Technical University, Department of Sociology Instructor (2014 January- 2014 October), Middle East Technical University, Department of Sociology, Lecturer (2011), University of Manchester, Sociology of Fashion (Second Year Undergraduate Module) Research Assistant (2007-2014 January), Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University PUBLICATIONS Karademir Hazır, I. Cultural Omnivorousness. (Forthcoming 2014) In, Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology, New York: Oxford University Press, 8050 words. The OBO is a major global online resource in sociology. Karademir Hazır, I., Warde, A., (Forthcoming 2015) Investigating cultural omnivorousness, International Handbook of Sociology of Art and Culture, Routledge, ed. by. Laurie Hanquinet, Mike Savage Karademir Hazır, I (2014), `How bodies are classed: An analysis of clothing and bodily tastes in Turkey`, Poetics, vol. 44, SSCI Karademir Hazır, I. (2014), Book Review of Social and Cultural Capital in Serbia, ed.by. Predrag Cveticanin, Journal of Consumer Culture, vol.14, no.1, SSCI Karademir Hazır, I. (2014), `Bourdieu sonrası yeni eşitsizlik gündemleri: Kültürel sınıf analizi, beğeni ve kimlik`, Cogito, Sayı 76, Yapi Kredi Yayıncılık Karademir Hazir, I. (2013), `Boundaries of middle class identities in Turkey`, Sociological Review, DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.12114, SSCI Karademir Hazır, I (Under Review), Emotional Responses to Classed Embodiments, SSCI PRESENTATIONS 05/09/2014, with Alan Warde, The methodological trajectory of the omnivore debate, European Sociological Association Consumption Research Interim Meeting, Porto, Portugal 18/08/2014, with Sibel Kalaycıoğlu and Kezban Çelik, Techniques and Challenges of Measuring Socio-Economic Status (S.E.S) in Turkey, World Congress for Middle East Studies" (WOCMES), Ankara, Turkey 25/04/2014, Wearing the privilege: Consumption, emotions and inequality, Annual Conference, British Sociological Association, Leeds, U.K 29/08/2013, `Clothes, Self-Presentation and Feelings: (How) Does Class Matter? ` 11 th Conference of European Sociological Association, Torino, Italy
13/03/2013, `How bodies are being classed? An analysis of clothing and bodily tastes in Turkey`, University of Manchester, Sociology Seminars, Manchester, U.K 06/09/2012, `Fashioning cultural capital: A study of sartorial tastes and bodily practices in Turkey`, European Sociological Association Consumption Network Interim Meeting, Berlin, Germany 22-26/07/2012, `Boundaries of middle class identities in Turkey`, European Sociological Association PhD Summer School: Doing Research in the Midst of Social Change Developing a publishing strategy, Lisbon, Portugal 08/09/2011, `Class-Cultural Distinctions on the Dressed Body: A Case Study on Consumption and Embodiment Practices of Turkish Middle Class Women`, 10 th Conference of European Sociological Association, Geneva, Switzerland 15/07/2011, Class, Culture and Symbolic Boundaries: A case study on Turkish middle class, Spectres of Class Conference (15-16/07/2011), University of Chester, U.K. WORKSHOPS (Selected) 12/09/2013, `Emerging Cultural Capital and New Forms of Distinction`, London School of Economics, London 21/02/2013 (Organised by Irmak Karademir Hazir): `Workshop with Prof. Jukka Gronow, on `the Study of Culture and Consumption`, Manchester 6/12/ 2012 `A Sense of Inequality`, CRESC, Manchester 23/05/2011, `Cultural boundaries and inequality in comparative perspective`, University of York 24-25/05/2011, `Field analysis, boundary drawing and socio-cultural inequality`, University of York 26/05/2010, `Anthropological Approaches to Social Class in Contemporary Britain: Conversations with Ethnography`, CRESC, Manchester 16/01/2010, Social Change and New Methods: New Perspectives on Turkish Literature`, CRESC, Manchester 10/12/2009, `Re-using the ESDS Qualidata, Pioneers of Qualitative Research Collections`, University of Essex OTHER WORK/FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE September 2010- February 2011, PhD Field Research, Ankara/Turkey September 2008- January 2009, M.A Thesis Field Research, Ankara/Turkey 2009-2013, Affiliated to Centre for Research on Socio Cultural Change, CRESC, Research Theme 5: Culture, Participation and Inequality
2007-2008 Project Assistant: Developing a Socio-Economic Status Index and Understanding the Parameters of Social Mobility and Stratification in Ankara- Turkey, Project Coordinator: Prof. Sibel Kalaycıoğlu funded by the Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey 2005-2006, Field Researcher, Similarities and the Differences between Experiences of Workers in Turkey before 1980, Project Coordinator: Prof. Sibel Kalaycıoğlu, funded by Scientific Inquiry Project of METU July 2004, Internship, UNDP, Poverty Practice of the Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS, Bratislava Regional Center (BRC) SKILLS TRAINING (Selected) 9-16/05/2012. Engaging Qualitative Material, University of Manchester 24/03/2011, Mixed Mode Methods in Surveys, Cathie Marsh Centre, University of Manchester 25/03/2011 Nvivo Version 8, Introductory Hands-on Workshop, Methods@Manchester, University of Manchester 21-23/09/2011, An Introduction to Multiple Correspondence Analysis, University of York 10-12/03/2010, Simple and Multiple Correspondence Analysis Course, Centre for Research and Socio-Cultural Change, Manchester 15-18/05/2007, Sampling Techniques in Field Research, Hacettepe University, Institute of Population Studies, Turkey AFFILIATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Board Member, European Sociological Association (ESA), Consumption Research Network, RN05 Board Member, International Sociological Association (ISA), Research Committee on the Body in the Social Sciences Journal Reviewer, Poetics, SSCI TEACHING (until 2014) Introduction to Sociology 2320104 Sociology of Body 2320385 Consumption, Class, Culture 2320423 Sociology of Fashion (Second year Module)
LANGUAGES English (Fluent), German (Intermediate), Turkish (Native) TECHNICAL SKILLS SPSS, SPAD, Nvivo and Atlas.ti user REFERENCES Prof. Alan Warde Prof. Mike Savage Prof. Sibel Kalaycıoğlu Assoc. Prof. Helga Rittersberger-Tılıç