Curriculum Vitae Sinan Tankut Gülhan Personal Data: Place of Birth: Ankara, Turkey Date of Birth: 10-11-1980 University Address: Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, 13902 6000 607-777 2628 E-mail: sinantgulhan-at-gmail.com Education 2005-Present Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, SUNY at Binghamton Demonstration of Competence Examination Fields: Theory and Historiography of Crime and Punishment, Criminology, Urban Theory, Urban Political Economy, Urban Sociology, Urban Studies 2003-2005 M.A., SUNY at Binghamton Major: Sociology 1998-2003 B.S., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Major: Sociology, High Honors Dissertation: Title: Social Production of Concrete Spaces: State, Labor and Capital in Istanbul"
Abstract: This dissertation examines the production of space in Istanbul under a neoliberal regime wherein the unraveling of the state and space conundrum is solidified under the dual pressures of private development companies and state urban renewal initiatives. The housing industry today represents a tremendous transformation both in regards to the structural features of Turkish economy by dint of rampant real estate speculation and consequently in terms of incisive reconfiguration of the built environment. The prevalent question here is the incipient effectiveness of the state in the last two decades, and the emergent reconfiguration of the primary agents in the housing market. The contemporary state in Turkey, unlike preceding periods of boom and bust cycles, has undertaken an active role in promoting urban (re)development, through either opening up a swath of hitherto pristine land that borders metropolitan regions (through redrawing laws on the forest reservations) to private development interests, or by privatizing public land by dint of joint housing development projects. The institutional and social framework for the former was set up by the residual forms of housing development, namely the self-help housing of the gecekondus, or through the small-scale production. Advisor: Dr. Caglar Keyder Committee: Dr. Denis O Hearn, Dr. William G. Martin Teaching Experience Lecturer, Department of Humanities, Istanbul Işık University, (Summer-2011) Enrollment: 35 Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Istanbul Arel University, (Spring-2011) Enrollment: 105 Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Istanbul Arel University, (Fall-2010) Enrollment: 10 Lecturer, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Binghamton (Fall-2008, Spring-2009) Enrollment: 48 Urban Sociology Enrollment: 35 Lecturer, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Oneonta (spring 2008) Enrollment: 80 Crime and Punishment: Deviant Behavior Enrollment: 25
Lecturer, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Oneonta (fall 2007) Enrollment: 120 Lecturer, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Oneonta (spring 2007) Two sections Enrollment: 70 Enrollment: 26 Lecturer, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Binghamton (fall 2006) Foundations of Social Theory Enrollment: 80 Lecturer, Summer Session, SUNY-Binghamton (summer 2006) Enrollment: 16 Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Binghamton (2004-2006) Spring 2007 Introduction to Political Science, Dr. Ricardo René Laremont Fall 2004, Dr. Leslie Gates Spring 2005 Introduction to Political Science, Dr. Ricardo René Laremont Fall 2005 Foundations of Social Theory, Dr. Benita Roth Spring 2006, Dr. Ravi Palat Duties: Grading exams, holding discussion sections, holding office hours Professional and Research Experience Project Coordinator, Analyst, Research on Quality of Life and Urban Values in Küçükçekmece, July, 2011-March-2012, Istanbul Arel University, Community Studies Center Project Coordinator/Consultant, Kargı-Kızılırmak Social Impact Assessment, May, 2010- September, 2010; Employer(s): Virtua Research and Statkraft/Yeşil Enerji Project Coordinator/Consultant/Analyst, October 2009-September 2010; for various social and marketing research programs, drafting and developing research designs and proposals for RFPs Employer: Virtua Research Consultant and Project Coordinator, Pervari Dam Project CSR and SIA program, employer: NTF Construction, October 2009-November 2010 Field Research Supervisor, Religion and Social Structure in Turkey-Erzurum Phase, TÜBİTAK sponsored research program, Coordinators: Prof. Dr. Bahattin Akşit and Prof.
Dr. Recep Şentürk, September, 2009- January, 2010 Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University (2002-2003) UNDP project on poverty alleviation in Turkey Project Coordinators: Prof. Dr. Sencer Ayata and Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ziya Özcan Research specialist, World Health Organization Project on Health Reform in Turkey (2002) Project Supervisor Dr. Sencer Ayata Awards and Honors Central European University Summer School Travel Fellowship (Summer 2006) SUNY Professional Development Travel Grant (2006) SUNY-Binghamton Research Foundation Travel Grant (2006) Presentations and Lectures Urban Renewal in Istanbul (İstanbul da Kentsel Dönüşüm Politikalari), Marksizm 2012, (Istanbul, April, 2012) Arab Spring and the Longue Dureé (Modern-Dünya Sistemi nde Arap Devrimleri), Uludag University, Sociology Symposium, (November, 2011) The Rise and Demise of New Urban Sociology, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY (2008) Nineteenth Century Prison Reform Movements: An Inquiry into the Hegemonic Discourse of Punishment, Sixth European Social Science History Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands (March 25, 2006) Prison as a Built Form: Class, Knowledge, and Landscapes of Power, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA (February 24, 2006) Kondratieff Waves of Incarceration, Fernand Braudel Center, Binghamton, NY (November 16, 2005), Binghamton Justice Project The Birth of Prison: History, Theory, and Ideology, Great Lakes History Conference, World History Association, Grands Rapids, MI (October 29, 2005) [Read in absence] From John Howard to Enoch Wines: Prison Reform as a Class Hegemony, Binghamton University Graduate Student Conference in Historical Social Science, Binghamton, NY (April 30, 2005)
Publications: "Özgürlüğün Coğrafyası: Mekânsallığın Triyalektik Praksisi," Mülkiye Dergisi, Mayıs,2013 Sunuş: Retrospektif, in David Harvey, Sermayenin Sınırları, Tan Kitabevi, Ankara, 2012 Paralel Dünyalara Giriş: Erzurum'da Türklük ve Alternatif Moderniteler, Birikim, 274 Devlet Müteahhitlerinden Gayrımenkul Geliştiricilerine, Türkiye de Kentsel Rant ve Bir Meta Olarak Konut Üreticiliği Konuta Hücum, Birikim, 270 Translations: Anti-Kapitalist Değişim için Örgütlenmek, David Harvey, Dosya 21, Ankara Mimarlar Odası, Ankara, Ekim 2010 University Service and Professional Affiliations Eastern Sociological Society Binghamton University Graduate Student Employees Union Sociology Department Representative, (2004-2006) References Caglar Keyder Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, 13902 6000 607-777 4708 keyder@binghamton.edu Sencer Ayata Graduate School of Social Sciences, Middle East Technical University MM Binasi 3. Kat 06531 Ankara, Turkiye ayata@metu.edu.tr William G. Martin Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, 13902 6000 607-777 6750 wgmartin@binghamton.edu Martin J. Murray Department of Urban Planning, Taubman College, University of Michigan Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning University of Michigan 2000 Bonisteel Boulevard Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069 USA 734 764 1300