Sinan Akıllı Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Letters, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey sinanakilli@gmail.com, sakilli@hacettepe.edu.tr (01 November 2013) EDUCATION Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Ph.D. English Language and Literature, British Cultural Studies Program, June 2005 Dissertation: The Representations of Imperialistic Discourse in Late Victorian Popular Fiction: A Study of the Novels of George Alfred Henty and Henry Rider Haggard. Advisor: Himmet Umunç, Ph.D. (University of London) Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey M.A. English Language and Literature, British Cultural Studies Program, June 2001 Thesis: A Gendered Reading of the Process of Cultural Transplantation in Timothy Mo s Sour Sweet and Buchi Emecheta s Kehinde. Advisor: Gülsen Canlı, Ph.D. (Ankara University) Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey B.A. English Language and Literature, June 1999 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ESL Teaching Certificate, granted by Faculty of Education, Hacettepe University, for the completion of 21-credits of pedagogy courses at the undergraduate level, 1999. AWARDS The British Council, Summer Scholarship, British Studies Module at the University of East Anglia, Norwich Institute for Language Education, East Anglia, UK, August-September 1998. FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPOKEN English : Proficiency level (KPDS Score: 98.5/100, May 2011) German : Beginner level WORK EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 18 February 2013 present Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 10 October 2011 18 February 2013. Assistant Professor, Founding Chair, Department of Western Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey, 23 February 2009 07 October 2011.
Akıllı 2/11 Independent Scholar, Translator, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, June 2005 February 2009. Private Tutor, free-lance English and Turkish tutoring to international students and faculty, respectively. State College, Pennsylvania, USA, June 2006 August 2007. Research Assistant, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, December 1999 June 2005. Symposium Secretary, Karst 2000, International Symposium and Field Seminar on Present State and Future Trends of Karst Studies. organised by Hacettepe University, International Research and Application Center for Karst Water Resources. September 17-26, 2000, Marmaris, Turkey, July 1999 September 2000. VOLUNTARY WORK Volunteer, Turkish Association for Secularism and Kemalism, Penn State University, University Park Campus, State College, Pennsylvania, USA. April 2007-December 2008. Reading/Conversation Group Facilitator, for the Global Connections Office at Penn State University, University Park Campus, State College, Pennsylvania, USA. July 2006 July 2007. CURRENT PROJECTS Research Article: Adaptation, ideology, Girl s Own Paper Book Translation: Landry, Donna. Noble Brutes: How Eastern Horses Transformed English Culture. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Research Article / Monograph: T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence of Arabia, polyphony, representation, adaptation Book: Representations of the Turks in Astrology and Prophecy in Early Modern England. RESEARCH INTERESTS Primary: English Travel Literature Colonial-Postcolonial English Literature and Culture English Popular Literature and Culture Cultural and Literary Theory Secondary: Children s Literature Media and Adaptation Studies Cyberculture Studies Academic Novel
Akıllı 3/11 PUBLICATIONS Research Articles in Refereed Publications Akıllı, Sinan. Re-constructing the Western Self in the Ottoman Mirror: A Study of Negative Auto-Ocidentalism in the Contexts of American-Ottoman and Anglo-Ottoman Encounters. Hacettepe University Journal of Faculty of Letters 30.1 (June 2013): 19-52. (Indexed in MLA International Bibliography, ULAKBIM Database and EBSCO Host). Akıllı, Sinan. Apocalyptic Eschatology, Astrology, Prophecy, and the Image of the Turks in Seventeenth-Century England. Hacettepe University Journal of Faculty of Letters 29.1 (June 2012): 25-52. (Indexed in MLA International Bibliography, ULAKBIM Database and EBSCO Host). Akıllı, Sinan. Western Style Royal/National Anthems of te Ottoman Empire: Tracing Resistance to Constitutional Monarchy. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi (Journal of Turkish Studies) 16 (Spring 2012): 7-22. (Indexed in MLA International Bibliography, ULAKBIM Database and EBSCO Host). Akıllı, Sinan. Propaganda through Travel Writing: Frederick Burnaby s Contribution to Great Game British Politics. Hacettepe University Journal of Faculty of Letters 26.1 (June 2009): 1-12. (indexed in MLA International Bibliography and EBSCO Host). Akıllı, Sinan. Spinning Yarns of Imperial (Ad)venture: G.A. Henty s Promotion of British Imperial Ideology in African Adventure Novels. Interactions 16.1 (Spring 2007): 15-30. (indexed in MLA International Bibliography). Akıllı, Sinan. The Destruction of the American Dream in Sam Shepard s Curse of the Starving Class. JAST, Journal of American Studies of Turkey American Dream Special Issue 19 (Spring 2004): 47-57. (Indexed in MLA Directory of Periodicals, American Humanities Index, and Ulrich s International Directory of Periodicals). Akıllı, Sinan. The Matrix of Pagan African, Judaeo-Christian, and Rastafarian Elements in Derek Walcott s Dream on Monkey Mountain. Interactions 13.1 (Spring 2004): 1-10. (Indexed in MLA International Bibliography). Akıllı, Sinan. British Youth on Drugs: A Reading of Irvine Welsh s Trainspotting in the Light of Subculture Theory. Hacettepe University Institute of Social Sciences E-Journal 1.1 (2002): 1-10. Review Articles in Refereed Publications Akıllı, Sinan. Kumkum Chatterjee and Clement Hawes (Eds). Europe Observed: Multiple Gazes in Early Modern Encounters. Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 2008. Hacettepe University Journal of British Literature and Culture 16 (2009): 93-101. Research Articles Published in Conference Proceedings Akıllı, Sinan. Feminine Rites of Passage and Masculine Rites of Return: A Gendered Reading
Akıllı 4/11 of Cultural Transplantation in Buchi Emecheta s Kehinde. Selves at Home, Selves in Exile: Stories of Emplacement and Displacement. Ed. Kirtunc et al. Proceedings of the Seventh Cultural Studies Symposium, Ege University, Izmir, May 2002. Izmir: Ege University Faculty of Letters and American Studies Association of Turkey, 2003. 161-167. Research Articles in Non-Refereed Publications Akıllı, Sinan. Yeşil Bir Bakış Açısından Edebiyat Eleştirisi: Eko-eleştiri. ( Literary Criticism from a Green Perspective: Eco-criticism ) Kırsal Çevre Yıllığı (2003): 7-15. Books Akıllı, Sinan. Late Victorian Imperial Adventure Novel: A Site of Contestation between Proimperialism and Anti-imperialism. Saarbrücken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing, November 16, 2011. (ISBN-13: 978-3846553596) (Published PhD Dissertation) Book Chapters Akıllı, Sinan. Adaptation or Appropriation: Resistance to Constitutional Monarchy in the National Anthems of the Ottoman Empire. Ed. Laurence Raw. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, October, 2013: 35-48. (ISBN-10: 1-4438-4975-8, ISBN- 13: 978-1-4438-4975-3) Akıllı, Sinan. Henry Rider Haggard: An Early Ecocritic? The Future of Ecocriticism: New Horizons. Ed. Serpil Oppermann et al. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, August 01, 2011: 300-309. (ISBN-10: 1443829838, ISBN-13: 978-1443829830) Book Translations MacLean, Gerald. Doğu ya Bakış: 1800 Öncesi İngiliz Yazmaları ve Osmanlı İmparatorluğu. Ankara: METU Press, April 2009. Trans. Sinan Akıllı. Trans. of Looking East: English Writing and the Ottoman Empire before 1800. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Dewey, John. Deneyim ve Eğitim. Ankara: METU Press, 2007. Trans. Sinan Akıllı. Trans. of Experience and Education. New York: Touchstone, 1997. Articles in Other Publications Akıllı, Sinan. Expressing Thanks for Turkish Baklava, American Pumpkin Rolls. Centre Daily Times 10 Dec. 2007: B3. (Newspaper article) Akıllı, Sinan. Savaş, Bilgisayar Ekranında. ( War, on Computer Screen ) Milliyet Popüler Kültür 16 Oct. 2003: 9. (Newspaper article) Akıllı, Sinan. Chinese Immigration to Britain in the Post-WWII Period. 15 May 2003. Contemporary Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English Website. Ed. George P. Landow. <http://www.postcolonialweb.org/uk/mo/sakilli10.html>. Akıllı, Sinan. Culture of Balance and Balance of Cultures: A Gendered Approach to Cross-
Akıllı 5/11 Cultural Adaptation Process in Timothy Mo s Sour Sweet. 15 May 2003. Contemporary Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English Website. Ed. George P. Landow. <http://www.postcolonialweb.org/uk/mo/sakilli1.html>. CITATIONS RECEIVED Seawright, Jay. Cantonese in Scotland. Scottish Languages Review 20 (2009): 25-30. Chan, Red. Chinese Flower in the English Garden: Hybridity and Cultural Translation in Liu Hong's The Magpie Bridge. Journal of Intercultural Studies 28:4 (2007): 397-412. Scafe, Suzanne. The Caribbean. The Journal of Commonwealth Literature 40:4 (2005): 89-108. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Akıllı, Sinan. Henry Rider Haggard s King Solomon s Mines and its Disturbing Adaptations. The 8 th Annual International Conference of the Association of Adaptation Studies: Disturbing Adaptations. Linnæus University, Växjö, Sweden. September 26-27, 2013. (Funded by HU Academic Research Unit). Akıllı, Sinan, Mehmet Emin Küçük, and Erhan Erkan. Küresel Kütüphaneler Girişimi: Kütüphan-e Türkiye Projesi. ÜNAK 2013: The Annual Conference of ÜNAK (University and Research Librarians Association of Turkey). Marmara University, İstanbul, Turkey. September 19-21, 2013. Akıllı, Sinan. The Author as Mirage: Polyphony, Multiple Authorship and Mythification in Lawrence of Arabia. The 7 th Annual International Conference of the Association of Adaptation Studies: Visible and Invisible Authorships. University of York, York, UK. September 27-28, 2012. (Funded by HU Academic Research Unit). Akıllı, Sinan. False and Fickle is the South: British Imperial Ideology in the Girl s Own Paper. Second International Symposium of Western Cultural and Literary Studies. Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey. 5-7 October 2011. Akıllı, Sinan. Western Style Royal/National Anthems of the Ottoman Empire: Tracing Resistance to Constitutional Monarchy. The 6 th Annual International Conference of the Association of Adaptation Studies: The Intellectual Silkroad: Cross-Media and Cross- Cultural Adaptations. Yeni Yüzyıl University, İstanbul, Turkey. September 29-30, 2011. Akıllı, Sinan. An Early Ecocritic?: Henry Rider Haggard. An International Conference on the Future of Ecocriticism: New Horizons. Hotel Limak Limra, Kemer, Antalya, Turkey. November 4-6, 2009. Akıllı, Sinan. Dreaming of a Falling Star: Prophecy, Astrology, and the Turks in Early Modern England. 4 th International IDEA Conference: Studies in English. Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey. April 15-17, 2009. Akıllı, Sinan. Propaganda through Travel Writing: Frederick Burnaby s Contribution to the Russophobic- Turcophilic Tone in British Politics during the Great Game. 29 th Annual
Akıllı 6/11 Conference of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association: Politics and Propaganda. Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA. April 3-5 2008. Akıllı, Sinan. The Theme of Urban Dystopia in 1990s Turkish Hip-Hop. Ege University 9th International Cultural Studies Symposium: [City in (Culture] in City). Ege University, İzmir, Turkey. May 5-7 2004. Akıllı, Sinan, and Mustafa Şahiner. Re-drawing the Boundaries of Native Cultural Territory through Border Crossings in Classroom: A Case Study of the Impacts of Inter-cultural Teaching on the Development of Intra-cultural Awareness. Bilkent University, Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas Symposium: Displacing Canons, Dislocating Cultures. Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. February 21-22, 2003. Akıllı, Sinan. Feminine Rites of Passage and Masculine Rites of Return: A Gendered Reading of Cultural Transplantation in Buchi Emecheta s Kehinde. Ege University 7th International Cultural Studies Symposium: Selves at Home, Selves in Exile: Stories of Emplacement and Displacement. İzmir, Turkey. May 8-10 2002. Akıllı, Sinan. Culture of Balance and Balance of Cultures: A Gendered Approach to Cultural Transplantation Process as Reflected in Timothy Mo s Sour Sweet. Atılım University 1st Culture and Literature Conference: Reading and Interpreting Texts of Popular and Minority Culture. Atılım University, Ankara, Turkey. November 1-2, 2001. CONFERENCES ATTENDED WITHOUT PRESENTATION Future Communities/Future Libraries. IREX Romania - Biblionet Project. 30 October 01 November 2013, Bucharest, Romania. Erasmus Staff Exchange Organization La Sapienza University of Rome. 03-05 June 2013, Rome, Italy. International Henry James Conference. Başkent University Department of American Culture and Literature, 9-10 May 2013, Ankara, Turkey. URAP 2010 International Symposium on University Ranking by Academic Performance. METU Informatics Institute, 3 December 2010, Ankara, Turkey. Internationalization of Studies. Kaunas College, 2-5 March 2010, Kaunas, Lithuania. MLA Annual Convention 2005. December 27-30, 2005, Washington D.C., USA PANELS AND SEMINARS Participant, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Libraries Initiative Peer Learning Meeting 2013. 22-25 April 2013, Cape Town, South Africa.
Akıllı 7/11 Erasmus Exchange Faculty Seminar, Late Victorian Popular Adventure Novel. Kedainiai J. Radvila Faculty, Kaunas College, Kaunas, Lithuania, 15 December 2009. Reader, 4th Annual Found in Translation: World Poetry Read by World People Meeting. State College, Pennsylvania, USA. 20 November 2008. Panelist, Cultural Awareness in Healthcare Settings. Co-organized by the Global Connections Office at Penn State University and Metaphorical Ink. Mt. Nittany Medical Center, State College, Pennsylvania, USA. 28 May 2008. Reader, 2nd Annual Found in Translation: World Poetry Read by World People Meeting. State College, Pennsylvania, USA. 16 November 2006. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. 2013-2014 Academic Year, Fall IED 261 Introduction to Cultural Studies IED 281 The Short Story AMER 203 Research and Writing (Başkent Univ., Dpt. of Amer. Cult. & Lit.) IKA 603 British History and Politics (MA level course) 2012-2013 Academic Year, Spring IED 146 Native Sources of English Literature (2 sections) IED 258 British Popular Culture AMER 180 Introduction to the Short Story (Başkent Univ., Dpt. of Amer. Cult. & Lit.) 2012-2013 Academic Year, Fall IED 147 Reading Skills I (Elective) IED 231 Translation I (Elective) IED 261 Introduction to Cultural Studies IED 281 The Short Story IKA 601 Introduction to British Cultural Studies (MA level course) 2011-2012 Academic Year, Spring IED 146 Native Sources of English Literature (2 sections) IED 258 British Popular Culture IED 280 Readings from Children s Literature (Elective) 2011-2012 Academic Year, Fall IED 231 Translation I (Elective) IED 293 Survey of American Culture and History (Elective) IED 381 Types of Non-fictional Narrative (Elective) IED 393 Literature in Cinema (Elective)
Akıllı 8/11 Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey 2010-2011 Academic Year, Fall-Spring ING 103 Basic English B (Speaking and Listening Section) ING 105 Basic English C (Speaking and Listening Section) 2009-2010 Academic Year, Fall ING 185 Foreign Language I 2009-2010 Academic Year, Spring ING 186 Foreign Language II Research Assistant, Department of English Language and Literature, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. Spring 2000 to Spring 2005 IED 132 Spoken English IED 134 Study Skills and Research Techniques IED 141 Classical Mythology IED 151 Introduction to Britain I IED 152 Introduction to Britain II IED 233 Speech and Communication Skills IED 257 Life and Society in Britain IED 258 British Popular Culture GRADUATE THESIS SUPERVISION Öz, Seda. Master s Thesis. A Study on Bakhtinian Polyphony in Robinsonades: Literary and Cinematic Adaptations of Daniel DeFoe s Robinson Crusoe. British Cultural Studies Program, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara. Supervision: Sep. 2013 present Erzengin, Özlem. Master s Thesis. Reflection of British Imperial Ideology in Gertrude Bell s Non-Fictional Works. British Cultural Studies Program, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara. Supervision: Feb. 2013 - present PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Executive Board Member Treasurer - IDEA (The English Language and Literature Research Association of Turkey) February 24, 2013 present Member- AAS (The Association of Adaptation Studies) 2011- present Member - IDEA (The English Language and Literature Research Association of Turkey) 2004 present Member- ESSE (The European Society for the Study of English) 2004 present
Akıllı 9/11 EDITORIAL-REFEREE WORK Editorial Board Member, SAGE Open, September 2013 present Referee, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi (Journal of the Faculty of Letters), November 2013 present. Referee, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi (Journal of Turkish Studies), September 2013 present. Referee, Journal of American Studies of Turkey (JAST), May 2013 present. Article Editor, SAGE Open, March 19, 2013 - present Journal Secretary, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters Journal of British Literature and Culture, July 3, 2012 - present Referee, Nevşehir University, Nevşehir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, (Journal of the Graduate School of Social Sciences), July 2011 - present English Editor, Anatolian Panorama, January 2010 July 2011. Editor Assistant, Present state and future trends of Karst studies: proceedings of the 6th International Symposium and Field Seminar, Marmaris, Turkey, 17-26 September 2000. Technical Documents in Hydrology No 49. 2 vols. Paris: UNESCO, 2001. Editor Assistant, Abstracts: International Symposium and Field Seminar on Present State and Future Trends of Karst Studies, 17-26 September 2000, Mares Hotel, Marmaris, Türkiye. Ankara: Hacettepe University, International Research and Application Center for Karst Water Resources, 2001. PROJECT EXPERINCE Assistant to Project Director, Standing Consultant, Kütüphan-e Türkiye (Librar-e Turkey) Planning and Pilot Project of Hacettepe Technopolis-Technology Transfer Center and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Libraries and Publications, funded by the Global Libraries Initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 01 July 2013 present. ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES (In chronological order) Deputy Head of Department, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Hacettepe University, Turkey, 04 March 2013 - present Student Advisor, Department of English Language and Literature, Hacettepe University, Spring 2013-present.
Akıllı 10/11 Bologna Process Workgroup Member, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Hacettepe University, Turkey, June 2012 - present Lecture Series Coordinator, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Hacettepe University, Turkey, October 2011 - present Rector s Advisor, International Relations, Aksaray University, Turkey, 01 November 2010 17 May 2011. Deputy Director, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Aksaray University, Turkey, 07 February 2011 17 May 2011. Founding Head of Department, Department of Western Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Turkey, 23 February 2009 07 October 2011. Head of Department, Department of Foreign Languages, Aksaray University, Turkey, 24 April 2009 19 July 2011. Head of Division, Division of English Language and Literature, Department of Western Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Turkey, 23 February 2009 07 October 2011. Faculty Academic Board Member, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Turkey, 23 February 2009 07 October 2011. School Executive Board Member, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Aksaray University, Turkey, 07 February 2011 17 May 2011. School Academic Board Member, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Aksaray University, Turkey, 07 February 2011 17 May 2011. Founder, Coordinator, Aksaray University, Academic Foreign Language Support Unit (AYDD), Aksaray University, Turkey, 11 May 2010 19 July 2011. Assistant Coordinator, Office of International Relations, Aksaray University, Turkey, 01 April 2009 17 May 2011. Assistant Institutional Coordinator, European Union Programs, 01 April 2009 17 May 2011. Department Erasmus/ECTS Coordinator, Department of Western Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Turkey, 23 February 2009 07 October 2011. Assistant Coordinator, Anadolu University, Distance Education Program, Aksaray Coordinator s Office, Aksaray University, Turkey, 2010-2011 academic year.
Akıllı 11/11 Coordinator, 3 rd International Ihlara-Güzelyurt Fine Arts Summer Academy, Aksaray University, 19-31 July 2010. Coordinator, 2 nd International Ihlara-Güzelyurt Fine Arts Summer Academy, Aksaray University, 18 July-01 August 2009. Webmaster, Dept. of English Language and Literature, Hacettepe University, 2002-2005. Member, Department of English Language and Literature EU Socrates/Erasmus Program Coordination Committee, Hacettepe University, 2004-2005. Member, Department of English Language and Literature Strategic Planning Committee, Hacettepe University, 2005. Coordinator, Department of English Language and Literature Graduation Ceremony Organisation, Hacettepe University, 2002 and 2003. Member, Faculty of Letters Graduation Ceremony Organisation Committee, Hacettepe University, 2004. Student Advisor, Department of English Language and Literature, Hacettepe University, 2000-2003. Academic Advisor, Science-fiction and Fantasy Club of Hacettepe University, 2003.