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Nergis Canefe Ph.D,
&, Ph.D in Law candidate (Osgoode Hall Law School)
Associate Professor

MY ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Ph.D in Law Thesis (in progress)
“Ethics in International Law: A Legal Pluralistic Analysis of Crimes against Humanity,” Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Canada
Ph.D. Thesis
"Sovereign Utopias: Civilisational Boundaries of Early Greek and Turkish Nationalisms, 1821-1923", York University, Graduate Program in Social and Political Thought, Toronto, Canada

Book Manuscripts

2007 The Jewish Diaspora as a Paradigm: Politics, Religion and Belonging. Edited volume in collaboration with William Safran, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado (forthcoming, Edwin Mellen Publishers)

2006 (Sole Author) Milliyetcilik, Kimlik ve Aidiyet [Nationalism, Identity and Belonging], Istanbul: Bilgi University Publishing House.

2004 Turkey and European Integration: Accession Prospects and IssuesEdited volume in collaboration with Mehmet Ugur, Jean Monnet Professor at University of Greenwich.  London and New York: Routledge.

Book Chapters

2006   “Ottoman Jews or Turkish non-Muslims: Characters in Search of an Author.” In Nergis Canefe and William Safran, eds. The Jewish Diaspora as a Paradigm.

2006   “Do Muslims in Canada constitute a diaspora? An Exercise in Critical Citizenship Theory” in Diasporas and Opportunity Structures. University of Nevada Press.

2005    “Ethics of Pseudo-Humanitarian Intervention in Macedonia: the Case that Fits.” In Charles Sampford and David Shugarman, eds., Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention. London: Routledge.

2004    “Turkey and European Union: Introduction,” (pp. 1-17), “Turkey and European Union: Conclusion,” (pp. 265-274), and, “The Turkish Contract of Citizenship and the Union Model,” (pp. 215-240) in Turkey and European Integration: Accession Prospects and Issues. Mehmet Ugur and Nergis Canefe, eds.  London and New York: Routledge.

2003    “Communal Memory and Turkish Cypriot National History: Missing Links.” In Maria Todorova, ed., National Identities and national Memories in the Balkans. London: Hurst and Company, pp. 77-102.

2002    “Türkiye’de Milliyetçiligin Populist Yüzleri [The Populist Faces of Turkish Nationalism].” (co-authored with Tanıl Bora) Published in Tanıl Bora, ed., The Encyclopedia of Turkish Nationalism.  Istanbul: Iletisim Yayınları, pp. 305-335.

2001    “Kıbrıs’ın Türklesme Tarihinde Bir Dönüm Noktası [A Turning Point in the Turkification of Cypriot History].” In Esra Özyürek, ed. Hatırladıkları ve Unuttukları ile Türkiye’nin Toplumsal Hafızası [Remembrance, Forgetting and Social Memory in Turkey]. Istanbul: Iletisim Yayınları, pp. 49-85.

2001    "One Cyprus or Many: Historical Memory in Turkish Nicosia." in Simon Gurr and Robert Morris, eds., Identities in Space: Contested Terrains in the Western City since 1850. Aldershot: Ashgate Press, pp. 60-78.

1998    "Rediscovering Politics: The Tribalist Dictum of the Ultra-Nationalist Right in Turkey," in Kenneth Christi, ed., Tribalist Politics. London: Curzon Press, pp. 153-173.

1997    “The Kurdish Minority in Canada”, Encyclopedia of Minorities in Canada, Multicultural History Society of Ontario Publication, University of Toronto Press.

1996    “Minority Rights and Beyond: A Reconsideration of Identity and Difference in National Politics,” in Mortimer Sellers, ed., The New World Order, Sovereignty, Peoplehood and Minority Rights, New York and London: Berg Press.

Journal Articles

2006    Book review on Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return, Journal of International Affairs.

2005    “An Act of Citizenship? Freedom of Speech and University Politics in the Case of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” Citizenship Studies (accepted with minor revisions)

2004    “The Kurdish Problem in Turkey.” Review Article, South European Society and Politics 8 (3), pp. 56-73.

2004    “Foundational Paradoxes of Balkan Nationalisms: Authenticity, Modernity and Nationhood.” Turkish Review of Balkan Studies 8. Published by Ortadogu ve Balkan Incelemeleri Vakfi [Research Foundation of Middle Eastern and Balkan Studies], pp. 107-148.

2003    “Refugees or Enemies: Turkish Cypriot Perceptions of the 1974 War." South European Society and Politics 7 (2), pp. 1-28.

2003    “Kıbrıs Türk Toplumunda Tarihsel Aidiyet ve Vatandaşlık Akti Arasındaki Geçişlilik. [The Critical Relationship between Citizenship and Historical Belonging in Modern Turkish Cypriot Society]” Toplum ve Bilim (Haziran), pp. 73-89.

2002    “Intellectual Roots of Anti-European Sentiments in Turkish Politics: The Case of Radical Turkish Nationalism.” (co-authored with Tanıl Bora) Turkish Studies (Special Issue on Turkey-Europe edited by Barry Rubin and Ali Carkoglu) 4 (1), pp. 127-148. (reprinted in book format)

2002    “The Legacy of Forced Population Movements in Modern Turkish Society: Remembrance of the Things Past?”  Balkanologie 5 (1-2), pp. 153-179.

2002    "Turkish Nationalism and Ethno-Symbolic Analysis: Costs and Benefits." Nations and Nationalism 8 (2), pp. 1-28.

2002    "Turkish Nationalism and Ethno-Symbolic Analysis: The Rules of Exception." Nations and Nationalism 8 (2), pp. 133-155.

2002    "From Ethnicity to Nationalism: Intricacies of Turkish Cypriot Identity in the Diaspora" Rethinking History 6 (1), special issue edited by Patrick Finney, pp. 57-76.

2002    “Kosovo’s Refugees?” Review Article, Refuge (February), pp. 134-136. 

1999    "Cleansing Ethnicity from the [Balkan] Conflict." Times Higher Education Supplement (June 23 1999)

1998    "Citizens versus Permanent Guests: Social and Political Effects of Immigration and Citizenship Laws in a Reunified Germany," Citizenship Studies 2 (3), pp. 519-544.

1994    "The Yugoslavian Puzzle: Which Nation, Whose Nationalism and Other Unsettling Questions," Refuge. (June-July 1994) Special Issue on Yugoslavia.

Encyclopedia Entries

2006    McMillan Encyclopedia for Social Sciences, commissioned entry on Xenophobia.

2004    Sage Encyclopedia for Left and Right-Wing Politics; entries on Xenophobia, Sabbatarianism, International Migration, Civil Rights, Despotism, Autarky, Extreme Right Wing Movements

RESEARCH GRANTS I RECEIVED

2006    New grant application (SSHRC) on Detainees and Human Rights Principles in Canada, joint research with Howard Adelman

2004-2006   Participant Researcher, SSHRC funded international project on Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention, principle applicants David Shugarman, Howard Adelman and David Dewitt at York University.

2005    Department of Political Science and Department of Religious Studies, Conference Support Fund for Jewish Diasporas: Myths and Realities international workshop

2005    Office of Vice President Research, York University, Conference Support Fund

2005    Dean’s Office, Faculty of Arts, York University, Conference Support Fund

2004-2005   Centre for Jewish Studies, Harry Crowe Endowment Fund recipient

2002-2003   Research Foundation Award for the project titled “Neutralisation of Ethno-Religious Identity and Republican Turkish Formulation of Citizenship.” Co-conducted by Prof. Ferhunde Ozbay, Department of Socilogy, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

MY PUBLIC AND ACADEMIC ADDRESSES

International Conferences

2006    “The Politics of Belonging among the Muslims Diasporas in the Anglo-American World” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA.

2005    “Diasporas as the new site for Redemption? Hopes Crushed after 9/11” World International Studies Association First Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey.

2005    “Humanitarianism Undefined: Lessons to be Learnt from the faith of minorities in the Balkans.” World International Studies Association First Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey.

2004    “Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention: the Case of Macedonia.” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Hawai, USA

2004    “Politics and Religion in the Diaspora.” Issues of Social Justice Conference, York University, Canada (organized by Vijay Agnew)

2004    “Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Canadian Politics: A Just Third Party?” Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

2004    “Diasporas, Transnational identities and the Nation-State: End of Citizenship?” Paper tabled at the Imagining Diasporas: Space, Identity and Social Change Conference, University of Windsor, Canada.

2004    “Dilemmas of identity Formation among Young Canadian Muslims: Tradition, National Belonging and Religious Identity in the Diaspora.” Paper presented at the International Conference onThe Making of The Islamic Diaspora. Sponsored by SSHRCC, MCRI, Diaspora, Islam, and Gender Project, York University; The Ford Foundation Educational Project for Palestinians; York Centre for Refugee Studies; York Center for Feminist Research.

2004    “Theories of Ethno-nationalism and their Effects in the Middle Eastern Context.” Paper presented at the 14th Annual Conference of ASEN (Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism), The Nationalism Debate, London School of Economics, UK.

2004    “Diasporas, Transnational Migration and Limits of Citizenship: Points of Anchorage in the European Context.” Paper presented at the Immigration, Multiculturalism and Citizenship in Europe: Inclusion/Exclusion Conference organized by Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, Toronto.

2004    “Identity, Culture, and Paradigms of Incongruity in International Relations: the Case of Islam.” Paper presented at the Governance and Global (Dis)orders: Trends, Transformations, and Impasses. Eleventh Annual York Centre for International and Security Studies Conference in Conjunction with the Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organised Crime and Corruption.

2003    “The Legacy of Forced Population Exchanges: The Turko-Greek Case.” Paper presented at the Forced Migration Conference, University of Bath, United Kingdom.

2002    “Blind Spots in Turkish Migration Research: Refugees, Diaspora and Minorities.” Paper presented at the New Directions in Turkish Studies of Migration Conference, Boğazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. 

2002    “How to Approach Religion in Migration Studies: The Things We Don’t Want to do.” Paper presented at the International Workshop on Transnational Migration and Religion Organised by the American Social Science Research Council, Istanbul, Turkey.

2001    “Europe in the Eyes of the ‘New’ Radical Turkish Right.” Paper presented in the special panel on Turkey and Europe, Pan-European International Studies Association Meeting, Heidelberg, Germany.

2000    "British Perceptions of the Yugoslav Refugees: Why Will The Kosova Crisis Cost so Dear to the Labour Government?" Paper presented at Bergen Workshop on Refugees and Migrants in Europe, August 2000, International Society for History of European Ideas, Norway. 

2000    "Citizenship and Memory in Turkish Cypriot Society." Paper read at History and Memory in Eastern Mediterranean Societies Workshop, Brown University, U.S.A.

2000    "Diasporas and National History: The Case of Turkish Cypriots of London." Paper presented at the History and Memory in Southeast Europe Conference, University of Lampeter, Wales, U.K.

2000    "History as We Learnt It: The Rediscovery of the Ottoman Civilisation in Turkish Cypriot Society" Paper presented at the Regional Workshop on History and Nationalism, organised by Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeastern Europe, Larnaca, Cyprus.

2000    "Extreme Turkish Nationalism and History: Uneasy Alliances." Paper presented at the British Social History Society Conference, Cambridge, U.K.

1999    "Power, Visibility and Belonging in the Turkish Cypriot Diaspora." Paper presented at the Cypriot Society in the New Millennium: Globalisation and Social Change Conference, Greenwich, London

1999    "Changing Definitions of Race and Ethnicity in Historical Studies: Lessons from Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda." Paper presented at the Anglo-American Historians' Conference, Institute of Historical Research, U.K.

1999    "Communal Memory and History Textbooks in Turkish Cypriot Society: Missing Links." Workshop Presentation at the Meeting on National Memory and History in Southeastern Europe, Halki, Greece

1999    "Divided Memories of a Common History: Renovation of Turkish Cypriot Nicosia." Panel Presentation at the Annual Urban History Conference, Oxford University, U.K.

1998    "One Cyprus of Many? The Critical Relationship between Demography and History in Cyprus." Panel Presentation at the Pan-European International Relations Conference, Vienna, Austria.

1998    "Area Studies: Could We Write the Historiography of Academic Histories of Europe's Others?" Paper presented at the Social and Political Thought Program, 25th Year Anniversary Celebrations, York University, Canada.

1998    "Remaking Cyprus: Long-term Effects of Population Displacements" Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis USA

1997    "Feminism, Refugees and Constructions of Otherhood: A Critical Approach" paper read and tabled at the 1997 Canadian Learneds Conference, Canadian Association of Socialist Studies Panel on Citizenship organized by Sedef Arat-Koc, St. Johns, Newfoundland.

1997    "Genocidal Tendencies in Modern Turkish Ultranationalist Politics: The Alevi Massacres" paper read and tabled at the Second Meeting of the Association of Genocide Scholars, Montreal, Canada.

1997    "Citizens versus Permanent Guests: Cultural Memory and Citizenship Laws in a Reunified Germany" Paper Presented at the Conference on Inclusion and Exclusion: International Migrants and Refugees in Europe and North America, New School for Social Research, New York, USA.

1997    "Return of Utopia in Extremist Identity Politics" Paper presented at the 51st Annual Conference of New York State Political Science Association, New York, USA.

1997    "The Construction of the Kurdish Problem in the Middle East as a Security Issue" Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada

1996    "Radical Marxism, Liberation Struggles and Languages of Descent" paper tabled at the 3rd Rethinking Marxism Conference, University of Massachusetts, USA.

1996    "Democratic Liberalism and Changing Definitions of Ethnicity" paper tabled at the International Studies Association-North East Division Annual Meeting, Boston, USA

1996    "The Sovereign Nation-State and Minority Rights: Critical Approaches" Paper presented at the Special Workshop on Sovereignty and Human Rights, International Political Science Association, University of Essex, England.

1996    "What is a 'National Minority'? Questions and Answers in the Context of Greek-Turkish Relations since the Lausanne Treaty" Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Studies in International Development, 1996 Canadian Learneds Meeting, Brock University, Canada

1996    "The Changing Definition of Ethnicity in Genocide Studies: From Yugoslavia to Rwanda" Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Sociology and Anthropology, 1996 Canadian Learneds Meeting, Brock University, Canada

1996    Participant, Teaching Workshop organised by. Genocide Studies Section, the Canadian Association of Sociology and Anthropology, 1996 Canadian Learneds Meeting, Brock University, Canada

1995    "The pan-Nationalist Element in Early Greek and Turkish Histories and Its Ramifications" Paper presented at the Modern Greek Studies Association Annual Meeting, Harvard University, Boston

1995    "The insiders and outsiders of German Nationalism after Re-unification" Paper presented at the Canada-Europe: Ethics and Migration Conference, The Hague, Netherlands

1995    "The 'Others' of the Yugoslavian Civil War: The Future of the Muslim Communities in the Balkans" Paper presented at the First Bi-Annual Conference of International Society of Genocide Scholars, Williamsburg, College of William and Mary, Virginia, USA

1995    "The Enigmatic Revival of Utopia in Identity Politics" Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Society for Utopian Studies, Toronto, Canada. 

1995    "Membership versus Justice: The Bridges Between Habermas and Rawls" Paper presented at the Canadian Society of Political Science, 1995 Canadian Learneds Conference, Montreal, Canada

1995    "A Critique of the Liberal Underpinnings of the International Human Rights Regime" Paper presented at the International Workshop on Women's Rights are Human Rights, York University, Toronto, Canada

1995    “Regional Responses to Ethno-Nationalist Secessionism: A Comparative Reading of Cyprus and Yugoslavia.” Paper presented at the Annual International Studies Association Conference, Chicago, USA

1994    “Minorities in the Middle East: Historical Anomaly or Theoretical Impasse?” paper tabled at the Fourth International Research and Advisory Panel Conference on Refugees, Somerville College, Oxford, England (5-9 January 1994)

1994    "Canonisation of National Narratives: A Critical Approach" Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Cultural Studies, University of Toronto, Canada

1993    "Feminism, Membership, and Theories of Justice: Critical Readings", Paper presented at the Conference on Gender Issues and Refugees: Development Implications, York University, Canada

1993    "Death of Art-End of Tradition: The Riddle of an Emancipatory Recapturing of the Work of Art in Early and Late Frankfurt School" Paper presented at the Annual Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture Conference, State University of New York, Binghamton, U.S.A

Seminar and Workshop Presentations

2006    “Blasphemy or Freedom of Speech? Issues Behind the Protests related to the Caricatures of Prophet Muhammed” Invited speaker at the Osgoode Hall Law School Roundtable on Muslim Minorities in the West, Toronto.

2006    “The Muslims of France, or, Paris is Burning” Invited speaker in the Guest Lecture Series, Canadian Center for German and European Studies, York University, Toronto.

2005    “Jewish Enlightenment in the East? Nationalist Aspirations among Sephardic Jews of the Ottoman Empire.” Panel presentation, Jewish Diasporas: Myths and Realities Conference, York University, Toronto, Canada (also the organizer of the conference)

2004    “Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention: the Long-term Effects of Regional Ethno-Politics.” Workshop participant at the Key Centre for Ethics Workshop (joint Canadian-Australian team), Brisbane, Australia.

2004    “Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention: What Kind of Liberal Justice?”  Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention Workshop (joint Canadian-Australian team), York University, Canada.

2004    “Religion, Migration and Belonging in a Comparative Context.” Transnational Religion and Migration Workshop, Cape Town, South Africa. Organiser: Social Science Research Council, New York, USA.

2003    “Citizenship, Belonging and New Formulations of Identity in a Transnational Context.” Workshop organiser and presenter, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. 

2003    “Whose Culture, Which Rights: Thoughts in the aftermath of Anglo-American Invasion of Baghdad.” Paper presented at the Panel Series on Sanat ve Insan Haklari [Art and Human Rights], Istanbul Technical University, Institute of Social Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.

2003    “Remembering and Forgetting Izmir/Smyrna.” Paper presented at the Politics of Memory Workshop, Boğazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.

2002    “Paradoxes of Turkish Nationalism.”  Paper presented at the Bilgi University Invited Speaker Series, Istanbul, Turkey. 

2002    “Muslims in the Balkans: Who Are They Supposed to Be?” paper presented at the British International Studies Association Working Group on Balkan History Workshop, London School of Economics and Political Science.

2001    “Ottoman Legacy in Modern Turkish Society: The Issue of Civilisation.”  Paper presented at the workshop on Traditions of Liberty in the Balkans, Halkidiki, Greece (organized by Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeastern Europe, Thessaloniki)

2000    "Bi-Communal Relations in the Diaspora: Questions about the Cypriot Case." Paper presented at the Vienna Core Group Meeting, Project on Gender and Conflict Resolution, Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue, Vienna Austria.

1996    "Minorities versus the Middle East: Is the 'Kurdish Problem' Unique?" Paper presented at the Women in International Security Annual Workshop "Security Policy at Crossroads," Annapolis, USA

1996    "A Comparative Analysis of Population-Exchange Policies as a Remedy for Minority-Related Problems.” Paper presented at Center for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada.

1995    "From margins to the Core: Minority Related Refugee Problems in Balkan States.” Paper presented at Center for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada

1994    ‘A Preliminary Analysis of the Minority-Related Problems in the Middle East.” Paper presented at Center for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada

1994    “Nationalism, Ethno-nationalism and the New World Order.” Paper presented at the Academic Council for the United Nations Annual Summer Workshop, Brown University, USA

1993    “Possibilities of Repatriation: The Kurdish Case.” Paper presented at the Repatriation and Development Workshop I, Center for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada

1992    “The Kurdish Enigma in the Middle East.”  Paper presented at the Center for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada

Honorary Invitations/Guest Lecturer Series

2006    “Muslims in Canada: Minority or Diaspora?” Guest Lecturer, Brown Bag Series, Center for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada.

2005    “Internally Displaced People in International Humanitarian Law.” Faculty Lecturer, Centre for Refugee Studies Summer School, York University, Canada.

2005    “Liberalism versus Citizenship? Freedoms of Speech on Canadian Campuses.” Guest lecturer at the UCLA (Los Angeles, USA) Muslim Diasporas in the West Series.

2004    “Jewish Enlightenment Amiss? Histories of Sephardic Jews in the Ottoman Empire”, Truman Centre, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

2002    Invited participant and discussant, Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeastern Europe Workshop on History Textbooks in Cyprus, London, U.K.

2001    “Kemalism Old and New: Transmutations of Turkish Nationalism.” Invited speaker for the LSE Association for the Study of Nationalism and Ethnicity Seminar Series.

2000    "The Turkish Nationalist Right: Old Wine in New Bottles?" Invited speaker for the SOAS Turkish Studies Seminar Series.

2000    “The Historical Pedigree of the Ottoman Legacy: Revisiting Truisms.”  Invited Speaker for the History Workshop Seminars, London. 

1999    "The Missing 'Ottomans' in Balkan National Histories: Lessons Learnt from the Turkish Case." Guest speaker at SSEES/CSEES seminars, University of London.

1999    "Religion versus Nationalism in Republican Turkish History: The Case of Christian Minorities." Invited speaker at the Balkan History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, University of London.

1997    "The Legacy of Greek-Turkish Population Exchanges: Critical Thoughts." Guest lecturer, Refugee Studies Program, Oxford University, UK.

1995    "The Turkish State versus Minority Rights." Symposium on Minority Rights in Turkey:  Remembrance of the Events of September 6-7, 1955, Greek Canadian Association of Constantinople, Toronto, Canada. 

1995   German Romanticism Unbound: Greek and Turkish Early Nationalist Narratives Compared," Guest Lecturer Series, Department of Classical Studies, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA.

THESES I SUPERVISED

2006-2007        Ian Morrison, Department of Sociology, Second Reader, Ph.D Thesis

Atif Nasim, Department of Political Science, MA Supervisor

Ertan Ecel, Department of Sociology, Second Reader, Ph.D Thesis

2005-2006        Lina Nadar, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
                            MA title: “Muslim Minorities in Canada: Limits of Legal Discourse”

Michael Newson, Department of Social and Political Thought
MRP title: “Diasporas and Justice: A Critique of Rawlsian Liberalism”

Nelly Jebran, Department of Political Science
MRP Title: Limits of Consociationalism in Lebanon and Pluralist Citizenship

2004-2005        Joshua Bates, Department of Social and Political Thought
                            MRP title: “Identity and Difference in Contemporary Israeli Society.”

Senem Yilmaz, “Lost in Translation: Kurdish Songs in Turkish Popular Culture.” MA Thesis in Cultural Studies, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey.

Umran Geze, “European Union Rules and the Visibility of Armenian Minorities in Turkey.” MA Thesis in European Union Studies, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey.

Zehra Arman, Cultural Studies Programme, Bilgi University, Turkey
MA thesis title: “Border identities: Memory, landscape and cultural spaces in the eastern province of Kars.”

2003-2004        Michael Buckley, Department of Political Science, York University
                            MRP title: “Nationalism, Identity and Belonging: The Case of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in West Bank and                             Gaza.”

Asli Ozguven, Department of Political Science, York University
MRP title: “Could there be an answer to neo-liberalism: A comparative study of the political culture of Turkey since the 1990s.”

Zoe Tait, Department of Political Science, York University
MRP title: “Third Country Safe Option Policy in Canadian practice of refugee protection: a critical overview.”

Nadia Turk, Department of Fine Arts, York University
MA Thesis Title: “Islamic Architecture in the Diaspora: Places of Worship in the Greater Toronto Area.”

2002-2003        Esin Bozkurt, Cultural Studies Programme, Bilgi University, Turkey
                            MA thesis title: “Headscarves, veils and political identity: A Critical Debate on the Turkish model of secularism.”

Asli Yurtdas, Cultural Studies Programme, Bilgi University, Turkey
MA thesis title: “Identity in Question: Sabetai Sevi’s followers, Jewish heretic traditions and the Republican Citizenship in Turkey.”

Belinda Mumcu, Cultural Studies Programme, Bilgi University, Turkey
MA thesis title: “Handicapped: The missing field of disability in the discourse of civil society—the case of the Istanbul Armenian hospital.”

Ilgin Yorukoglu, Cultural Studies Programme, Bilgi University, Turkey
MA thesis title: “Cypriotness in Turkey, Turkishness in Cyprus: Through the Looking Glass.”

2001                  Effie Fokas, The European Institute, LSE

Ph.D Thesis Title: “Islamism Old and new In Modern Turkey: The EU Context.”
Acted in the capacity of second reader

Participation in Defenses in non-advisory Capacity (external examiner)

2004-2005        Kerem Oktem, Ph.D Defense, Department of Geography, Oxford University, UK.
                            Erkan Ecel, MA Thesis Defense, Department of Sociology, York University
                            Alex Latta, Ph.D Defense, Department of Political Science, York University
                            Caglayan Ayhan, MA Thesis Defense, Department of Anthropology, York University
                            Ebru Ustundag, Ph.D Defense, Department of Geography, York University
                            Regan Boychuk, MA MRP, Department of Political Science, York University

2003-2004       Kyle Robinson, Ph.D Defense, Department of Political Science, York University
                           Heather Orange, MA MRP, Department of Political Science, York University
                           Jennifer Castillo, MA MRP, Department of Political Science, York University

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