CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFORMATION Name and Surname : BETÜL YARAR Nationality : Turkey Family Status : Single Mother of a Son, BD-13.03.2006 Languages : Turkish (Moher Languge), English (Academic-Advance), German (B1) PRESENT POSITION Senior Researcher, (01.02.2019- 31.08.2021), Principle Investigator, Research Topic: “In- formal Opportunities and Restrictions of German Universities Reflected in Experiences of Exiled Scholars”, The University of Bremen, Faculty of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, Intercultural Education Branch. EDUCATION Degree Department/Programme University Year Undergraduate Sociology Middle East Technical University 1991 M.A. Sociology Essex University 1994 Ph.D. Sociology Lancaster University 2000 M.A. Thesis: A Theoretical Analysis of the Relationship Between the Concepts of Ideology, Culture and Popular Culture, supervised by Prof. Catherine Hall. Ph.D. Thesis: Politics and Popular Culture: A Case Study on the Relationship Between the Rise of the New Right, Football and Arabesk in the 1980s in Turkey, supervised by Prof. Bob Jessop.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name and Surname : BETÜL YARAR
Nationality : Turkey
Family Status : Single Mother of a Son, BD-13.03.2006
Languages : Turkish (Moher Languge), English (Academic-Advance), German
(B1)
PRESENT POSITION
Senior Researcher, (01.02.2019- 31.08.2021), Principle Investigator, Research Topic: “In-formal Opportunities and Restrictions of German Universities Reflected in Experiences of Exiled Scholars”, The University of Bremen, Faculty of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, Intercultural Education Branch.
EDUCATION
Degree Department/Programme University Year
Undergraduate Sociology Middle East Technical
University
1991
M.A. Sociology Essex University 1994
Ph.D. Sociology Lancaster University 2000
M.A. Thesis: A Theoretical Analysis of the Relationship Between the Concepts of
Ideology, Culture and Popular Culture, supervised by Prof. Catherine Hall.
Ph.D. Thesis: Politics and Popular Culture: A Case Study on the Relationship Between
the Rise of the New Right, Football and Arabesk in the 1980s in Turkey, supervised by
Prof. Bob Jessop.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Women’s Movement(s), Feminist Theory, Body-Bio
Politics, Identity Politics, Neoliberalism, Neo-authoritarianism, Qualitative Research
Methods, Migration, Higher Education in Turkey and Germany, Socio-Political History of
Modern Turkey.
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS
2016, 2 Feburary- 31 January 2018 Philipp Schwartz Scholarship by Alexander Von
Humboldt Foundation, positioned at the University of Bremen, Faculty of Education,
Intercultural Education Branch, Research Topic: "Neoliberal-Neoconservative Biopolitics of
AKP and Counter Strategies of Feminist Groups in Women's Movement in Turkey".
2016, September-October, Research Scholarship provided by The French Embassy
Ankara, Reseaching at the University of Paris 8, CRESSPA, France. Research Topic:
Women’s Movement and New Communication Technologies in Turkey.
2016, November, December, 2017 January, Research Scholarship provided by the
EHESS, Paris, France. Research Topic: Neoliberal Regime and Women’s Movement in
Turkey.
September 1993-September 1999, Scholarship Provided by the Scientific and
Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for Studying Aborad for MA and
Ph.D. Degree.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY - WORK EXPERIENCE
Academic Title
University Year
Senior Researcher
Bremen University, Faculty of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, Intercultural Education Branch.
01.02.2019-31.08.2021
Philipp Schwartz Fellow
Philipp Schwartz Scholarship by Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, positioned at the University of Bremen, Faculty of Education, Intercultural Education Branch. Research Topic: "Neoliberal-Neoconservative
Biopolitics of AKP and Counter Strategies of Feminist
Groups in Women's Movement in Turkey".
01.02.2016-31.01.2019
Visiting Scholar
Research Scholarship provided by The French Embassy
Ankara, Reseaching at the University of Paris 8, CRESSPA,
France. Research Topic: “Women’s Movement and New
Communication Technologies in Turkey”.
2016, September-October,
Visiting Scholar
Research Scholarship provided by the EHESS, Paris,
France. Research Topic: Neoliberal Regime and Women’s
Movement in Turkey.
2016, (Nov-Dec)-2017 (Jan)
Professorship Jounralism, Faculty of Communication, Gazi University 2012-2016
Assoc. Prof. Public Relations, Faculty of Communication, Gazi University
2006-2012
Visiting Scholar
Ankara University Faculty of Political Science, Women Studies Graduate Programme
2009-2013
Visiting Scholar
Middle East Technical, Sociology, Social Anthropology Graduate Programme
2010-2011
Assoc. Prof. Sociology, Faculty of Art and Science, University of Abant İzzet Baysal
2006
Visiting Scholar
Sociology, Faculty of Art and Science, Marmara University 2003-2005
Asst. Prof. Sociology, Faculty of Art and Science, University of Abant İzzet Baysal
2001-2006
Research Assistant
Sociology, Faculty of Art and Science, University of Abant İzzet Baysal
2000-2001
Research Assistant
Sociology, Faculty of Art and Science, University of Abant İzzet Baysal
1993-2000
OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
Chair, Department at Sociology, Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi. 2004- 2007.
Vice Chair, Department of Public Relations, Faculty of Communication, Gazi University,
2008-2009.
REFEREEING
2007-2016, panelist in the Board for Project Selection in TUBİTAK,
2019- 2021 Principle Investigator, Research Topic: “In-formal Opportunities and
Restrictions of German Universities Reflected in Experiences of Exiled Scholars”, Funded by VolkswagenStiftung, located at the University of Bremen, Faculty of Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, Intercultural Education Branch.
2016- 2018 Philipp Schwartz Fellow, "Neoliberal-Neoconservative Biopolitics of AKP And Diverse Counter Strategies of Feminist Groups in Women's Movement in Turkey", Philipp Schwartz Scholarship by Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, positioned at the University of Bremen, F12 Faculty of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, Intercultural Education Branch
2011-2013 Project Coordinator and Conductor, Title of the Research Project: “Yeni
Toplumsal Hareketler, Medya ve Yeni İletişim Teknolojileri” [New Social
Movement, Media and New Communication Technologies], Turkey-Slovenia
International Partnership Project, TUBITAK, Ankara.
2006-2009 Project Coordinator and Conductor, Title of the Research Project:
“Türkiye’de Modernleşme Süreci İçinde ve Spor Alanında Toplumsal
Cinsiyete Dayanan Yeni Beden Ekonomisinin ve Kadının Toplumsal
Kimliğinin Kuruluşu ve Dönüşümü” [Constitution and Transformation of
Women’s Social Identity and New Gendered Body Economy in the Field of
Sport and in the Process of Modernisation in Turkey], TUBITAK, Ankara
2004- 2007 Researcher, Project Title: Depremlerden 5 Yıl Sonra Düzce İlinde Değişen
Toplumsal, Ekonomik ve Kişisel Yaşam, Akademik Araştırma Projesi
[Changing Social, Eonomic and Private Lives in Düzce 5 Years After the
Earthquakes], Marmara University, Department of Sociology, granted by
Istanbul Marmara BAP ve TÜBİTAK.
1991-1992 Researcher, Project Title: Türkiye’nin Güneydoğu Bölgesinde Göç ve Sosyal
Mobilizasyon [Migration and Social Mobilisation in Southeastern Turkey],
Research Project by Middle East Technical University, Department of
Sociology. Ankara.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BOOKS
Yarar, Betül (ed.), Yeni Türkiye, Soylu Yalan, Hakikatsiz Siyaset (New Turkey, Novel Lie,
Untruthful Politics), Pheonix Press: Ankara (2018)
Topçu (The French National Research Center & Ehess, Paris), Betül Yarar (University of Bremen) (Eds.) Reproduction, Maternity, Sexuality: The Politics of the Female Body in Contemporary Turkey. Middle East Studies & Islamic Studies I.B.TAURIS, an imprint of Bloomsbury (Forthcoming)
Yarar, Betül (2018), “Reflecting on The Oppositional Discourses against the AKP’s
Neoliberalism and Searching for a New Vision for Feminist Counter Politics”, in
Transformation of Gender Regime in Turkey edited by Azadeh Kian and Buket
Türkmen, Université Paris7-Diderot, UFR de Sciences Sociales website.
Yarar, Betül (2018) “Arabesk: Looking at the History of Popular Meanings and Feelings
in Turkey”, in Made in Turkey: Studies in Popular Music, ed. By Ali C. Gedik, Routledge.
Yarar, Betül (2017) “On the Relationship Between Women’s Movement(s) and the
Authoritarian Neoliberal Regime in Turkey”, Research Project Report “Comparing
Women’s Movements in Different Cities in Turkey” by Bremen University,
conducted by Prof. Dr. Yasemin Karakaşoğlu. (see Forschungsergebnisse
Capitalist State in Respect to Hegemony, Post-Fordism and Globalisation: a Bob Jessop
Anthology, Betül Yarar ve Alev Özkazanç (ed.), Istanbul: İletişim.
Jessop, Bob, “Poulantzas’ın Özgünlüğü, Mirası ve Güncelliği” [On the Originality, Legacy,
and Actuality of Nicos Poulantzas (translated by Betül Yarar], Bob Jessop: Hegemonya,
Post-Fordizm ve Küreselleşme Ekseninde Kaptalist Devlet, Betül Yarar ve Alev Özkazanç
(der.), Istanbul: İletişim.
Jessop, Bob (2005) “Tathcerizm’e Veda mı?: Neo-Liberalizm vs ‘Yeni Zamanlar’”
(translated by Betül Yarar), Bob Jessop: Hegemonya, Post-Fordizm ve Küreselleşme
Ekseninde Kapitalist Devlet, Betül Yarar ve Alev Özkazanç (der.), Istanbul: İletişim.
SELECT INVITED TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL EVENTS IN TURKEY (SELECTED)
Yarar, Betül (2018), “Reflecting on The Oppositional Discourses against the AKP’s
Neoliberalism and Searching for a New Vision for Feminist Counter Politics”, (ed) Azadeh Kian and Buket Türkmen, Directrice du CEDREF, Université Paris7-Diderot, UFR de Sciences Sociales website.
Yarar, Betül as a Participant Speaker in the Podiumdiskussion “Die Manipulation der
Eigentumsverhältnisse der türkischen Medien durch die AKP”, Bremen, Wallsaal
Stadtbibliothek, 24. Oktober 2017.
Yarar, Betül (2017), Participant-speaker in the Podiumsdiskussion “Deutsch-türkische
Beziehungen im Ausnahmezustand” by Bremen University, 22 March 18–20 Uhr,
im Haus der Wissenschaft (Olbers Saal),Bremen.
Yarar, Betul (2016), Academic Freedom and Academics After the Peace Petition, Green
Party, General Conference, Paris, France.
Yarar, Betül (2015) “Çift Kimlikli Siyaset: Kürt Kadın Hareketi” (Double Identity
Politics: Kurdish Women’s Movement), 14. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi (14th
National Congress of Social Sciences), Middle East Technical University, 23-25
İletişim Teknolojileri Demokratikleştirir mi? Demokratik Örgütler Yeni İletişim
Teknolojilerine Daha mı Açıktır? Türkiye’deki Kadın Hareketi Bağlamında Bir
Örnek Çalışma” (Do New Communication Technologies Demorcatise? Are
Democratic Organisations more Open to New Technologies?: A Case Study on
Turkish Women’s Movement), Yeni Medya Çalışmaları I. Ulusal Kongre (New
Media Studies I. National Congress), Kocaeli University Faculty of Communication,
7-8 May 2013
Yarar, Betül “Modernleşme/Spor Tarihi İçinde Kadın Sporcuları Anlamak: Medyanın
Dili” (Understanding Sports Women in Modernisation/Sport History: the Laguage
of Media), Marmara Üniversitesi Ulusal Medya’da Kadın Sempozyumu, Mart, 2009.
Yarar, Betül “Depremlerden Sonra STK’lara Ne Oldu?: Düzce İlinde Bir Örnek Çalışma”,
(What Happened to NGOs After the Earthquake: A Case Study in Düzce) 10. Ulusal
Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi (10th National Congress of Social Sciences), Ortadoğu
Teknik Üniversitesi, 28-30 Kasım, 2007.
Yarar, Betül ve Saadet Aydın, “Türkiye’de Neo-liberalizmin Kentleşme ve Konut
Politikalarına Etkileri ve Sosyal Adalet İlkesine Dayanan Alternatif Yaklaşımlar”
(Impacts of Neoliberalism on Urbanisation and Housing Policies, and Alternative
Approaches based on the Principle of Social Justice in Turkey), Sosyoloji Kongresi
(Sociology Congress), Malatya, 2006.
Yarar, Betül “Depremlerden Sonra Düzce İlinde Sivil Toplum Kuruluşları: Sivil-Siyasal
Kültür ve Ne Yapmalı?” (NGOs After the Earthquakes in Düzce: Civil-Political
Culture and What Should be done?), 9. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi (9th National
Congress of Social Sciences), METU, 7-9 Aralık, 2005.
Yarar, Betül, “Cumhuriyet’in İlk Yıllarında Kadın ve Spor” (Women and Sport in the
First Years of the Republic), Farklı Disiplinlerden Kadın Bakış Açısıyla Türkiye’de
Kadın ve Spor Adlı Panel, Başkent University, Ankara, (2004).
Yarar, Betül, “Popüler Kültür Olarak Yeni-Sağ” (Popular Culture and the New Right),
Colloquiums organised by the Department of Anthropology, Yeditepe Universitesi,
(2004).
Yarar, Betül “Uygarlığın Mutsuzları: Arabesk Kültür ve Değişen Anlam(lar)ı “
(Melancholics of Civilization: Arabesk and Its Changing Meaning(s)), 8. Ulusal
Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi (8th National Congress of Social Sciences) METU, Ankara,
(2004).
Yarar, Betül “Popüler Kültür ve Politika: Türkiye’de Futbol ve Yeni Sağ” (Popular
Culture and Politics: Footbal and the New Right in Turkey), Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler
Kongresi (National Congress of Social Sciences), METU, Ankara, (2000).
Yarar, Betül and Ayça Kurdoğlu, “Medeni Kanun Politikası” (Politics of Civil Code),
Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi, ODTU, Ankara, (2001).
INVITED TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL EVENTS ABROAD
(SELECTED)
Yarar, Betül “Different Uses of Social Media and Internett by Diverse Women’s
Movements in Turkey”, Difference, Diversity, Diffraction: Confronting Hegemonies and Dispossessions, 12th-15th September 2018 in Göttingen, Germany.
Yarar, Betül, as a speaker in a Round Table 2 Beyond Eurocentric Feminisms, at the
conference Difference, Diversity, Diffraction: Confronting Hegemonies and Dispossessions, 12th-15th September 2018 in Göttingen, Germany.
Yarar, Betül, “Neoliberal Regimes and Their Gendered Body-Bio-Politics: The Case of
AKP in Turkey”, organized by ZAK | Zentrum für Angewandte Kulturwissenschaft
und Studium Generale Center for Cultural and General Studies, in 20 June 2018,
Foyer of the Presidential Building (Adolf Würth Building, bldg. 11.30), Ehrenhof,
Engelbert-Arnold-Str. 2, KIT Campus South.
Yarar, Betül, “A Brief Historical Review of AKP's Neoliberal Mode of Governing Gendered Bodies”, Blickwechsel: Contemporary Turkey Studies 2018 Conference, Titled Rights and Equality in Contemporary Turkey: Institutions, Interactions, Discourses May 24 – 25, 2018, Humboldt Graduate School, Berlin.
Yarar, Betül, “Impacts of the AKP’s Authoritarian Turn on Gender Politics: Gendered
Transformation from “Conservative Democracy” to “One Flag-One Nation””, presented at the conference called, Antidemokratiche Konservative. Feinde einer
offenen, solidarischen und gleichberechtigten Geselschaft,30.11.2018-02.12.2018, Organized by Assoziation Kritische Gesellschaftsforschung, Uni Hamburg.
Yarar, Betül (Speaker), “Neoliberalism, Authoritarianism and Transformation of
Acaddemia in Turkey”, paper presented at the conference “Transformation of
Academy in Turkey and Its Impacts on German Higher Education”, Bremen, 6th of
December, 2017.
Yarar, Betül, “Reflecting on The Oppositional Discourses against the AKP’s
Neoliberalism and Searching for a New Vision for Feminist Counter Politics”, The Conference held in Paris Diderot University, 24 March 2017.
Yarar, Betül, “Body-bio Politics of AKP’s Neoliberalism and Countre Feminist
Strategies”, presented at the University of Rouen, France, October 9, 2017.
COURSES/SEMINARS/LECTURES GIVEN IN ENGLISH (at the Universities in Germany,
Slovenia, France)
2019 “Neoliberal-Neoconservative Body Politics: The Case of AKP and Its Gendered Politics in Turkey”: A lecture given in a lecture series organised jointly by the University of Potsdam (Germany) and Off-University (https://off-university.com) this autumn/winter term. The lecture serious is called “Democracy and Citizenship at Risk“ tutored by Dr. Hannah Wolf Postdam. My lecture would be on “Neoliberal-Neoconservative Body Politics: The Case of AKP and Its Gendered Politics in Turkey”. 07.02. 2019
2018-2019 “Women and Gender Studies in Turkey”, Seminar: WiSe 2018-19, bi-weekly on Friday Instructed by Dr. Charlotte Binder (CB), Deniz Dag (DD), Prof. Dr. Betül Yarar (BY). University of Bremen.
2017-2018 Summer Semestre, Gender and Education, instructed by Betül Yarar,
University of Bremen.
2017 Betül Yarar, Seminar, «Youth, Gender, Turkey: Diverse Identities,
Problems and struggles» Journée d’étude «Jeunes filles d’aujourd’hui: du
gynécée à la bande», Organisée par le CÉRÉdI, le vendredi 6 octobre 2017,
dans le cadre du projet «La force des femmes, hier et aujourd’hui» porté par
Ariane Ferry et Sandra Provini. University of Rouen, France (6 October).
2017 Betül Yarar: the conference proposed on "Gendered Neoliberal and
Authoritarian Body-Bio Politics of the Government and Countre Resistance Strategies in Turkey", Monday, the 9th, 2pm, dans le cadre du projet « La force des femmes, hier et aujourd’hui » porté par Ariane Ferry et Sandra Provini. Rouen University, France.
2016 Carol Mann and Betül Yarar: Orginising a Seminar called Gender and Armed
Conflict which is proposed by the UMR-CNRS 8238 LEGACY at the
Laboratory of gender studies and sexuality and department
Gender Studies / Center for Women's Studies and sexuality, University
Paris 8 Vincennes. Betül Yarar, invited as the guest lecture organiser, Carol
Mann, Paris 8 and Valérie Pouzol, Mistress of lectures in history at Paris,