Scholar · Curator · Literary Translator
Scholar · Curator · Literary Translator
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I am a scholar, curator, and literary translator whose work engages Turkish and migrant cultural production across literature, film, visual culture, and critical theory. I co-founded and direct the publications of the MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture (MPAC), an independent, artist-run initiative based in Zurich. I have taught at New York University in Berlin and served as an NEH Visiting Associate Professor of Media Studies at Hartwick College.
I previously served as a tenured Professor of Literary Arts and Studies at The Evergreen State College in Washington and directed the Writing Center at Soka University of America. My Ph.D. is in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Irvine.
Research, publishing, and collaborative curatorial practice.
Transdisciplinary approaches to teaching writing across the humanities. Co-edited with Kristin Coffey.
An independent initiative co-founded with İlknur Demirkoparan, examining post-1989 global responses to crisis, resilience, language, and culture through art, poetry, and critical writing.
Writing on literature, urban memory, cinema, migration, translation, and contemporary art.
Book · Vernon Press · 2022
Co-edited with Kristin Coffey. A collection of approaches for equitable and inclusive writing instruction across the humanities.
Journal article · Cultural Critique · 2024
Examines debates around the preservation and demolition of Istanbul’s Atatürk Cultural Center as a case of urban visual memory.
Book chapter · Edinburgh University Press · 2023
A chapter on the cinematic language of Ceylan’s film, in ReFocus: The Films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan, edited by Gönül Dönmez-Colin.
Conversation · Antennae · 2022
A conversation with İlknur Demirkoparan and Mirela Kulović, in the special issue “Beyond Post-Humanism,” edited by Betelhem Makonnen and Giovanni Aloi.
Journal cluster · ASAP/Review · 2021
Cluster on Postcollapse Art. Edited by Vuslat D. Katsanis. December 2021. This essay cluster on 'Postcollapse Art' examines Bulgarian and Turkish artistic practices since 1989, analyzing how art bears witness to shifting ideological, geographical, and economic borders alongside global mass migration and ecological crisis.
Book chapter · Routledge · 2014
A chapter on Turkish-German director Fatih Akın’s film, in Postcolonial Film: History, Empire, Resistance, edited by Rebecca Weaver-Hightower and Peter Hulme.
“Karşılaşma” (“Exchange”) and “The Intimacy of Listening: Translating Leonard Schwartz’s ‘Exchange.’” Cable Street, Issue 12, April 2026.
“The Intimacy of Listening: Translating Leonard Schwartz’s ‘Exchange.’” Talisman: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry and Poetics, Issue 48, February 2020.
“On Translation, Migrancy, and the Mother Tongue: Translating Tarık Dursun K.’s ‘Ömrüm, Ömrüm.’” Necessary Fiction, December 2016.
Translations of fiction and poetry by Öznur Kutkan, Tarık Dursun K., and Leonard Schwartz in journals including Portland Review, The Bosphorus Review of Books, and K1N: Journal of Literary Translation.
Exhibitions, installations, and collaborative work.
Teaching and curriculum development across writing, humanities, visual culture, and interdisciplinary studies, with an emphasis on inclusive and socially engaged pedagogy.
I offer one-on-one writing consultation tailored to each writer, from developing ideas and shaping research questions to structuring arguments, refining drafts, and preparing work for publication. I work with only one or two clients at a time and offer focused editorial support tailored to the project at hand.
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