firuzan melike sümertaş - Boğaziçi University Department of History

FiruzanMelikeSümertaş
FİRUZANMELİKESÜMERTAŞ
Ph.D.Candidate
ResearchAsistant
BoğaziçiUniversity
HistoryDepartment
[email protected]
Phone:+905363174321
Education:
Ph.D.Candidate,DepartmentofHistory,BoğaziçiUniversity
Ph.D.ResearchFellow,IstanbulStudiesCenter,KadirHasUniversity,2016-2017
Ph.D. Visiting Student Research Collaborator (Non-Degree), Department of History,
PrincetonUniversity,USA2012-2013
Erasmus Exchange Student, Department of History and Archeology, University of Crete,
Spring2011
M.A.inHistory,Dept.ofHistory,BoğaziçiUniversity(Requiredcourseloadcompleted),2008
M.A.inArchitecturalHistory,Dept.ofArchitecture,MiddleEastTechnicalUniversity,2006
Thesis Title: Female Patronage in Ottoman Classical Architecture: Five Case Studies in
İstanbul
B.Arch.inArchitecture,DepartmentofArchitecture,MiddleEastTechnicalUniversity,2003
AcademicGrants:
Research:
2016ResearchFellowship,IstanbulStudiesCenter,KadirHasUniversity
2015AmericanResearchInstituteinTurkeyDoctoralResearchFellowship
2013 New Europe College, Institute for Advanced Study, Europe Next To Europe (ENTE)
ResearchFellowship(declined)
2011 Fulbright Scholarship, Visiting Student Researcher Grant for 2012 – 2013 (Princeton
University,USA)
2011BoğaziçiUniversity,ErasmusStudentExchangeGrant,(UniversityofCrete,Greece)
LanguageEducation
2013 – 2016 Stavros Niarchos and Bodossaki Foundations, Scholarship for Modern Greek
LanguageEducationatSismanoglioMegaro,GreekConsulateinIstanbul
2010AristotleUniv.ofThessaloniki,ScholarshipforModernGreekLanguageSummerSchool
ConferenceParticipation
2013 Modern Greek Studies Association (USA) Annual Symposium Graduate Grant for
Participation
2011 Princeton University, Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, Travel Grant for Graduate
StudentSymposium
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SelectedPublications:
Sümertaş. F.M. “Dr. Alexandros G. Paspatis’ten Dersaadet Rum Cemiyet-I Edebiyesi’ne:
İstanbul’unKaraSurlarıHakkındaBirÇalışma”JournalofSocialHistory,Issue???,Augustus,
2016,TheEconomicandSocialHistoryFoundationPress,İstanbul,pp.
Sümertaş, F.M. "Tarih-i Ayasofya: An Inquiry on the 19th ct. Historicism on the Imperial
Monument", Journal of Turkish Studies, Harvard University, Department of Near Eastern
LanguagesandCivilizations,Issue33,Volume2,pp:149–159,2009
Sümertaş,F.M."WomenandPower:FemalePatronsofArchitecturein16thand17thCentury
Istanbul"EdinburghArchitecturalResearchVolume31,Edinburgh,Scotland,2008
OtherSelectedPublications:
Sümertaş, F. M. “Aptullah Kuran Konferansı’nda Prof. Dr. Robert Nelson”, Journal of Social
History, Issue 257, May 2015, The Economic and SocialHistory FoundationPress, İstanbul,
pp.
Sümertaş, F.M, (With Kıvılcım – Çorakbaş, F.) “Çifteler Köy Enstitüsü Yerleşkelerinin
Mekânsal Süreklilik ve Dönüşümleri”, (The Spatial Continuities and transformation of the
Cifteler Village Institute’s Campuses” November – December 2014, Chamber of Architects
Press,Ankara,
Sümertaş,F.M,(WithKıvılcım–Çorakbaş,F.)“KöyEnstitüleriProjesininİlkTohumu:Çifteler
KöyEnstitüsü”,(TheFirstSeedoftheVillageInstitutesProject:ÇiftelerVillageInstitute)Eski
–Yeni,Sayı:46,Aralık2012,GovernmentofEskişehirPress,Eskişehir,pp.12-18
Sümertaş, F. M. “Sinan – Palladio Konferansı Santral İstanbul’da Gerçekleştirildi,” (The
conferenceonSinan–PalladiowasheldatSantralİstanbul)JournalofSocialHistory,Issue
238,October2012,TheEconomicandSocialHistoryFoundationPress,İstanbul,pp.14-16
Sümertaş,F.M.“AptullahKuran'ıAnmaToplantısı'ndaUssamaMakdisiAğırlandı,”(Ussama
MakdisiwashostedintheMemorialMeetingofAptullahKuran)JournalofSocialHistory,
Issue222,June2012,TheEconomicandSocialHistoryFoundationPress,İstanbul,pp.18-20
Sümertaş,F.M.“BirKentiGazetedenOkumak”(ReadingaCityfromNewspaper)Eski–Yeni
Journal,Sayı:23,Ocak2011,GovernmentofEskişehirPress,Eskişehir,pp.38-47
Sümertaş, F.M., "Tanıdık Bir Kent Selanik" (Thessaloniki: A Familiar City) Issue Editor,
BETONART,Winter,2009
Sümertaş, F.M., "Thessaloniki… Salonica… Selanik… Kültürel Palimpsest" (Thessaloniki…
Salonica…Selanik…CulturalPalimpsest),BETONART,Winter2009
Sümertaş, F.M., Karakaya, H. "Yeni Cami Hünkar Kasrı Çini Panoları: Bağlam, Restorasyon,
Koruma" (The Ceramic Tiles of New Mosque, Sultan’s Lodge: context, restoration,
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preservation) SERES II. International Ceramic, Glass, Porcelain Enamel, Glaze and Pigment
CongressProceedings,Eskişehir,2007
“Biz 1980'de Doğanlar" (We, the 1980 borns) Sunday Journal of Cumhuriyet (Republic:
NationalNewspaper),11/09/2005
Sümertaş, F.M. "Kadınlar ve Güç: 16-17 yy. İstanbul Mimarlığının Bani Kadınları", (Women
and Power: The Female Patrons of 16th - 17th century Istanbul Architecture) Journal of
ChamberofArchitects,Ankara,03/2005
PresentationsinInternationalMeetings:
PaperPresentations:
Sümertaş,F.M.“TheGreekOrthodoxCommunityattheMakingofUrbanIstanbul”Modern
Greek Studies Association Biannual Meeting, Bloomington, IN, USA , 14 – 16 November
2013,
Sümertaş, F.M. ““Mobility, Investment, Patronage: Agency of Greek Orthodox Bankers on
Urban Transformation of Late 19th century Istanbul.”, Princeton University, Program in
UrbanStudies,DissertationWorkshop,Princeton,NJ,USA,June2013
Sümertaş,F.M.“İstanbul’daNelerOluyor:BirKentinTOKİileİmtihanı”,(What’shappening
In İstanbul: Examination of a city with Mass Housing Office), Princeton University, Near
EasternStudiesDepartment,TurkishLanguageLunchTalks,Princeton,NJ,USA,December7,
2012,
Sümertaş, F. M. “Non-Muslims in Context: The Greek Orthodox in the Making of the
Ottoman Istanbul”, The Cosmopolitan Metropolis: 6th Biennial Urban History Association
Conference,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYorkCity,NY,USA,October25-28,2012
Sümertaş, F.M. "Tarih-i Ayasofya: An Inquiry on Ottoman Greek Orthodox Intellectuals
through Architectural Historiography” Princeton University, Seeger Center of Hellenic
Studies"ThirdInternationalGraduateStudentConferenceinModernGreekStudies:Politics,
ReligionandSocietyinModernGreece",Princeton,NJ,USA,May04,2011
Sümertaş, F.M. "The “Brook” Transformed into the “Urban Park”: Change of Porsuk Brook
into an “Urban Spine”, Creation of the “Urban Park” along the “River”, Constructed
EnvironmentConference,Venice,Italy,November18,2010
Sümertaş, F.M. "Tarih-i Ayasofya: An Inquiry on the 19th ct. Historicism on the Imperial
Monument", 2nd International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, ATINER, Athens,
Greece,April9–12,2009
Sümertaş,F.M"GenderandPower:MihrimahSultanasaSignificantPatronofArchitecture"
InternationalMedievalCongress,Leeds,UK,July11,2007
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Sümertaş, F. M. "Gender and Power: Female Patrons of Architecture in 16 - 17th Century
İstanbul" AHRA: Architectural Humanities Research Association, 3rd Annual Research
Symposium-Edinburgh-Scotland,UK,April06,2006
PosterPresentations:
Sümertaş ,F. M. “Non-state Actors of Urban Development in 19th ct. Istanbul” Ottoman
CosmopolitanismMasterclass,UniversityofLondon,Birkbeck,London,UK,November2014
Sümertaş, F.M. “Re-vitalizing” Built Heritage: Imitation: Case of “Bosporus City” Modern
AsianArchitectureNetwork(mAAN),Singapore,August2010
Sümertaş, F.M., Kıvılcım, F. “Conservation of Political Heritage: Case Study Çifteler Village
Insitute,Eskişehir,Turkey”11thInternationalDOCOMOMOConference,MexicoCity,Mexico,
August2010
Sümertaş,F.M."MassHousing:Non-Identity,Non-Region,Non-Architecture",CSAAR2007,
Regional Architecture and Identity in the Age of Globalization, Tunis, Tunis,November 14,
2007
PresentationsinDomesticMeetings:
PaperPresentations:
Sümertaş, F.M “Female Patrons of Architecture in 16th -17th ct. Istanbul”, Spaces / Times /
Peoples: Patronage and Architectural History, METU Architectural History Graduate
ResearchSymposium,December,3-42009,
Sümertaş, F.M., Karakaya, H. "Yeni Cami Hünkar Kasrı Çini Panoları: Bağlam, Restorasyon,
Koruma" (The Ceramic Tiles of New Mosque, Sultan’s Lodge: context, restoration,
preservation) SERES II. International Ceramic, Glass, Porcelain Enamel, Glaze and Pigment
Congress,Eskişehir,November26,2007
Sümertaş, F.M. "Osmanlı Klasik Mimarlığı'nda Kadın Banilik: İstanbul'dan Beş Örnek",
(Female Patronage in Ottoman Classical Architecture: Five Case Studies in İstanbul), Sanat
Tarihinde Gençler Semineri, (Seminar: Juniors of Art History) İTU, İstanbul, December 12,
2006
PosterPresentations:
Sümertaş, F.M., "Eskişehir Cumhuriyet Tarihi Müzesi / Turan Numune Mektebi" (Turan
NumuneSchoolBuilding)CaseStudyPresentationsDOCOMOMO_Tr6thPosterPresentations
Eskişehir,December2010
Sümertaş, F.M., "Şeker Fabrikaları Genel Müdürlük Lojmanı" (The General Directorate
Residence of Sugar Factories Association) Case Study Presentations, DOCOMOMO_Tr 5th
PosterPresentations,Diyarbakır,November2009
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Exhibitions:
Co-editor, Modern Architectural Heritage of Eskisehir, Anadolu University Eskişehir,
December2010(withDenizÖzkut)
Co-editor, Buildings of Sinan in Istanbul, Photography Exhibition (with EFSAD),Anadolu
University,Eskişehir,April2007(withNurayÖzaslan)
Workshops:
2013PrincetonUniversityPrograminUrbanStudies,DissertationWorkshop–Workshop
Organizer
2011 UMOB (National Annual Gathering of Students of Architecture) 11 Eskişehir –
Karakayalar, Theme: Yüzyüze (Face off) Workshop Executer (With Osman Şişman, Serdar
Aşut)
2003UMOB(NationalAnnualGatheringofStudentsofArchitecture)7,METUTheme:Sen
(You!)OrganizationCommitteeMember
ResearchProjects:
ConsultantandResearcherfortheCuratorialTeam,“YıldızPalaceHaremQuarterMuseum
Display and Exhibition Design Project”, in Collaboration with Ali Akyıldız, Saadet Özen,
ÖzlemKinaş,KÖKArchitecture&Restoration,February–November2014
The Documentation and Preservation of Modern Architectural Heritage of Eskisehir,
Anadolu University, Scientific Research Project, (Directed by: Prof. Dr. Nuray Özaslan)
January2012–January2013(ExtendeduntilJune2013)
FullTimeWorkExperience:
Research/TeachingAssistant,BoğaziçiUniversity,HistoryDepartment,Fall2013-present
Project Assistant, Boğaziçi University, History Department, the Paul Getty Foundation
ConnectingArtHistoriesInitiativeSpring2011–2012
Instructor, Eskişehir Anadolu University, Faculty of Architecture and Engineering,
DepartmentofArchitecture,2008–2012
Research Assistant, Eskişehir Anadolu University, Faculty of Architecture and Engineering,
DepartmentofArchitecture,2006–2008
[laboratuar]PerformanceArtsResearchandProjectLab,Ankara–İstanbul,2003–2005
TeachingExperience(inEnglish)
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Instructor:
ArchitecturalDesignStudiosfor1stand2ndYears.
BasicDesignStudio
ArchitecturalDrawingWithAutoCAD
ArtandArchitecturalHistorySurveySeminars
TeachingAsistant:
ArchitecturalDesignStudio1st,2nd,3rd,4thYears
BasicDesignStudio
TheMakingoftheModernWorld1,2
VisitingJuryMember:
KocaeliUniversity,DepartmentofArchitecture,2ndYearStudio,Spring2012
YeditepeUniversity,DepartmentofArchitecture,2ndYearStudio,Spring2012
AnadoluUniversity,DepartmentofArchitecture,2ndYearStudio,Fall2014
Memberships:
ChamberofArchitects,AnkaraBranch,Turkey
DOCOMOMO_TR(DocumentationandConservationofModernMonuments)
ResearchInterests:
OttomanArchitectural/UrbanHistory,19thct.CulturalHistoryofOttomanEmpire,Ottoman
Non-Muslims (particularly Greek Orthodox), Architecture and Power, Gender, Ideology
Relations
LanguageSkills:
Turkish(Native),
English(Fluent-LatestTOEFLScore:105/120),
Greek(C1–Advanced)
B2Certificate-GreekLanguageCenter–Thessaloniki,Greece
19thCt.Greek(Katharevousa)(ReadingKnowledge,Elementary)
OttomanTurkish(ReadingKnowledge,Intermediate)
French(Beginner),Italian(Beginner),German(Beginner)
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