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CURRICULUM VITAE: CEREN ÖZSELÇUK
WORK ADDRESS: Bogaziçi Üniversitesi. Sosyoloji Bölümü. Güney Kampüsü. PK2. Bebek 34342 Istanbul
Turkey
PHONE: +(90) 212.359.6491
EMAIL: [email protected]; [email protected]
CURRENT AND PAST POSITIONS
2009 Sept-
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.
2008-2009
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, Durham, NC 27708.
2007-2008
Visiting Instructor of Economics, Department of Economics, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
32789.
2007
Visiting Instructor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT 05405.
DEGREES RECEIVED
1996-2009
Ph.D., Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.
M.A., Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.
1991-1996
B.A., Department of Business Administration and Department of Economics (double major),
Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.
DISSERTATION
Post-Marxism after Louis Althusser: A Critique of the Alternatives.
Dissertation Committee: Richard D. Wolff (Co-chair), Stephen A. Resnick (Co-chair), Julie Graham.
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS and HONORS RECEIVED
2008-2009
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, Duke University, NC.
2008
Jack B. Critchfield Research Grant, Rollins College, FL.
2005
Nominee for Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA.
2004
University of California Humanities Research Institute Summer Scholarship, CA.
2001
Political Economy Research Institute Dissertation Fellowship, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA.
2001
Global Development and Environment Institute Grant, Tufts University, MA.
2000
Amsterdam/Maastricht Summer University Fellowship, Amsterdam, NL.
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1999-2000
Graduate School Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA.
FIELDS OF SPECIALISATION
Economic Geography; Political Economy; Psychoanalysis and Ideology Analysis; Political Philosophy; Economic
Sociology
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Articles in English:
“Introduction,” (with Anna Curcio), in Ceren Özselçuk and Anna Curcio, eds., Special Issue on “The Common
and the Forms of the Commune,” Rethinking Marxism Vol. 22, No. 3, (2010).
“On the Common, Universality, and Communism: A Conversation between Etienne Balibar and Antonio Negri.
Introduction (with Anna Curcio),” in Ceren Özselçuk and Anna Curcio, eds., Special Issue on “The Common and
the Forms of the Commune,” Rethinking Marxism Vol. 22, No. 3, (2010).
“Jouissance and Antagonism in the Forms of the Commune: A Critique of Biopolitical Subjectivity,” (with Yahya Madra),
in Ceren Özselçuk and Anna Curcio, eds., Special Issue on “The Common and the Forms of the Commune,”
Rethinking Marxism Vol. 22, No. 3, (2010).
“Enjoyment as an Economic Factor,” (with Yahya Madra), in Jason Glynos and Yannis Stavrakakis eds., Special
Issue on “Politics and Unconscious,” Subjectivity Vol. 3, No. 3, (2010) .
“Mourning, Melancholy, and the Politics of Class Transformation,” Rethinking Marxism Vol. 18, No. 2, (2006).
“Marxism and Psychoanalysis: From Capitalist-all to Communist Non-all,” (with Yahya Madra), Psychoanalysis,
Culture and Society, Vol. 10, No. 1, (2005).
This article is translated to both Greek and Turkish. The Greek translation by Akis Gavriilidis was published
in THESEIS, 100, (2007). For the citation of revised Turkish translation, see below.
“Gendered Economic Strategies and Internal Displacement in Turkey,” (with Esra Erdem) in C. Brun and N. M.
Birkeland eds., Researching Internal Displacement: State of the Art. Conference Proceedings. Acta-Geographica-Trondheim
(2003). Also published in Forced Migration Review (2003).
Articles in Turkish:
“Psikanaliz ve Marksizm: Sınıf Iliskisinin Imkansızlıgı ve Bir Düstur Olarak Komünizm,” translated by Erdem
Evren, Toplum ve Bilim, 113, (2008). [This is a revised translation of “Marxism and Psychoanalysis: From
Capitalist-all to Communist Non-all,” (with Yahya Madra), Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society, Vol. 10, No. 1,
(2005).]
“Bir Tabu Olarak ‘Ekonomi’ (‘Economy’ as a Taboo),” (with Yahya Madra and Kenan Erçel) Toplum ve Bilim,
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95, (Winter 2003).
“Trafik Kazalarının Enkazı Altında Sınıf Çeliskileri,” Birikim, 158, (2002).
Articles in Edited Book Volumes (English and Turkish):
“Communism as Sublimation,” (with Yahya Madra), in Gerda Roelvink, Kevin St. Martin and J.K. GibsonGraham, eds. Performing Diverse Economies. University of Minnesota Press (forthcoming 2012).
“Komünün Biçimlerinde Jouissance ve Çatıskı: Biyopolitik Öznelligin Elestirisi,” (with Yahya Madra), Can
Evren, trans., in Yahya M. Madra, Aras Özgün, Ayse Orhun Gültekin, eds., Sanat ve Arzu Seminerleri (Art and
Desire Seminars), Istanbul: Norgunk Yayınları, 196-220 (2010).
“Economy, Surplus, Politics: Some Questions on Zizek’s Political Economy Critique of Capitalism,” (with
Yahya Madra), in Heiko Feldner and Fabio Vighi, eds., Did Somebody Say Ideology? On Slavoj Zizek and
Consequences. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholarly Publishing (2007).
Books:
“Economic Necessity, Political Contingency, and the Limits of Post-Marxism”New Political Economy Series,
Routledge, (forthcoming 2012).
OTHER RECENT PUBLICATIONS
“It is in my nature!” catalog entry for the art exhibition It is in my nature! Sabancı University KASA Gallery,
Istanbul (2010).
EDITORIAL WORK
2000-
Member of the Editorial Collective of Rethinking Marxism: A Journal of Economics, Culture, and
Society.
ACADEMIC CONFERENCE, SYMPOSIUM & WORKSHOP ORGANIZING
2008-2009
Organizer (with Anna Curcio) of “The Common and the Forms of the Commune: Alternative
Social Imaginaries” symposium, Duke University.
SELECT SEMINAR/WORKSHOP PARTICIPATIONS
2010
Participant in “Art and Desire Seminars,” co-organized by Özge Çelikarslan, Yahya M.
Madra and Aras Özgün. Istanbul 2010 Kadırga Sanat Üretim Merkezi, June 17-24, Istanbul,
Turkey.
2008-2009
Participant in “Alternative Political Imaginaries,” a year-long seminar co-convened by Robyn
Wiegman and Michael Hardt. John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University,
NC.
2006
Participant in “Economic Difference, Surplus, Politics: Some Questions on Slavoj Zizek’s
Political Economy Critique of Capitalism,” Zizek Conference, September 15-16, organized by
Fabio Vighi and Heiko Feldner, The Zizek Center for Ideology Critique, Cardiff School of
European Studies, Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
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2004
Participant in “Psychoanalysis, Politics and the Event” seminar, August 16-27, organized by
Kenneth Reinhardt, and with participation of Joan Copjec, Slavoj Zizek, Alenka Zupancic,
Eric Santner, Mladen Dolar, Peter Hallward, and Alain Badiou. University of California
Humanities Research Institute Summer Seminar in Experimental Theory, University of
Irvine, CA.
2000
“The Value of Culture” summer workshop, July 31-August 9, with participation of Jack
Amariglio, Arjo Klamer, Judith Mehta, and Dierdre McCloskey, Amsterdam/Maastricht
Summer University, Amsterdam, NL.
RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2009
“Forms of the Commune and the Question of Subjectivity,” (with Yahya Madra), Rethinking
Marxism 7th International Conference, “New Marxian Times,” November 5-8, University of
Massachusetts Amherst, MA.
2009
“Forms of the Commune and the Question of Subjectivity,” (with Yahya Madra), “The
Common and the Forms of the Commune” Symposium, April 9-10, Duke University,
Durham, NC.
2008
“Post-Marxism: Making Sense of an Uneven Theoretical Development,” Historical
Materialism Annual Conference, “Many Marxisms,” November 7-9, University of London,
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, UK.
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