Begüm Başdaş
Groups
Architecture
Civil Society
Gender
Urban Culture
Urban Studies
Career
Since 2007 Research Fellow, ESRC, Geography Department, The Open University UK, ESRC Project: Urban Aesthetics: a comparison of experiences between Milton Keynes and Bedford Town Centers
Academic Career
PhD. 2007 University of California, Los Angeles, Geography Department
Dissertation: Cosmopolitanism in the City: Contested Claims to Bodies and Sexualities in Beyoglu, Istanbul
2001 M.A. University of California, Riverside, Art History Department
MA: Old Buildings / New Faces: Urban and Social Change in Galata, Istanbul
1999 B.A.Boğaziçi University, Istanbul Turkey, Sociology Department
Other Involvements
Association of American Geographers
LambdaIstanbul LGBTT Solidarity Association