F. Gökçen Dinç
gokcenbdinc [at] @gmail.com
Groups
History
Gender
Religion
Minorities
Identity
Career
2006-2012 Editor of Yeni Aktuel News Magazine, Istanbul
2007- 2009 Writer for K Literature Magazine
2005 –2006 Chief Editor at Dogan Media Group
2003 –2005 Chief Editor at Nokta Magazine / Chi Magazine
Academic Career
2012 to present Humboldt University Berlin - PhD Candidate (Stipendiatin) in DFG-Graduiertenkolleg “Geschlecht als Wissenskategorie”
2008-2012 Master of Arts in Ottoman History at Bilgi University, Istanbul
1994-2000 Marmara University Business Administration in German, Istanbul
1994-1996 Marmara University – German Preparation Class, Istanbul
1987-1994 American Collegiate Institute, Izmir
Conference Papers and Publications
“Taking Care of or Governing the Bodies?: Village Midwifery Schools and Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics in Early Turkish Republic”, Paper presented at “Embodiment: Gender and Body – Discourses and Social Practices in History” conference, October 13-15, University of Graz/ Austria. “
Islam and Homosexuality: A Historical Perspective”, Paper presented at VI. Anti-Homofobia Gathering, Bogazici Universität, Mai 3-4, 2011, Istanbul / Turkey (Article published in the conference book “ Heteroseksizme Karşı Gökkuşağı, Istanbul, 2011)
“‘Becoming a Muslim’ or ‘Staying an Armenian’: The Story of Acar Village of Batman and the Armenian Demirci family” (in Turkish), Paper presented in III. Graduate Students Conference, Bogazici University, May 27-29, 2010, Istanbul / Turkey. (Article published in Turkish Armenian weekly newspaper AGOS on September, 10th, 2010)
“Can Islam Contribute in Combating Domestic Violence?”, Paper presented in Gendering Violence Conference, Uppsala University , Sweden / Uppsala, December 2-4, 2009.
“From Wise Women to Witches: The Changing Image of Midwives in Turkish Modernity”
Paper presented in International Multidiciplinary Women’s Conference, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir / Turkey, October 13-16, 2009.