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San Francisco Bay Area United States

Assistant Professor at California College of the Arts

Education

I received my BA in Cultural Studies from Sabanci University (2004) and my Ph.D. in Performance Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Film Studies from UC Berkeley (2011). My research concentrates on transnational cinema, migratory aesthetics, site-specific art, film/video installations, new media and performance. My book, Mobility and Migration in Film and Moving Image Art: Cinema Beyond Europe, has been published by Routledge in December 2015. Joining attention to aesthetic experimentation with a focus on sociopolitical concerns, Mobility and Migration offers a detailed account of the ways recent cinematic and artistic works engage Europe’s increasingly diverse and complex relationship ...