Arş. Gör. Kerim Can YAZGÜNOĞLU

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Res. Assist. Kerim Can YAZGÜNOĞLU
E-Mail: [email protected]
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Academic Titles
Research Assistant: 2012-…, English Language and Literature, Hacettepe University
Academic Degrees
Ph.D.
: 2012-..., English Language and Literature, Hacettepe University
Dissertation Title
: “Postnatural Environments: Literary Cartographies of Pollution in
John Brunner’s The Sheep Look Up, Jim Crace’s The Pesthouse, and
John Burnside’s Glister”
Master of Arts
: 2010-2012, English Language and Literature, Hacettepe University
Thesis Title
: “Corporeal and Trans-Corporeal Reflections in Angela Carter’s The
Passion of New Eve and Jeanette Winterson’s The Stone Gods”
Bachelor of Arts
: 2006-2010, English Language and Literature, Ankara University
Thesis Title
: “Angela Carter’ın Kanlı Oda’da Yer Alan ‘Kurtadam,’ ‘Kurtlar
Arasında,’ ve ‘Kurt-Alice’ Seçili Kısa Öykülerinin Jungien Arketip
Kuramı Çerçevesinde İncelenmesi”
Certificates
2010 : English Language Teaching Certificate, Hacettepe University
Research Interests
21st Century British Novel, the Body in English Literature and Culture, Feminist and Queer
Fiction, Ecocriticism, Eco-Aesthetics, Posthumanism, Environmental Pollution in British
Novel, Gender Studies and Masculinities, Critical Animal Studies
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Foreign Languages
English (Excellent), French (Average), Latin (Fair)
Publications
Articles
1. Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can. “Corporeal Feminism: Gendered Bodies in Angela Carter’s
The Passion of New Eve.” Interactions 24.1-2 (2015): 143-154. Print.
Book Chapters
1. Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can. “Posthumanizm: Yeni Maddecilik, Maddesel Feminizm ve
Beden-Ötesi Cisimcilik (Posthumanism: New Materialisms, Material Feminisms and
Trans-Corporeality).” Ekoeleştiri: Çevre ve Edebiyat (Ecocriticism: Environment and
Literature in Turkish). Ed. Serpil Oppermann. Ankara: Phoenix, 2012. Print. 323-364.
Proceedings
1. Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can. “Nonhuman Postnatural Plants in British Science Fiction of
the 1950s.” The Sixth Tamkang International Conference on Ecological Discourse,
Conference Proceedings: Speculative Materialism: Contexts and Paradigms for
Ecological Engagement. Ed. Joy Shih-yi Huang. New Taipei City: Tamkang UP,
2014. 40-48. Print.
Conference Papers
1. Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can. “Spatial and Bodily Entanglements: Geocritical Reflections
in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life.” 15th International
Cultural Studies Symposium: Culture and Space, Ege University, İzmir/Turkey, 06-08
May 2015.
2. Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can. “The Posthuman Predicament in Zadie Smith’s White
Teeth.” 22nd METU British Novelists Conference: Zadie Smith and Her Work, Middle
East Technical University, Ankara/Turkey, 26-27 March 2015.
3. Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can. “Queer Non-Futurity: Reproduction and Futurity in
Contemporary Women’s Fiction.” Graduate Conference: Innovative Representations
of “Sexualities” in Studies in English, Hacettepe University, Ankara/Turkey, 11
March 2015.
4. Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can. “Nonhuman Postnatural Plants in British Science Fiction of
the 1950s.” The Sixth Tamkang International Conference on Ecological Discourse,
Speculative Materialism: Contexts and Paradigms for Ecological Engagement,
Tamkang University, New Taipei City/Taiwan, 19-20 December 2014.
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5. Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can. “Kara Ekoloji: Latife Tekin’in Berci Kristin Çöp
Masalları’nda Posthümanist Doğakültürler.” Spekülatif Kurgu Konferansı: “Doğa ve
Kent” [Speculative Fiction Conference: “Nature and City”], İstanbul University,
İstanbul/Turkey, 15-16 May 2014.
6. Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can. Posthuman Narrative NatureCultures: Metamorphoses of
Politics of Life and Zoe.” EASLCE Biennial Conference and NIES IX Conference:
Framing Nature: Signs, Stories, and Ecologies of Meaning, Tartu University,
Tartu/Estonia, 29 Apr-03 May 2014.
7. Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can. “Neo-Victorian Fiction: The Problematization of His-tory
and Gender/ed Identity in Sarah Water's Tipping the Velvet.” 3rd International BAKEA
(Western Cultural and Literary Studies) Symposium: “History”, Gaziantep University,
Gaziantep/Turkey, 9-11 Oct. 2013.
8. Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can. “Material NatureCultures: Oil, Toxicity, and Nonhuman
Corporeality in Josh and Rebecca Tickell’s The Big Fix (documentary) and Sarah
Hall’s The Carhullan Army.” 10th ASLE Biennial Conference: “Changing Nature:
Migration, Energies, Limits”, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS/USA, 28 May-1
June 2013.
9. Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can. “Gender/ed Meta-Morphoses: Corporeal Reflections in
Angela Carter’s The Passion of New Eve.” 7th International IDEA Conference,
Pamukkale University, Denizli/Turkey, 17-19 Apr. 2013.
Directed Plays
1. Yazgünoğlu, Kerim Can, and Zümre Gizem Yılmaz, dirs. Cadının Marifetli Kedisi
(Vinegar Tom). By Caryl Churchill. Trans. Zümre Gizem Yılmaz and Kerim Can
Yazgünoğlu. Hacettepe University, Ankara/Turkey. 28-30 April, 13 May 2015.
Professional Memberships
ASLE : The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, Member, 2013-…
IDEA : The English Language and Literature Research Association of Turkey, Member,
2014-…
The Environmental Humanities International Research Group, Temporary Researcher,
Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere e Culture Moderne, L’Universita Di
Torino, Italy, 2014-…
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Administrative Duties
2014-2015
: Departmental Erasmus Internship Coordinator, English Language and
Literature, Hacettepe University
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