Education Dissertation:

Curriculum Vitae
Sinan Tankut Gülhan
Personal Data:
Place of Birth:
Ankara, Turkey
Date of Birth:
10-11-1980
University Address: Department of Sociology,
State University of New York at Binghamton,
Binghamton, New York, 13902 6000
607-777 2628
sinantgulhan-at-gmail.com
E-mail:
Education
2005-Present Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, SUNY at Binghamton
Demonstration of Competence Examination Fields:
Theory and Historiography of Crime and Punishment, Criminology, Urban Theory,
Urban Political Economy, Urban Sociology, Urban Studies
2003-2005
M.A., SUNY at Binghamton
Major: Sociology
1998-2003
B.S., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Major: Sociology, High Honors
Dissertation:
Title: “Social Production of Concrete Spaces: State, Labor and Capital in Istanbul"
Abstract: This dissertation examines the production of space in Istanbul under a
neoliberal regime wherein the unraveling of the state and space conundrum is solidified
under the dual pressures of private development companies and state urban renewal
initiatives. The housing industry today represents a tremendous transformation both
in regards to the structural features of Turkish economy by dint of rampant real
estate speculation and consequently in terms of incisive reconfiguration of the built
environment. The prevalent question here is the incipient effectiveness of the state in
the last two decades, and the emergent reconfiguration of the primary agents in the
housing market. The contemporary state in Turkey, unlike preceding periods of boom
and bust cycles, has undertaken an active role in promoting urban (re)development,
through either opening up a swath of hitherto pristine land that borders metropolitan
regions (through redrawing laws on the forest reservations) to private development
interests, or by privatizing public land by dint of joint housing development projects.
The institutional and social framework for the former was set up by the residual forms
of housing development, namely the self-help housing of the gecekondus, or through the
small-scale production.
Advisor: Dr. Caglar Keyder
Committee: Dr. Denis O’Hearn, Dr. William G. Martin
Teaching Experience
Lecturer, Department of Humanities, Istanbul Işık University, (Summer-2011)
Introduction to Sociology
Enrollment: 35
Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Istanbul Arel University, (Spring-2011)
Introduction to Sociology
Enrollment: 105
Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Istanbul Arel University, (Fall-2010)
Introduction to Sociology
Enrollment: 10
Lecturer, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Binghamton (Fall-2008, Spring-2009)
Sixties: Sociological Perspectives
Enrollment: 48
Urban Sociology
Enrollment: 35
Lecturer, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Oneonta (spring 2008)
Introduction to Sociology
Enrollment: 80
Crime and Punishment: Deviant Behavior
Enrollment: 25
Lecturer, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Oneonta (fall 2007)
Introduction to Sociology
Enrollment: 120
Lecturer, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Oneonta (spring 2007)
Introduction to Sociology
Two sections
Enrollment: 70
Sixties: Sociological Perspectives
Enrollment: 26
Lecturer, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Binghamton (fall 2006)
Foundations of Social Theory
Enrollment: 80
Lecturer, Summer Session, SUNY-Binghamton (summer 2006)
Sixties: Sociological Perspectives
Enrollment: 16
Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Binghamton (2004-2006)
Spring 2007 Introduction to Political Science, Dr. Ricardo René Laremont
Fall 2004
Introduction to Sociology, Dr. Leslie Gates
Spring 2005 Introduction to Political Science, Dr. Ricardo René Laremont
Fall 2005
Foundations of Social Theory, Dr. Benita Roth
Spring 2006 Introduction to Sociology, Dr. Ravi Palat
Duties: Grading exams, holding discussion sections, holding office hours
Professional and Research Experience
Project Coordinator, Analyst, Research on Quality of Life and Urban Values in
Küçükçekmece, July, 2011-March-2012, Istanbul Arel University, Community Studies
Center
Project Coordinator/Consultant, Kargı-Kızılırmak Social Impact Assessment, May, 2010September, 2010; Employer(s): Virtua Research and Statkraft/Yeşil Enerji
Project Coordinator/Consultant/Analyst, October 2009-September 2010; for various
social and marketing research programs, drafting and developing research designs and
proposals for RFPs Employer: Virtua Research
Consultant and Project Coordinator, Pervari Dam Project CSR and SIA program,
employer: NTF Construction, October 2009-November 2010
Field Research Supervisor, Religion and Social Structure in Turkey-Erzurum Phase,
TÜBİTAK sponsored research program, Coordinators: Prof. Dr. Bahattin Akşit and Prof.
Dr. Recep Şentürk, September, 2009- January, 2010
Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University
(2002-2003) UNDP project on poverty alleviation in Turkey
Project Coordinators: Prof. Dr. Sencer Ayata and Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ziya Özcan
Research specialist, World Health Organization Project on Health Reform in Turkey
(2002)
Project Supervisor Dr. Sencer Ayata
Awards and Honors
Central European University Summer School Travel Fellowship (Summer 2006)
SUNY Professional Development Travel Grant (2006)
SUNY-Binghamton Research Foundation Travel Grant (2006)
Presentations and Lectures
“Urban Renewal in Istanbul” (İstanbul’da Kentsel Dönüşüm Politikalari), Marksizm
2012, (Istanbul, April, 2012)
“Arab Spring and the Longue Dureé” (Modern-Dünya Sistemi’nde Arap Devrimleri),
Uludag University, Sociology Symposium, (November, 2011)
“The Rise and Demise of New Urban Sociology,” Eastern Sociological Society Annual
Meeting, New York, NY (2008)
”Nineteenth Century Prison Reform Movements: An Inquiry into the Hegemonic
Discourse of Punishment,” Sixth European Social Science History Conference,
Amsterdam, Netherlands (March 25, 2006)
“Prison as a Built Form: Class, Knowledge, and Landscapes of Power,” Eastern
Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA (February 24, 2006)
“Kondratieff Waves of Incarceration,” Fernand Braudel Center, Binghamton, NY
(November 16, 2005), Binghamton Justice Project
“The Birth of Prison: History, Theory, and Ideology,” Great Lakes History Conference,
World History Association, Grands Rapids, MI (October 29, 2005) [Read in absence]
“From John Howard to Enoch Wines: Prison Reform as a Class Hegemony,”
Binghamton University Graduate Student Conference in Historical Social Science,
Binghamton, NY (April 30, 2005)
Publications:
"Özgürlüğün Coğrafyası: Mekânsallığın Triyalektik Praksisi," Mülkiye Dergisi, Mayıs,2013
“Sunuş: Retrospektif,” in David Harvey, “Sermayenin Sınırları,” Tan Kitabevi, Ankara, 2012
“Paralel Dünyalara Giriş: Erzurum'da Türklük ve Alternatif Moderniteler,” Birikim, 274
“Devlet Müteahhitlerinden Gayrımenkul Geliştiricilerine, Türkiye’de Kentsel Rant ve Bir
Meta Olarak Konut Üreticiliği – Konuta Hücum,” Birikim, 270
Translations:
“Anti-Kapitalist Değişim için Örgütlenmek,” David Harvey, Dosya 21, Ankara Mimarlar
Odası, Ankara, Ekim 2010
University Service and Professional Affiliations
Eastern Sociological Society
Binghamton University Graduate Student Employees Union Sociology Department
Representative, (2004-2006)
References
Caglar Keyder
Department of Sociology, State University of New York at
Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, 13902 6000
607-777 4708
[email protected]
Sencer Ayata
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Middle East Technical University
MM Binasi 3. Kat 06531
Ankara, Turkiye
[email protected]
William G. Martin
Department of Sociology, State University of New York at
Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, 13902 6000
607-777 6750
[email protected]
Martin J. Murray
Department of Urban Planning, Taubman College, University of Michigan
Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
University of Michigan
2000 Bonisteel Boulevard
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069 USA
734 764 1300