Seda Demiralp

Address:Işık University, Üniversite Sok. No.2, Meşrutiyet Köyü, 34980 Şile, Istanbul

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EDUCATION:

MA in Political Science, June 2006

Bogazici University, Turkey

B.A. in Political Science and International Relations, June 2001

SSCI JOURNALS

“White Turks, Black Turks?  Faultlines beyond Islamism versus Secularism,” Third World Quarterly 33:3 (2012), 511-524.

“The Odd Tango of the Islamic Right and the Kurdish Left in Turkey: A Peripheral Alliance to Redesign the Centre?” Middle Eastern Studies 48:2 (2012), 287-302.

“The Rise of Islamic Capital and the Decline of Islamic Radicalism in Turkey,” Journal of Comparative Politics 41:3 (2009), 315-336

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

“Can Money Make Us Friends? Islamic Financial Networks and the Chances for Democratization in the Muslim World,” Journal of Middle East and Africa 1:1 (2010), 120-138.

“The Rise of the Periphery and the Peripheralization of the Center: Moderation of Islamic and Kurdish Extremism in Turkey,” in Understanding and Responding to the Terrorism Phenomenon, ed.by Ozgur Nikbay and Suleyman Hancerli (IOS Press: Amsterdam, 2006), 116-123.

“Prisoner Erdogan’s Dilemma and the Origins of Moderate Islam in Turkey,” coauthored by Todd Eisenstadt and published by Center for Democracy and Election Management (CDEM), August 31, 2006 (url:  http://american.edu/ia/cdem/pdfs/case_study_2.pdf).

“The Moderation of Political Islam in Turkey: The Case of the Justice and Development Party,” The Public Purpose 2.1, Spring 2004, 14-29.

PRESENTATIONS

“Homo Islamicus in a Pragmatic World: A Comparison of Islamic and Commercial Banks in Turkey,” presented at the 2011 Annual Midwest Political Science (MPSA) Conference, March 30-April 3, 2011 (Chicago).

“Lifting the Veil on Islamic Banking: A Comparative Analysis between the Commercial and Islamic Banks in Turkey,” presented at the 2.International Economy Conference by Turkish Economic Association, September 1-3, 2011 (Kyrenia).

“The Case of Islamic Banks: Democratic Allies or Financiers of Terrorism?” presented at the World  Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) Conference, July 19-24, 2010 (Barcelona).

“Can Money Make Us Friends? Islamist Businessmen and Moderation of Islamist Politics in Turkey, Indonesia, and Sudan,” presented at the Annual 2009 ASMEA Conference, October 22-24, 2009 (Washington DC).

“Attraction of Culturalist Parties and the Myth of Cultural Extremism:Electoral Volatility among Kurdish and Islamic Constituencies in Turkey,” presented at the 2008 Annual Midwest Political Science (MPSA) Conference April 3-6, 2008(Chicago).

"Turkey's Neo-liberal Bargain: Islamist Entrepreneurs and the Moderation of Political Islam,” presented at the Council on Comparative Studies, American University, February 27, 2008 (Washington DC).

“Islamic Economic Actors and Democratization,” presented at the2nd Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security, June 14-16, 2007 (Istanbul).

“The Rise of Islamic Capital and the Decline of Islamic Radicalism in Turkey,” presented at the 2006 Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, April 20-23, 2006 (Chicago).

“The Rise of the Periphery and the Peripheralization of the Center: Moderation of Islamic and Kurdish Extremism in Turkey,” presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, September 8-9, 2006 (Washington DC).

RESEARCH GRANTS AND PROJECTS

TÜBİTAK 1001 Research Grant 2011-2012 (Project Title: Islamic Economic Actors: A Comparative Analysis of Islamic and Commercial Banks).

Middle East Research Competition (MERC) Research Fellowship, Ford Foundation 2007  (Project Title: Entrepreneurs and Politics: The Political Economy of Moderation in Islamic and Kurdish Parties in Turkey)

School of Public AffairsDoctoral Dissertation Fellowship, American University 2004-2005

AWARDS

School of Public Affairs Award for Outstanding Scholarship at the Graduate Level, American University 2008

Amos Perlmutter Award, American University 2008

Hurst Scholars Award, American University 2001-2004

Graduate Assistant Award, American University 2001-2004

TEACHING  EXPERIENCE

August 2009-Present, Assistant Professor at Işık University, School of International Relations

August 2008-May 2009, Visiting Assistant Professor at American University, School of International Service

January 2007-May 2007, Adjunct Faculty at American University, School of Public Affairs

August 2001- May 2005, Research and Teaching Assistant at American University, School of Public Affairs

REFEREING EXPERIENCE

Comparative Political Studies

European Journal of Political Research

Government and Opposition: An International Journal of Comparative Politics

National Science Foundation (NSF)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

MESA, APSA