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Feyza Burak-Adli
Northwestern University
Occupation
Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
Gender/Women's Studies
Cultural Studies
Ethnography
Middle East/Near East Studies
Modern
Modernization
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
Theory
Turkish Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Turkey
Specialties
Sufism,Modernity,Turkey,gender,subjectivity
Languages
Turkish (native)
English (advanced)
Education
PhD | 2020 | Anthropology | Boston University
MA | 2012 | Anthropology &Women\'s, Gender, and Sexuality Stud | Brandeis University
MA | 2009 | English | Wake Forest University
Abstracts
Transformation of the Islamic Gender Norms: Sufism, Modernity and Gender in Turkey Female Religious Authority and Islamic Feminist “Counterpublic” in Turkey: The Case of Rifai Shaykha Cemalnur Sargut Training Sufis in the Secular University: The Rifaiyye and The Institutional Transformations of Sufism in Turkey The Visionary Female Guardian of Turkish cultural Heritage: The Case of the Samiha Ayverdi Sufism, Universalism, and Nationalism in Cold War Turkey: The Case of Female Shaykha Samiha Ayverdi Agent of Change or Guardian of Tradition?: Sufism, Gender, and Nationalism in Cold War Turkey