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Sarp Kurgan
Pitzer College
Occupation
Visiting Assistant/Associate Professor
Contact
731 Elkus Walk
Goleta CA 93117
United States
Sub Areas
Turkish Studies
Iranian Studies
Modernization
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Turkey
Specialties
Class Theory Political Theory Social Movements
Languages
Turkish (native)
English (fluent)
German (advanced)
Persian (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2022 | Global Studies | UC Santa Barbara
MA | 2015 | The Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish Studies | Bogazici University
BA | 2013 | Department of Political Science and International | Bogazici University
Abstracts
A Model Revisited: Marxist-Leninist Currents in Iran and Turkey, 1920s-1983 Outside Kemalist Modernism: Turkish Progressive Intellectuals’ Counter-Hegemonic Struggle, 1930-1960 The Great Merge: Kemalist National-Liberationism and Leninist Socialism in Turkey’s Progressive Politics, 1960-1971