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Kadir Has University
Cibali Mah. Kadir Has Cad. Fatih
Istanbul
34083
Turkey
ABOUT
Zehra Betul Atasoy holds a Ph.D. in the Urban Environment-History specialization in a dual degree program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University. Her research explores the everyday practices of economically active urban women in early Republican Istanbul, aiming to recover the untold stories through different reformation efforts in fragmented urban spaces. Her recent research concentrates on the spatialization of preventive practices, the visibility of infectious diseases in public spaces, and the lived experience of health in the urban environment. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Architecture and her master’s degree in History of Architecture from Istanbul Technical University. Besides, she was an editor for Arkitera Architecture Center between 2011 and 2013. She was a fellow at the Istanbul Studies Center for the academic year of 2018-2019. She works as a lecturer at Kadir Has University-Faculty of Art and Design.
Discipline
Architecture & Urban Planning
Sub Areas
Urban Studies
Gender/Women's Studies
Turkish Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Turkey
All Middle East
Specialties
Everyday Life, Nation-building In The 20th Century
Hsitory Of Medicine
Languages
English (advanced)
Turkish (native)
Education
PhD
| 2020
| Urban Systems
| Rutgers University & New Jersey Institute of Technology
MS
| 2012
| History of Architecture
| Istanbul Technical University
BSc
| 2010
| Architecture
| Istanbul Technical University
Abstracts
A Second Statue of the “Number Two”: Inönü’s Showcase of Power in Taksim, Istanbul
Gendered Expressions of Labor: The Case of Sümerbank Textile Factory, Istanbul
The Spatial Implications of the Control of Prostitution and Syphilis in Early Republican Istanbul
At the Heart of the City, on the Margins of Society: Fire-Ravaged Areas in Early Republican Istanbul
