Curriculum vitae


Education
2018 PhD in Archaeology and History of Art, Koç University, Istanbul
Dissertation: Depicting the Holy: Representations of Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem in the Late Ottoman Empire
2011MA in Architectural History, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
Thesis: Analyzing the Mimarlık Journal: A Study on Architecture in Turkey in the 1980s
2009BA in Architecture, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
Professional and Research Experience
currently on leavePost-doc university assistant, Department of Art History, University of Vienna / December 2019-July 2021
2018–2019Postdoctoral fellow, CAHIM (Connecting Art Histories in the Museum)
Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Museum für Islamische Kunst / October 2018–September 2019
2011–2018 Teaching and research assistant, Koç University, Istanbul / September 2011–August 2018
2017Freer visiting graduate student, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor / January–April 2017
2016Visiting doctoral student, Wolfson College, University of Oxford / April–June 2016
2013Intern in the Archives, Art Gallery of New South Wales / July–November 2013 (part-time)
2013Independent researcher, University of Sydney / July–November 2013
2009–2010 Architectural practice / September 2009–December 2010

Prizes & Scholarships
2011–2016 Koç University Academic Excellence Scholarship / September 2011–August 2016
2016Partial scholarship for the intensive course “Introduction to Islamic Codicology” HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge / October 2016
2015–2016Ilse Böhlund Hanfmann Fellowship for doctoral research abroad, ARIT (American Research Institute in Turkey) / September 2015–August 2016
2015Travel grant for presenting a paper at the 15th International Congress of Turkish Art, Max van Berchem Foundation / September 2015
2012with Harun Ekerbiçer and Korkut Yıldırım, MTSO Office Building Architectural Competition, Honorable Mention / October 2012



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