Associate Professor EZGİ TUNCER
D BLOK 3. KAT 338
+90 (212) 5336532 - 1313
Education
Doctorate
Yıldız Technical University
Architecture
Master's Degree
Yıldız Technical University
Architecture
Bachelor's Degree
Yıldız Technical University
Architecture
Research Areas
- Skilled Migration; Labour Migration; Urban Life
- Border Studies and Political Philosophy
- Contemporary Art and Space
- Food, City, Everyday Life
- Space - Place, Place-making Practices
- Spatial Analysis and Mapping
- Ethno-spatial Methodologies
Work Experience
2016 /
Continuing
Kadir Has University
Faculty Member
2020 /
Continuing
The London School of Economics and Political Science, Gender, Justice and Security UKRI GCRF Hub
Visiting Fellow, Co-Investigator
2011 /
2016
Mardin Artuklu University
Faculty Member
2010 /
2011
Dogus University
Faculty Member
2004 /
2010
Yıldız Technical University
Teaching Assistant
Administrative Duties
| Görev Adı | Görev Yeri | Başlangıç tarihi | Bitiş Tarihi |
|---|---|---|---|
| İstanbul Çalışmaları Merkez Müdürü | ISC | 25.11.2024 | |
| Bölüm Başkanı | Mimarlık Bölümü | 01.04.2024 | |
| Vice-Dean | Kadir Has University | 01.09.2018 | 30.12.2020 |
| Director of MSc. in Architectural and Urban Studies | Kadir Has University | 01.09.2018 | |
| Vice-Dean | Mardin Artuklu University | 01.09.2011 | 01.09.2013 |
Publications
- Tuncer, Ezgi (2024), "Acceptable ‘expats’ versus unwanted ‘Arabs’: Tracing hierarchies through everyday urban practices of skilled migrant women in Istanbul", Global Networks, DOI: 10.1111/glob.12473
- Gök, Ela; Tuncer, Ezgi (2023), "An unsettling re-composition: Istanbul's lost Armenian April 11 Memorial", Journal of Historical Geography, Vol.81, 19-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2023.04.004
- Tuncer, Ezgi; Eren-Benlisoy, Zeynep (2022), "Secluded Lives: Restricted Urban Practices of Migrant Domestic and Care Workers in Istanbul", DISEGNARECON, Vol.15, No.28, DOI: 10.20365/disegnarecon.28.2022.3
- Tuncer, Ezgi; Diken, Bülent (2021), "Representations of everyday life in İnci Eviner’s We, Elsewhere: comedy, use and free will", International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, Vol.17, No.3, 387-404 DOI: 10.1080/14794713.2021.1905264
- Diken, Bülent; Tuncer, Ezgi (2019), "From Melling’s Harem to Eviner’s Harem: Displacement as Parrhesia", Third Text, Vol.33, No.6, 671-686 DOI: 10.1080/09528822.2019.1667622
- Gürkaş, Ezgi Tuncer (2018), "Border as “Zone of Indistinction”: The State of Exception and the Spectacle of Terror Along Turkey’s Border With Syria", Space and Culture, Vol.21, No.3, 322-335 DOI: 10.1177/1206331217741080
Projects
| Project Name | Role in the Project | Project Type | Fund Establishment | Project Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YÜKSEK VASIFLI GÖÇMEN KADINLARIN EMEK GÖÇÜNÜN VE KENTSEL YASAM DENEYIMLERININ TOPLUMSAL CINSIYET DINAMIKLERI: ISTANBUL ÖRNEGI | Yürütücü | Ulusal Proje | TÜBİTAK ARDEB |
01.04.2022 01.10.2023 |
| UKRI GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub Migration and Displacement Stream | Yürütücü | Uluslararası Proje | Diğer Uluslararası |
01.01.2020 31.12.2021 |
Courses Offered
| Course Name | Course Code | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Prothesis Seminar | ARCH503 | 2024/25 Fall |
| Space, Politics and Power | ARCH518 | 2024/25 Fall |
| Basic Design Studio I | ARC103 | 2024/25 Fall |
Ezgi Tuncer is an associate professor at Kadir Has University (KHAS) in Istanbul. She is the director of the Center for Istanbul Studies and the Architectural and Urban Studies M.Sc. program at KHAS. She researches and teaches on ethno-spatial methodologies; rhythm-analysis and everyday life practices; space, politics and power; migration and displacement; border studies and political philosophy; contemporary art and space. Between 2020 and 2022, she worked as a visiting researcher at the UKRI GCRF Center for Gender, Justice and Security at LSE and co-investigator of the Gender Dynamics of International Labor Migration project under the Migration and Displacement Stream. She also worked as the principal investigator of the research project titled “Transnational Urbanism and Everyday Life Practices of Skilled Migrants in Istanbul” supported by TUBITAK between 2022-2024.