EVREN SAVCI

CURRICULUM VITAE
EVREN SAVCI
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY • NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
1810 CHICAGO AVENUE • EVANSTON IL 60208
PHONE: (213) 210-7623 • E-MAIL: E-SAVCI@NORTHWESTERN.EDU
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Southern California
Dissertation: Queer in Translation: Paradoxes of Westernization
and Sexual Others in the Turkish Nation
Committee: Mike Messner, Macarena Gomez-Barris, Judith Halberstam
M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia
Thesis: “Mapping Out Gender, or Why is the Turkish Westernization
Project Doomed to Fail?”
Committee: Sharon Hays, Sarah Corse
B.A., Sociology, University of Virginia
Major: Sociology; Minor: Gender Studies
2011 (Los Angeles, CA)
2004 (Charlottesville, VA)
2002 (Charlottesville, VA)
EMPLOYMENT
Northwestern University 2011 - 2013
Postdoctoral Fellow, The Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN),
Department of Sociology and the Program in Gender Studies
University of Southern California 2010
Research Assistant to Prof. Timothy Biblarz, Dept. of Sociology
Project: Decade Review Essay on LGBT Families Research
University of Southern California 2005-2006
Research Assistant to Prof. Sharon Hays, Dept. of Sociology
Projects: Girls Gone Wild (Book project on Collegiate Sexuality)
University of Virginia 2003-2005
Research Assistant to Prof. Elizabeth Gorman, Dept. of Sociology
Project: "Gender Stereotypes, Same-Gender Preference, and Organizational
Variation in the Hiring of Women: Evidence from Law Firms." (Published in ASR.)
AREAS OF INTEREST
Substantive Areas: Sociology of Sexualities, Gender, Culture, Global and Transnational
Sociology, Social Theory, Family, Queer Theory, Postcolonial Theory, Epistemology
Regional Interest: Turkey and the Middle East

PUBLICATIONS – PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
"Subjects of Rights and Subjects of Cruelty: The Production of an Islamic Backlash Against
Homosexuality in Contemporary Turkey", Gender & Society, ‘Under Review’
"Re-orienting the Gay International: Western Knowledge, Politico-cultural Capital and
Belonging among Urban Queers in Turkey", GLQ: A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies,
‘Under Review’
2010 Biblarz, Timothy and Evren Savci. "LGBT Families Research in the Last Decade,"
Journal of Marriage and the Family, vol.72 (3): 480-497.
BOOK CHAPTERS
2013 "On Putting Down and Destroying: Affective Economies of a Women-Only Club in
Istanbul" in Mapping Intimacies: Relations, Exchanges, Affects, eds. Yvette Taylor and
Tam Sanger, London: Palgrave. ‘Forthcoming’
2012 "Kuir Dil Meselesi: Apolitika ve Kulturel Kapital" (The Issue of Queer Language:
Apolitics and Cultural Capital) in Turkiye Uzerine Queer Okumalar (Queer Readings of
Turkey), eds. Cüneyt Çakırlar and Serkan Delice. Istanbul: Metis Yayinlari.
BOOKS – IN PROGRESS
Queer in Translation: Paradoxes of Westernization and Sexual Others in the Turkish Nation,
Manuscript under preparation
REPORTS
2004 Sharon Hays and Barbara Risman, with research by Evren Savci and Carey Sargent
“Report Card on Gender- and Women-Friendly Sociology Departments,” SWS
NetworkNews, Winter 2004 (also featured in ASA Footnotes, Fall, 2004; and presented to
ASA Council, August 2004).
INTERVIEWS
2012 "Q&A: A Politics of Cruelty"
Interviewed by Christine Petit for make/shift: feminisms in motion magazine.
2012 "Queer Akademiden Türkiye'ye Dair: Evren Savcı ile Türkiye LGBTT Hareket ve
Muhafazakarlık İlişkileri Üzerine" (Queer Academy on Turkey: Interview with Evren
Savcı on the Relationship between Turkish LGBTT Movement and Conservatism)
Interviewed by Imge Oranli for Kaos GL magazine.
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FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS
SUMMER RESEARCH AWARD 2012
Northwestern University, Buffet Center for International Studies
SUMMER RESEARCH AWARD 2012
Northwestern University, Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies
SUMMER DISSERTATION WRITING AWARD 2008, 2011
USC, Department of Sociology
MARTINE P. LEVINE MEMORIAL DISSERTATION AWARD 2010
American Sociological Association (Honorable Mention)
INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP 2010
Phi Beta Kappa in Southern California
INTERNATIONAL FIELD RESEARCH AWARD 2010
USC College of Arts and Sciences
CONFERENCE TRAVEL AWARD 2010- 2011
USC, Department of Sociology
DISTINGUISHED ENTERING GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD 2005
USC, Department of Sociology
HIGH DISTINCTION 2002
Honors Thesis: “Virginity Exams, Honor Crimes, and Other Tales from the
Father-State of Turkey: A Cultural Look at the Turkish Women’s Movement.”
Committee: Sharon Hays (chair), Sarah M. Corse
UVA, Department of Sociology
COMMONWEALTH BEST UNDERGRADUATE PAPER AWARD 2002
UVA, Department of Sociology
GOLDEN KEY INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY 2001
SHORT TERM INSTITUTES AND WORKSHOPS
SEMINAR ON DEBATES ABOUT RELIGION AND SEXUALITY June 2012
Harvard University, Divinity School
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Turkish
English
German
French
Mother Tongue
Fluent
Fluent
Proficient in speaking, reading and writing
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COURSES TAUGHT
GLOBAL CULTURES AND SOCIETIES Spring 2012
Dept. of Sociology, Northwestern University
GENDERM SEXUALITY AND ISLAM Winter 2012
Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, Northwestern University
INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS Summer 2005
Dept. of Sociology, University of Virginia
UNIVERSITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Summer 2005
College of Arts and Letters, University of Virginia
TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
Program in Gender Studies, University of Southern California 2006, 2008, 2011
- GENDER CONFLICT IN CROSS-CULTURAL CONTEXT
- SOCIAL ISSUES IN GENDER AND SEXUALITY
College of Arts and Letters, University of Southern California 2010
- THE HOLOCAUST AND THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITY
Department of Sociology, University of Southern California 2006-2009
- CHANGING FAMILY FORMS
- RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS
Department of Sociology, University of Virginia 2002-2005
- SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY
- LAW AND SOCIETY
- SOCIOLOGY RESEARCH WORKSHOP
- INTERMEDIATE STATISTICS (GRADUATE LEVEL)
- INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL THEORY
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Nov. 2012
Nov. 2012
Sept. 2012
"Subjects of Rights and Subjects of Cruelty: Muslim and Secular Subjecthood and
'Homosexual Rights' in Turkey," to be presented at the American Studies Association
Annual Meetings, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
"Subjects of Rights and Subjects of Cruelty: The Politicization of Women's and
Homosexual Rights in Turkey," to be presented at the Social Science and History
Association Annual Meetings, Vancouver, BC.
"Zenne Dancer and the Production of Transnational Normalcy," to be presented at
Radically Gay: The Life & Visionary Legacy of Harry Hay, CUNY Graduate Center,
New York City, NY.
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Aug. 2012
Aug. 2012
May 2012
Apr. 2012
Mar. 2012
Mar. 2012
Mar. 2012
Nov. 2011
Oct. 2011
Aug, 2011
Mar. 2011
Nov. 2010
Oct. 2010
"'Transvestite Terror' and the Production of Deep Citizenship in Turkey," presented at the
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Denver CO.
"The Constitutive Outside of Western Sexualities, or why the Discourse of "Gay Honor
Killings" matters for the "West"," presented at Crossing Boundaries, Workshopping
Sexualities Conference (ASA Sexualities Section Mini-conference), Denver, CO.
"Subjects of Rights and Subjects of Cruelty: Muslim and Secular Subjecthood and
"Homosexual Rights" in Turkey," presented at the Middle East History and Theory
Conference, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
"Queer in Translation: Paradoxes of Westernization and Sexual Others in the Turkish
Nation," invited presentation at Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA) Annual
Symposium, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
"Muslim to One's Self or Muslim to Everyone? Universal Human Rights Discourse and
the Production of an Islamic Backlash Against Homosexuality in Turkey," presented at
the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meetings, San Diego, CA.
"Queer in Translation: Paradoxes of Westernization and Sexual Others in the Turkish
Nation," invited presentation at Libidinal Investments: Emerging Scholarship on
Sexualities and the Social Symposium, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
"Muslim to One's Self or Muslim to Everyone? Universal Human Rights Discourse and
the Production of an Islamic Backlash Against Homosexuality in Turkey," invited
presentation at Sawyer Seminar in Women's Human Rights, University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL.
"Citizenship," invited presentation at Keyword Series, Buffet Center for International
Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
"Muslim to One's Self or Muslim to Everyone? Universal Human Rights Discourse and
the Production of an Islamic Backlash Against Homosexuality in Turkey," invited
presentation at Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL.
"What Marks the 'Apolitical?' Western Knowledge and Politico-Cultural Capital among
Queer Subcultures in Istanbul," presented at the American Sociological Association
Annual Meetings, Las Vegas, NV.
"Keeping the Secrets of the Nation: Transsexual Sex-Workers and Citizenship in the
Turkish Republic," presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meetings,
Seattle, WA.
"Seeking Justice in Turkey: Unexpected Convergences in the Realm of Jurisdiction and
Acknowledgment," presented at the Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual
Meetings, San Diego, CA.
"This is Not 'Community': An Alternative Belonging in a Women-Only Bar in Istanbul,"
presented at the Doing Queer Studies Now Conference, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI.
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Oct. 2010
Aug. 2010
Apr. 2010
Aug. 2006
Mar. 2005
Aug. 2003
"What Marks the 'Apolitical?' Western Knowledge and Politico-Cultural Capital among
Queer Subcultures in Istanbul," presented at the UCLA Queer Studies Conference, Los
Angeles, CA.
"Ahmet is My Family: Family, State and Sexuality in Contemporary Turkey," presented
at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
"Who Killed Ahmet Yildiz? Turkish State, Kurdish Family, and Globalizing
Islamophobia," presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting,
Oakland, CA.
“Forging the Tools for Literary Content: Reflection Theory vs. Cultural Logic,”
presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
“Mapping Out Gender, or Why is the Turkish Westernization Project Doomed to Fail?,”
presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
“Virginity Exams, Honor Crimes, and Other Tales from the Father-State of Turkey: A
Cultural Look at the Turkish Women’s Movement,” presented at the American
Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Aug. 2012
Apr. 2012
Apr. 2012
Mar. 2012
Mar. 2012
Mar. 2012
Session Co-chair and Discussant: 'Surpassing the Boundaries of (American)
Sociology of (Current) Sexualities: Incorporating Transnational and Historical
Contexts/Perspectives', Crossing Boundaries, Workshopping Sexualities
Conference (ASA Sexualities Section Mini-conference), Denver, CO.
Session Discussant: 'Body and the State', Engendering Change Conference,
University of Chicago, IL.
Session Discussant: 'Intersectionality in practice and the boundaries of
(post)coloniality', Gender Matters: Gendered Borders Conference, Governors
State University, University Park, IL.
Adivar Student Scholarship Committee, Turkish Studies Association
Author Meets Critics: 'Fitting Into Place: Class and Gender Geographies and
Temporalities by Yvette Taylor (Ashgate, 2011), Pacific Sociological Association
Annual Meetings, San Diego, CA.
Symposium Co-organizer: 'Libidinal Investments: Emerging Scholarship in
Sexualities and the Social, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
2010-12 Chair, SWS-West
Mar. 2011
Session Co-chair: 'Transnational Sexualities in Local, National and Global
Perspective', Pacific Sociological Association Meetings.
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Apr. 2006
Organizer: 'Graduate Student Showcase Issue', Sex and Gender Section
Newsletter of the American Sociological Association.
2006 Session Organizer: Sex and Gender Section Roundtables, American Sociological
Association Annual Meeting.
2006 Abstract Committee: 'Thinking Gender Conference', UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
2003-2004 Faculty Search Committee, Dept. of Sociology, UVA
GUEST LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
Sum. 2012
Fall 2010
Spr. 2008
Fall 2006
Fall 2005
Spr. 2004
Spr. 2004
Fall 2004
Spr. 2003
Bogaziçi (Bosphorus) University, Dept. of Sociology
Course: Sociology of Turkey
Title: Studying Queer Politics in Turkey
USC, Arts and Letters
Course: Gender, Sexuality and the Holocaust
Title: Edwards Said and Orientalism
USC, Program in Gender Studies
Course: Social Issues in Gender and Sexuality
Title: Marxist Theory and Marxist Feminism
USC
Feminist Majority and Leadership Alliance
Title: Body Image and the Media.
USC, Program in Gender Studies
Course: Feminist Theory
Title: Postmodern Feminism
UVA, Department of Sociology
Course: American Society and Popular Culture
Title: The Porn Formula
UVA, Program in Gender Studies
Course: Women’s Lives in Myth and Reality
Title: Queer Theory (with Carey L. Sargent)
UVA, Program in Gender Studies
Course: Women’s Lives in Myth and Reality
Title: "Lesbian" as Sexuality and Identity (with Carey L. Sargent).
UVA, Department of Sociology
Course: Law and Society
Title: Civil Litigation and Civil Rights
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SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
LGBT Concerns Committee Chair, Graduate and Professional Fall 2007
Student Senate, USC.
LGBT Resource Center Mentor to Undergraduate Questioning 2006-07
Women, USC.
Founder, QUICK (Queer Studies Intellectual Collective), USC 2005-06
Co-President, Graduate Student Association of Sociologists, UVA 2004-2005
Speaker’s Bureau Representative, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, 2004-2005
Transsexual/Transgendered Resource Center, UVA.
Sociology Department Development Committee, Graduate 2002-2004
Student Association of Sociologists, UVA.
PEER REVIEW AND RELATED ACTIVITES
Gender & Society,
Journal of Marriage and the Family,
Journal of Homosexuality,
Contexts,
Social Politics.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Sociological Association
Sections: Sex and Gender; Sexualities; Culture; Global and Transnational Sociology
Caucus on Transnational Approaches to Gender and Sexuality
Sociologists for Women in Society
Middle East Studies Association
Social Science and History Association
American Studies Association
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REFERENCES
Prof. Michael Messner
Prof. Macarena Gomez-Barris
Dept. of Sociology, Program in Gender Studies
Dept. of Sociology
University of Southern California
University of Southern California
Phone: (213) 740-8848 Phone: (213) 740-3600
messner@usc.edu
gomezbar@usc.edu
Prof. Judith Halberstam
Prof. Stevan Weine
Dept. of English, Program in Gender Studies
Dept. of Psychiatry
University of Southern California
University of Illinois, Chicago
Phone: (213) 740-4592 Phone: (312) 355-5407
halberts@usc.edu
smweine@uic.edu
Prof. Héctor Carillo
Dept. of Sociology, Program in Gender Studies
Northwestern University
Phone: (847) 467-0516
hector@northwestern.edu
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