Yasemin AKIŞ YAMAN, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae
Villanova University Phone: 215-512-7826 Department of Theology and Religious Studies e-mail:[email protected] Villanova, PA, 19085
Areas of Specialization Søren Kierkegaard, Existentialism, Philosophy and Religion. Areas of Competence Philosophy and Literature, Philosophy and Cinema, Rumi, Albert Camus. Education Ph.D. Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University 2007-2014 Philosophy
Dissertation: The Concept of Anxiety in Søren Kierkegaard
M.A. Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University 2005-2007 Philosophy
Thesis: The Concept of ‘Absurd’ in Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre.
B.A. Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University 2001-2005 Philosophy
Academic Appointments Faculty Villanova University 2016-…. Head of Philosophy Mehmet Akif Ersoy University 2015- 2017 Department
Assistant Professor Mehmet Akif Ersoy University 2014- 2017 Research Assistant Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University 2009- 2014
Guest Editor Özne Philosophy Journal, Fall/ 2016 Kierkegaard Special Issue Co- Editor Özne Philosophy Journal, Spring/ 2013 Philosophy and Feminism Special Issue Summer Scholar Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library, 2015 St. Olaf College (USA) Summer Scholar Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library, 2014 St. Olaf College (USA) Visiting Scholar Southern Illinois University (USA) 2010- 2011
Publications -Book 1. Søren Kierkegard’da Kaygı Kavramı (The Concept of Anxiety in Søren Kierkegaard), Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul: 2015, ISBN 978-975-539-972-0 -Book Sections 1. Suicide; The Existential Crisis of the Man, ACTA KIERKEGARDIANA supplement 6 (2016), KIERKEGAARD CIRCLE, TRINITY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO., ISBN: 978-0-9878168-4-9. 2. Freedom, Anxiety and Sin: Kierkegaard and the Temporal Progression of Experience, Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-84888-233-1. 3. Varoluş Felsefeleri (Philosophies of Existence), SØREN AABYE KİERKEGAARD, Ed; A. Kadir Çüçen, Sentez Yayınları, Bursa: 2015, ISBN 978- 605-9922-18-0. 4. Bir Varoluşsal Drama Yazarı olarak Kierkegaard (Kierkegaard as a Existential Drama Writer), 2013, ISBN: 978-605-5022-78-5. -Refereed Articles 1. Rumi’s Philosophy of Perfect Man: Existing and Non-existing, European Journal of Science and Theology, Upcoming, August, 2017. 2. Development of the Self in Rumi and Kierkegaard, Kaygı Philosophy Journal, Upcoming, Fall/ 2017. 3. The Sources of Kierkegaard’s Existentialism, Ozne Philosophy Journal, Fall/2016. 4. Ingmar Bergman’ın Yedinci Mühür’ü ve Kierkegaard’ın Sessizlik Sanatı Üzerine (The Art of Silence in Bergman’s Seventh Seal), Özne Philosophy Journal, Spring/2014. 5. Søren Kierkegaard’da Kaygı ve Cinsiyet (Anxiety and Gender in Soren Kierkegaard), Özne Philosophy Journal, Spring /2013. 6. Albert Camus’de Başkaldırı’nın Sınırları Problemi (Problem of the Limits of Rebellion in Albert Camus), Published Symposium Book, Kocaeli University, 2009. 7. Bir Bunalım Çağı Felsefesi Olarak; Varoluşçuluk, Özne Philosophy Journal, Spring/2009. -Editorialship 1. Guest Editor, Ozne Philosophy Journal, Kierkegaard Special Issue, Fall- 2016. 2. Translation editor, Enter/Ellen ( Either-Or), Kierkegaard, Alfa Publishing, 2017. 3. Co-Editor, Arkhe-Logos Philosophy Journal.
-Book Reviews 1. Woman 2000, Philosophy, Feminism and Beyond, Volume XII, Issue 2, Eastern Mediterranean University Press, p.67-70., (Celine Léon&Sylvia Walsh(Eds.) (1997). Feminist Interpretation of Søren Kierkegaard. University Park: Penn State Press,) -Translations 1. Feminine and Masculene Forms of Despair, Sylvia Walsh, Feminist Interpretations of Kierkegaard, Penn State Press, Özne Philosophy Journal, Spring /2013.
- Selected Professional Presentations 1. Anxiety as a Possiblity of Freedom, Kierkegaard Symposium, Hacettepe University, December-2015, Ankara, Turkey. 2. Between the Death and Life, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, November-2015, Nitra, Slovakia. 3. Human Being as a Synthesis, Urla Philosophy Days, October-2015, Izmir, Turkey. 4. Kierkegaardian Anxiety in Psychotherapy; Between the Spirit and the Superego, October-2013, Vilnius, Lithuania. 5. Freedom, Anxiety and Sin: Kierkegaard and the Temporal Progression of Experience, March- 2013, Lisbon, Portugal. 6. Suicide: Escaping from Your Own Existence, Inter-Discipinary Press, November-2011, Prague, Czech Republic. 7. A Brief Journey from Existence to Absurd, November 2008, St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia, Bulgaria. 8. Albert Camus’de Başkaldırı’nın Sınırları Problemi , International Days of Philosophy, May 2009, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.
- Projects 1. Kierkegaard and the Crisis of the Contemporary World International Scientifi Research Project, International Participant, Goethe University August 2015-June 2016. 2. Network for Intercultural Dialogue and Education:Turkey-Bulgaria, Project of European Union, 2008-2010. - Fellowships 1. Turkish Higher Education Council Research Grant, Visiting Scholar Southern Illinois University, USA, June 2010-May 2011. 2. St. Olaf College, Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library, Summer Fellow, 2014. 3. St. Olaf College, Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library, Summer Fellow, 2015.
- Funded Research Grants
1. The Concept of Anxiety in Soren Kierkegaard, Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University Scientific Research Project, 2011.
-Teaching Experience
Wisdom of Sufism, Fall 2017. Introduction to Philosophy, Fall 2014, Spring 2015. Philosopy, Fall 2014,Fall 2015, Spring 2016. Art and Aesthetic, Fall 2014, Fall 2015. Aesthetic, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
- References
Gordon Marino St Olaf Collage, The Hong Kierkegaard Library Holland Hall 505, Rolvaag Library 225B Northfield, MN Email: [email protected]
Stephen Tyman Southern İllinois University, Department of Philosophy Faner Hall, Room 3036 Email: [email protected]
Andrew Burgess, University of New Mexico Emeritus proffesor Email: [email protected]