Mert Koçak

MERT KOÇAK

Mobile Phone: +90 530 153 7225 E-Mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Address: Central European University Zrinyi utca 14, 4. Floor. Budapest, 1051. Hungary

Curriculum Vitae

Education: 09/2016- Central European University, Budapest PhD Candidate in Sociology and Social Anthropology

09/2015- 06/2016 Central European University, Budapest Gender Studies MA degree with an overall grade of Distinction

09/2013- 09/2014 London School of Economics and Political Science, London Human Rights MSc degree with an overall grade of Merit

09/2007- 06/2013 Bogaziçi University, Istanbul Political Science and International Relations BA degree with an overall grade of 3.45 over 4.00

09/2004- 06/2007 Gürlek Nakipoglu High School, Istanbul High school degree with an overall grade of 4.90 over 5.00

Employment and Internship:

03/2018- 08/2018 Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants, Ankara Volunteer Work

11/2017- 01/2018 Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association, Ankara Volunteer Work

Mert Koçak 09/2014- 06/2015 Sabancı University, Istanbul Teaching Assistant

07/2013- 11/2013 Bogaziçi University, Istanbul Research Assistant in the Social Policy Forum

02/2013- 06/2013 Bogaziçi University, Istanbul Student Assistant of Aysen Çandas’s History of Political Thought II

09/2012- 01/2013 Bogaziçi University, Istanbul Student Assistant of Aysen Çandas’s History of Political Thought I

08/2012- 09/2012 Habertürk, Istanbul Internship on the Foriegn News Desk

06/2012- 07/2012 Turkish Grand National Assembly, Ankara Internship in the office of a member of the Parliament

09/2011- 01/2012 Bogaziçi University, Istanbul Student Assistant of Koray Çaliskan’s Comparative Politics

Honors and Awards:

Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Research Grant for Human Rights, 2018

Central European University, Academic Achievement Award for First-Year Doctoral Students, 2017-2018

Central European University, Travel Grant for PhD Fieldwork, 2017-2018

Central European University, Doctoral Scholarship, 2016/2019

Central European University, Travel Grant for MA Thesis, 2015/2016

Central European University, Master’s Scholarship, 2015/2016

London School of Economics and Political Science, Master’s Award, 2013/2014

Honor student of graduating class of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University, 2013.

Certifications:

15.04.2018 Middle Eastern Technical University, Ankara Certificate for “Joining Efforts for Refugees” workshops

31.03.2018- 01.04.2018 Association for Migration Research, Istanbul Mert Koçak Certificate for Research Methods and Ethics in Migration Studies

Publications: Kocak, M. (2016). Gendering Mourning in the image of Anne Frank. Kaleidoscope: Journal on the History of Culture, Science and ,7(13), 542-551. doi:10.17107/KH.2016.13.542-551

Professional Activities: Organizer of the event “Gender Equality Workshop for Syrian and Turkish Youth” at Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants, , July 2018.

Organizer of the event “Tastes of the Neighboring Cultures” at Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants, Turkey, June 2018.

Organizer of the event “Seeing Ankara Through the Eyes of Each Other: Photo Exhibition” at Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants, Turkey, May 2018.

Organizer of the event “Experiencing the History of Ankara Together and Seeing It Through the Eyes of Each Other” at Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants, Turkey, April 2018.

Co-organizer of the conference “Teaching and Learning in Democracies under Threat: Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Changing Societies” at Central European University, Hungary, September 2017.

Presentations:

Kocak, Mert. (2018). “Reshaping of LGBTI movement in Turkey through Different Experiences of Intersectional Solidarity with Refugees”. Paper presented at the conference “Bans and Contestations” organized by Social Policies Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association.

Kocak, M. Çağlar, M. (2018). “(Im)possibility of Solidarity through Recognizing Intersecting Inequalities of Refugees and LGBT Individuals”. Paper presented at the conference “In/equalities - Narrative & Critique, Resistance & Solidarity” organized by Central European University.

Kocak, M. (2017). “Queer Necropolitics and Mobility: An Oral History of Trans Women’s Deaths in Turkey”. Paper presented at the workshop “The Pasts, Presents, and Futures of Queer Mobilities: Transnational Movements of Ideas, Concepts, and People” organized by the European Network for Queer Anthropology.

Kocak, M. (2016). “Heteronormativity of Death: Un-grievable and Non-Remembered Deaths of Trans Women in Turkey”. Paper presented at the conference “Being LGBT in Turkey: Visibility, Resistance and Solidarity” organized by Social Policies Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association.

Kocak, M. (2011). “The Representation of LGBT Individuals in the Turkish Media”. Paper presented at the annual Sociology Congress organized by University. Mert Koçak

Kocak, M. (2011). “On the Elusive Boundary Assumed to Separate the State and the Society: Timothy Mitchell and Mitchell Foucault”. Paper presented at the annual Philosophy Conference organized by .

Kocak, M. (2010). “A Critique of Georg Simmel’s Notion of Freedom: Domination, Acceptance and Freedom”. Paper presented at the annual Philosophy conference organized by Istanbul University.

Personal Qualifications: Languages: Turkish: Native language.

English: Advanced.

Computer Skills: MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word.