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Curriculum Vitae
Department of Sociology of Religion Arif KORKMAZ Faculty of Divinity, Necmettin Erbakan University Konya, Turkey + (90) 332 3238250 [email protected]
EDUCATION • Ph.D., Selcuk University (Sociology of Religion), Konya–Turkey, 2010 Dissertation: “Migration and Religion: Kulu Fellows in Sweden” • M.A., Selcuk University (Sociology of Religion), Konya–Turkey, 2004 Thesis: “Religious Life in Hospital: Example of Konya” • B.A., Selcuk University (Theology), Konya–Turkey, 2001
POSITIONS • Research & Teaching Assistant, Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Divinity, 2012 • Research & Teaching Assistant, Selcuk University, Faculty of Divinity, 2002–2011
INTERESTS • Islam and homosexuality • Migration and religion • Islam and Muslims in Europe • Sociology of health and religion
BOOKS • Göç ve Din [Migration and Religion], Konya: Çizgi Kitabevi, 2011, authored 470 p. • Hastanede Dini Hayat [Religious Life in Hospital], Konya: Çizgi Kitabevi, 2011, 198 p.
BOOK • Schiaffeuer, Werner & Larsson, Göran, Avrupa’da Đslam ve translated Müslümanlar [Islam and Muslims in Europe], Konya: Çizgi Kitabevi, 2011, 137 p. (Translated from English to Turkish)
BOOK CHAPTER • Mittleman, Alan, Yahudilik: Ahit, Ço ğul(cu)luk ve Dindarlık, in Din translated Sosyolojisi, Ankara: 2012, forthcoming (Translated from English to Turkish) [Mittleman, Alan, “Judaism: Covenant, Pluralism, and Piety” in The New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion, edited by Bryan S. Turner, Blackwell Publishing, 2010, pp. 340–363]
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ARTICLES • “Đsveç’te Đslam ve Müslümanlar” [Islam and Muslims in Sweden], authored Diyanet Avrupa 108, Nisan 2008, 8–10 • “Hastanede Dini Hayat: Teorik Çerçeve”, [“Religious Life in Hospital: Theoretical Framework”], Selçuk Üniversitesi Đlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 29, Bahar 2010, 283–311 • “Mehmed Said Pa a Sefaretnamesi Üzerine Sosyolojik Bir De ğerlendirme”, [“A Sociological Evaluation on the Sefaretname of Mehmed Said Pasha”], Selçuk Üniversitesi Đlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 31, 29 p.
ARTICLES • Larsson, Göran, “Đsveç’te Đslam ve Müslümanlar”, [Islam and translated Muslims in Sweden], Selçuk Üniversitesi Đlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 26, Güz 2008, 125–158 (Translated from English to Turkish) • Larsson, Göran, “ Đsveç’te Đslam Algısı, Entegrasyon Politikası ve Büyük Kentlerdeki Müslümanlar”, [Perception of Islam, Integration Policy and Muslims in Big Cities in Sweden], Selçuk Üniversitesi Đlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 27, Bahar 2009, 155–171 (Translated from English to Turkish) • Schiffauer, Werner, “Göç ve Dindarlık”, [Migration and Religiousness], Selçuk Üniversitesi Đlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 28, Güz 2009, 193–206 (Translated from English to Turkish) INVITED PAPER • “Đslam Günah Sosyolojisine Giri : Hz. Peygamber’in (sav) Günahkar at symposia Ki i ve Gruplara Yakla ımı” [Introduction to the Islamic Sociology of Sin: Muhammad’s Attitude to the Sinful Persons and Groups], Hz. Peygamber, Karde lik Ahlakı ve Karde lik Hukuku VI. Kutlu Do ğum Sempozyumu, Harran Üniversitesi Đlahiyat Fakültesi ve anlıurfa Đl Müftülü ğü, anlıurfa, 19–20 Nisan 2012
ABROAD • Stockholm & Göteborg – Sweden (for doctorate study) EXPERIENCE (6 months, September 2007 – March 2008)
ACADEMIC • Academic advisor for a number of students, 2002–present SERVICE • Contributed to the development of a number of courses taught at the Sociology of Religion department, 2002–present • Prepared the ECTS adaptation list of Selcuk University Department of Sociology of Religion for the EU ERASMUS program, 2011
COURSES • Research Methods • Sociology of Religion • Sociology • Information Society and Religion
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ORGANIZATION • Secretary of the 2th Sociology of Religion Symposium: Theoretical EXPERIENCES and Methodological Problems in Sociology of Religion (June 2005) organized by Selcuk University Faculty of Divinity • Participant at the Religious Education Symposium (May 2009) organized by the Selcuk University Faculty of Divinity • Member of the Organization Committee of the Ethic Symposium (May 2010) organized by the Selcuk University Faculty of Divinity
MEMBERSHIP • Konya Theology Association, Konya, Turkey
LANGUAGES • Turkish (native) • Arabic • English • Ottoman Turkish
REFERENCES • Associate Professor Hakan Sari • Professor Mehmet Bayyigit President, General Directorate Council Member, Head Council of Special Education and of Education and Morality Guidance Services (Ministry of (Ministry of National National Education, Ankara, Education, Ankara, Turkey) Turkey) • Professor Mehmet Akgul • Professor Ahmet Saim Aritan Chair, Department of Dean, Konya University Faculty Sociology of Religion of Divinity, Konya, Turkey Konya University, Konya, Turkey