Ayşe Bursalı Curriculum vitae E-mail:
[email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D.: Anthropology 2017 – 2022 (expected) University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, U.S.A. Supervisor: Professor Ian Kuijt M.A.: Archaeology and History of Art – Prehistoric Archaeology 2013 - 2017 Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey Thesis Title: “Inside the Blue Color: Social and Methodological Investigation of the Turquoise Colored Beads Found in Neolithic Barcın Höyük in NW Anatolia” under the supervision of Professor Rana Özbal. B.A.: Anthropology honours, Classics minor 2009 – 2013 McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Honours Thesis Title: “A Critical Survey of Archaeology of Ottoman Remains and History, and Possible Contributions of Historical Archaeology” under the supervision of Professor Gwen Bennett. High School Graduation Diploma 2004 - 2009 Istanbul American Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey WORK EXPERIENCE Pera Museum by Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey Jan 2016 – July 2017 Collection Supervisor, Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection Koç University Archaeology and History of Art Department (ARHA) Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant for Professor Rana Özbal Jan 2014 – Aug 2015 Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant for Professor Çiğdem Maner Sept 2013 – Jan 2014 PUBLICATIONS Book chapters: 2017 Bursalı, A., Özbal, R., Baysal, E., Özbal, H., Yağcı, B. “Neolithic Blue Beads in Northwest Turkey: the Social Significance of Skeuomorphism” Selected Papers in Ancient Art and Architecture vol. 3: Dress and Identity (peer-reviewed). 123 – 141. Archaeological Institute of America. 2017 Bursalı, A., Özbal, H., Özbal, R., Şimşek, G., Yağcı, B., Yılmaz-Akkaya, C., Baysal, E. “Investigating the Source of Blue Color in Neolithic Beads from Barcın Höyük, NW Turkey” Proceedings of the conference The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory.