TAMER BALCI UTRGV, Department of History, 1201 West University Drive, Edinburg, TX 78539, [email protected], Tel: (956) 665-8785

EDUCATION Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California Ph.D. in History August 2007 Dissertation: Turkish During the Cold War: The Turkish-Islamic Synthesis Dissertation Adviser: Lewis L. Snider Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California Master of Arts in History May 1999 Master’s Thesis: 1960 Coup in : The Perceptions of Western Scholars Thesis Adviser: Nathaniel Davis University, Istanbul, Turkey Graduate Study in History 1994 - 1995 Concentration: MODERN TURKISH HISTORY Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Bachelor of Arts in History 1994 TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Associate Professor of History September 2015-Present University of Texas-Pan American Associate Professor of History August 2013-2015 Edinburg, Texas Assistant Professor of History August 2007 - 2013 Graduate Courses: Theories of Nationalism, Readings on the Modern Middle East History, Political and Islamic Movements in the Modern Middle East Undergraduate Courses: Early Middle East History, Modern Middle East History, History of the , Women in the Middle East, Civilization through the Centuries I & II, Senior Seminar, Geography and Environment in History California State University, Fullerton Adjunct Professor of History Fullerton, California August 2005-May 2007 World Civilizations to the Sixteenth Century, World Civilizations from the Sixteenth Century to Present Fullerton College Teaching Instructor Fullerton, California Jan 2004–May 2007 Introduction to Middle East History, World Civilizations I & II, Western Civilization II, Honors Western Civilization Pitzer College, Office of International and Special Programs Teaching Assistant Claremont, California Sep–Dec 2004 IIS 146: International Relations of the Middle East Citrus College Teaching Instructor Glendora, California Jan - May 2003 World Civilizations I Pitzer College, Office of International and Special Programs Teaching Assistant Claremont, California Jan – May 2001 IIS 147: Special Topics in the Middle East International Relations

Istanbul Kurtulus High School History Teacher Istanbul, Turkey Sep 94 - Aug 1995 History of the Ottoman Empire, Islamic cultural and political history, Modern Turkish history, European history

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PUBLICATIONS Book and Edited Works Tamer Balcı, Guest Editor. History Studies: International Journal of History (Special Issue: throughout History) 4: 3, October 2012. Tamer Balcı & Christopher L. Miller, Edited. Gülen Hizmet Movement: Circumspect Activism in Faith-Based Reform, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. Reviewed by Nevad Kahteran, Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies, Vol 6: March 2013: pg.78-79. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/173267 Book Chapters “Cold War Nationalism in Samsun” pg. 155-167 in Osman Köse, ed. From Past to Present Samsun/Canik and Its Values - Geçmişten Günümüze Samsun/Canik ve Değerleri I, Canik Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, Samsun 2015. “ in the Clutches of Communism and Nationalism - Komünizm ve Milliyetçiliğin Pençesinde Kosova Arnavutları” pg. 483-510 in Abidin Temizer, ed. Balkan Tarihi Araştırmalarına Metodolojik Yaklaşımlar, Methodical Approaches to the Balkan History Studies, Libra Kitapcılık, 2014. “Islam and Democracy in the Thought of Nursi and Gülen” pg. 61-90 in Tamer Balcı & Christopher L. Miller, ed. Gülen Hizmet Movement: Circumspect Activism in Faith-Based Reform, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. Tamer Balcı & Christopher L. Miller, “Introduction, The Gülen Hizmet Movement: A Cautionary Tale” pg. 1-21 in Tamer Balcı & Christopher L. Miller, ed. Gülen Hizmet Movement: Circumspect Activism in Faith-Based Reform, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. Christopher L. Miller & Tamer Balcı, “Conclusion, Interdisciplinary Inquiry and the Gülen Gestalt” pg. 233-250 in Tamer Balcı & Christopher L. Miller, ed. Gülen Hizmet Movement: Circumspect Activism in Faith-Based Reform, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. Articles “Ottoman Balkan Heritage and the Construction of Turkish National Identity”, Journal of Ottoman Legacy Studies, 1:1, (November 2014) pg. 60-70. “Foreword: A Glance at Imperialism” “Önsöz: Sömürgeciliğe Kısa Bir Bakış” History Studies: International Journal of History (Special Issue: Imperialism throughout History – 4: 3, October 2012). “Turkish Nationalists and the Ottoman Imperial Legacy” History Studies: International Journal of History (Special Issue: Imperialism throughout History – 4: 3, October 2012) pg. 35-52. “The Cyprus Crisis and the Southern Flank of NATO (1960-1975)” International Review of Turkish Studies, 2: 3 (Fall 2012) pg. 30-54. “The Rise and Fall of Nine Lights Ideology” Politics, Religion and Ideology, 12: 2 (June 2011) pg. 145-160. “From Nationalization of Islam to Privatization of Nationalism: Islam and Turkish National Identity” History Studies: International Journal of History, 1: 1 (December 2009) pg. 82-107. Tamer Balci & Loye Ashton, “A Contextual Analysis of the Supporters and Critics of the Gülen Hizmet Movement” pg. 73-113 in Islam in the Age of Global Challenges: Alternative Perspectives of the Gülen Movement, Conference Proceedings, Washington D.C: Rumi Forum, 2008. Georgetown University, Rumi Forum and Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim- Christian Understanding Conference at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. November 14-15, 2008. Book Reviews Toward an Islamic Enlightenment: The Gülen Movement, by Hakan Yavuz, Middle East Policy, 20: 2 (Summer 2013): 165-172. Arabs of the Jewish Faith: Colonizing Mission in Colonial Algeria, by Joshua Schreier, Chronicle of Historical Studies, Forthcoming in Vol. 7, Spring 2013. Turkish Islam and the Secular State: the Gülen Movement by M. Hakan Yavuz and John L. Esposito, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 125: 2 (April 1, 2005): 331-33.

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Directed Student Research and Publications Zachary A. Wise, Published Book Review: Dejan Djokic, ed., Yugoslavism: Histories of a Failed Idea, 1918-1992, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press 2003, Journal of Ottoman Legacy Studies, 2:2, March 2015: ss. 77-78. Evren J. Turan, Published Book Review: Hale Yılmaz, Becoming Turkish: Nationalist Reforms and Cultural Negotiations in Early Republican Turkey, 1923-1945, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York 2013, Journal of Ottoman Legacy Studies, 1:1, November 2014: pg. 74-77; http://www.osmanlimirasi.net/dergi//8-hale-yilmaz-becoming-turkish- nationalist-reforms-and-cultural-negotiations-in-early-republican-turkey-1923-1945-syracuse-university-press- syracuse-new-york-2013-ss-74-77201412.pdf Zachary A. Wise, “American Foreign Policy on the Balkans during the Cold War” UTPA Undergraduate Research Initiative Grant 2014-2015 Mauro Sierra III, Published Book Review: Oded Haklai, Palestinian Ethnonationalism in Israel, Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011, Middle East Media and Book Reviews, 2/16: June 2014 http://www.academia.edu/7511526/Palestinian_Ethnonationalism_in_Israel

Mauro Sierra III, Published Book Review: Zvi Zohar, Rabbinic Creativity in the Modern Middle East, New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013, Middle East Media and Book Reviews, 2/16: June 2014 https://www.academia.edu/7397925/Rabbinic_Creativity_in_the_Modern_Middle_East MA Thesis Chair, Gregg Carter, “A Breed Apart: Nationalism, Collective Memory and the Evolution of Social Identity in Texas” Summer 2014-present Matthew Rodriguez: “US-Turkey Relations after WWI: Beginning of Diplomatic Relations and Obstacles” 2012-2013 The Second Undergraduate Research Conference, November 25-26, 2013 University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX Presentation (Matthew Rodriguez): “United States-Turkey Relations: Beginning of Diplomatic Relations” Gregg Carter, Published Review Essay: “Anxiety De Jour: The Manufacturing of Anti-Muslim Sentiment in the Wake of 9/11”, History Studies, Vol. 5: 5; September 2013: p. 309-319.

Margaret Rose Graham, Published Review Essay: “The Critiques of ” History Studies, Vol. 5: 2; March, 2013: p. 601-610.

Honors Thesis Committee Member (Dana Nazarova): 2012-13

The First Undergraduate Research Conference, November 19-20, 2012 University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX Presentation (Dana Nazarova): “Major Powers and the Iranian Nuclear Crisis”

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS Second International Symposium on Balkan History Studies: The Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans and the Ottoman Tax Registers Podgorica, April 30-May 4, 2014 Paper Presentation: “Ottoman Balkans in the Construction of Turkish National Identity”

Third Canik Symposium: Samsun Canik and Its Values Samsun, Turkey October 24-26, 2013 Paper Presentation: “Cold War Nationalism in Samsun and Black Sea Region”

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First Turkish-American Relations Congress Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, October 22, 2013 Conference Organizer, Paper Presentation: “Impact of Ethnic Lobbies on Turkish-American Relations” First International Symposium on Balkan History Studies: Methodological Approaches Balıkesir University, Balıkesir, Turkey April 26-28, 2013 Paper Presentation: “Yugoslavya’da Kosova Çıkmazı-The Kosovo Conundrum in ” Islam, Political Islam, and Islamophobia: An International Conference Indiana University-Bloomington March 29-30, 2013 Paper Presentation: “Islam and Islamophobia in Texas Textbooks” Abrahamic Faiths Post-9/11: Building a Peaceful Community in a Violent World Raindrop Turkish House, Tulsa, OK Sept 13, 2011 Panel Discussant: Reconciliation and Interfaith Community Cold War Cultures: Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives Conference University of Texas, Austin, TX Sept 30-Oct 3, 2010 Paper Presentation: “The Cyprus Crisis and the Southern Flank of NATO (1960-1975)” Association for the Study of Nationalities Convention Columbia University, NY April 15-17, 2010 Paper Presentation: “The Rise and Fall of Nine Lights Ideology” Conference: Peace through Faith-based Grassroots Organization? Exploring the Gülen Movement University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX March 27, 2010 Conference Organizer, Paper Presentation: “Thought of Fethullah Gülen from Localism to Globalism” Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Conference Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. November 14-15, 2008 Paper co-authored by Tamer Balci and Loye Ashton. Presented by Loye Ashton, “A Contextual Analysis of the Supporters and Critics of the Gülen Hizmet Movement” Middle East History and Theory Conference University of Chicago, Chicago, IL May 9 – 10, 2008 Paper Presentation: “The Historical Philosophy of the Turkish-Islamic Synthesis” Luncheon Talk Raindrop Turkish House, Houston, TX April 4, 2008 Presentation: “Turkish-American Relations” International Studies Association Conference San Francisco, CA March 26 – 29, 2008 Paper Presentation: “From Nationalization of Islam to Islamization of : Clash of Islam and Secular Nationalism in the Middle East” Middle East Studies Association Conference San Francisco, CA November 20 – 23, 2004 Paper Presentation: “Origins of the Turkish – Islamic Synthesis” American Political Science Association Conference Boston, MA Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2002 Paper Presentation: “Influence of Turkish Islamist Groups on Turkey’s Candidacy to the European Union” IECIS and the World Affairs Council of ISC Student Town Meeting Riverside, CA Jan 18, 2001 Panel Discussant: “U.S. –Turkey Relations: In the post-cold war years, what role does Turkey play as a strategic U.S ally and regional leader?”

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PEDAGOGICAL PRESENTATIONS

Visiting Lecturer Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey December 15, 2015 Presentation to Undergraduate Students, “Learning Outcomes and Course Design” Visiting Lecturer Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey December 15, 2015 Presentation to Graduate Students, “Getting Works Published” Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching – West Newport Beach, CA February 19 – 22, 2014 Paper Presentation: “Quality Matters: Teaching Structured Online Humanities Courses” Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching – West Cal Poly Pomona University, Pomona, CA March 12 – 13, 2010 Paper Presentation: “Teaching World History Online with Evidence-Based Methodology” Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching–West Cal Poly Pomona University, Pomona, CA March 14 – 15, 2003 Panel Discussant: “With or Without Tenure? The Future Faculty Talks About Teaching”

LOCAL PRESENTATIONS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES A Panel on Syrian Dilemma University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX November 10, 2015 Organizer and Presenter: “ and Iraq from Regional Power Struggle to Proxy Wars” A Panel Discussion on Bahai of Iran University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX February 26, 2015 A Panel on Nationalism and Empire University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX March 25, 2014 Presentation: “Crimean Khanate and the Crimean Tatars (1441-1783)” Edinburg High School Edinburg, TX October 18, 2013 Presentation: “Islam and Muslims” The Mayors Prayer Luncheon: The Executive Board McAllen, TX Aug 13, 2013 Presentation: “Islam: An Introduction” Secularization and Moderate Islam in Contemporary Politics University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX April 4, 2013 Interactive Panel Organizer and Presenter Muslim Journeys: Bridging Cultures South Texas College, McAllen, TX April 2, 2013 Presentation: “Peace and Love in the Thought of Rumi” International Week: Globalizing the Campus University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX November 15, 2012 Organizer and Facilitator of Student Panel Discussion: “The Middle East and U.S.” Presentation: “A Brief History of the U.S. in the Middle East” A Panel on Arab Spring University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX April 25, 2012 Panel Chair 5

Presentation: “Islam and Democracy” Annual Institute of Interfaith Dialog Dinner McAllen, TX December 9, 2010 Main Organizer and Facilitator International Week: Achieving Global Peace University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX November 18, 2010 Organizer and Facilitator of Student Panel Discussion: “Student Voices on World Peace” FESTIBA Panel Chair and Presenter University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX March 23, 2010 Panel Chair: “Revolutions in the Middle East” Presentation: “Turkish Revolution and the Third World” Annual Institute of Interfaith Dialog Dinner University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX November 20, 2009 Main Organizer and Facilitator International Week: Global Health and Welfare University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX November 18, 2009 Co-Organizer of Student-Faculty Panel: “Comparative Study of International Health Care: , Italy, and Turkey” Presentation: “Health Care System in Turkey” FESTIBA Panel Chair and Presenter University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX March 23, 2009 Panel Chair: “From Silk Road to Energy Corridor: Power Struggle in the Caucasus” Presentation: “The Ottoman and the Turkish Policies on the Caucasus” International Week: Championing Human Rights University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX November 18, 2008 Presentation: “Human Rights in Turkey: Islam, Kurdish Separatism and the EU” Annual Institute of Interfaith Dialog Dinner McAllen, TX October 23, 2008 Main Organizer and Facilitator FESTIBA Panel Chair and Presenter University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX March 24, 2008 Panel Chair: “Perspectives of War in Iraq” Presentation: “The Origins of Iraq War” AWARDS AND HONORS

TUBITAK, the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, BIDEB Grant 2016 “Application of Quality Matters Rubric on Regular Social Science and Humanities Courses-Kalite Meseleleri Ders Tasarım Metodunun Klasik Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Derslerinde Uygulanışı” Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey Undergraduate Research Initiative Grant 2014-2015 “American Foreign Policy on the Balkans during the Cold War” University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX

COLT, Center for Online Learning, Teaching and Technology 2013 - 2014 Online Exemplary Course Program University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX Undergraduate Research Initiative Grant 2012-2013 “US-Turkey Relations after WWI: Beginning of Diplomatic Relations and Obstacles” University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX

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Faculty Research Center 2010 Summer Research Grant University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX Institute of Interfaith Dialog, Grant for Conference Organization Houston, TX 2009 - 2010

COLT, Center for Online Learning, Teaching and Technology 2009 - 2010 Second Life Challenge Fellowship University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX

Phi Beta Kappa Dissertation Award 2003 - 2004 Claremont, CA

Professional Teaching & Training Program Fellowship 2003 - 2004 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA PTTP is a two-semester long advance version of the PFF. An advance course portfolio preparation and a teaching assistantship position are included in this program. Claremont Graduate University Fellowship 2003 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship 2002 - 2003 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA PFF aims to prepare advanced graduate students for teaching. Different teaching methods and techniques, basic course portfolio designs are some main subjects covered in this two-semester long program. American Political Science Association Conference Travel Award 2002 Boston, MA Claremont Graduate University Travel Award 2002 Claremont, CA European Union Center of California Research Scholarship 2001 Research Project in Turkey & Germany: “Influence of Turkish Islamist Groups on Turkey’s Candidacy to the European Union” Claremont, CA Turkish Ministry of Education Scholarship for Graduate Studies in the U.S Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 1995 - 2002 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE New Trends in Social and Liberal Sciences, Interdisciplinary Journal Edinburg, Texas Editor 2016-present Center for East-European and Oriental Studies Bucharest, Romania Research Fellow 2013-present International Symposium on Balkan History Studies, Uluslararası Balkan Tarihi Araşt. Sempozyumu (UBTAS) Balıkesir, Turkey Founding Member and USA representative 2013 Gülen Institute, University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work Houston, Texas Academic Advisory Board Member 2010- 2015 History Studies: International Journal of History , Turkey and Edinburg, TX Editor and USA representative 2016-present Osmanlı Mirası Araştırmaları Dergisi (OMAD), Journal of Ottoman Legacy Studies Burdur, Turkey Editorial Board Member and USA representative 2014-present Politics, Religion and Ideology London, UK Referee 2012-present Güney Doğu Avrupa Araştırmaları Dergisi, Journal of South Eastern European Studies, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Referee 2010-present Avrasya İncelemeleri Dergisi (AVID), Journal of Eurasian Studies: Istanbul University, Eurasia Institute

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Istanbul, Turkey Referee 2013-present INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE Department Committees UTRGV, History Department Graduate Curriculum Comm. Member 2015-2016 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., Graduate Curriculum Comm. Member 2007-2013 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., Annual Review Comm. Chair 2013-14 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., Annual Review Comm. Member 2012-13 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., Policy Committee Chair Fall 2012, 2013-14 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., Policy Committee Member 2011-2014 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., Personnel & Recruitment Comm. Chair 2010-11 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., Personnel & Recruitment Comm. Member 2008-11 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., Undergraduate Curriculum Comm. Member 2007-08 Department Faculty Search Committees UTRGV, History Department, Ancient/Medieval Hist. Faculty Search Comm., Chair 2015-2016 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., Ancient/Medieval Hist. Faculty Search Comm., Member 2015 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., Post-1945 European Hist. Faculty Search Comm., Member 2013-14 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., East European Hist. Search Comm., Member 2012-13 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., East Asia/South Asia Hist. Search Comm. Member 2008-09 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., Hist. Lecturer Search Comm. Member 2008-09 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., Asian/Asian-American Hist. Search Comm., Member 2007-08 UTPA, History and Philosophy Dept., Ancient Hist & Classical Stud. Search Comm. Member 2007-08 University Service UTPA, Senate Sub-committee on IT policies Member 2014-2015 UTPA, Child Development Center Advisory Committee Member 2014-2015 UTPA, Faculty Senate Member 2013-2015 UTPA, Faculty Research Council Member 2012-2015 UTPA, Academic Computing Council Member 2008-2011 Phi Kappa Theta, Tau Mu Chapter, Faculty Advisor 2013-present

CERTIFICATES & OTHER SKILLS

CERTIFICATES: Quality Matters, Peer Reviewer Course FY 14 (PRC 14) 2014-2016 Rubric: Certificate of Completion, 2014 Quality Matters, Peer Reviewer Course FY 14 (PRC 14) 2011-2013 Rubric: Certificate of Completion, 2014 Quality Matters, Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR) using 2011-2013 Rubric: Certificate of Completion, 2014 UTPA, COLT, Teaching Online in Higher Education (Second Life): Certificate of Completion, 2010 UTPA, COLT, Teaching Online in Higher Education (Blackboard): Certificate of Completion, 2009 UTPA, Preventing and Responding to Disruptive Students in and out of the Classroom, 2009 UTPA, Office of International Programs: Certificate of Appreciation, 2008, 2009, 2010 UTPA, Cooperative Learning Workshop: Certificate of Completion, 2008 ETUDES-NG: Certification of Completion for Teaching Online Courses, 2006 Claremont Graduate University, Professional Teaching and Training Program: Certificate of Completion, 2003-2004 Claremont Graduate University, Preparing Future Faculty Fellows: Certificate of Completion, 2002-2003

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International Place of the Claremont Colleges: Certificate of Appreciation, 2001 LANGUAGES: Turkish (native), Arabic (reading), German (reading) Ottoman, the written language of the Ottoman bureaucracy, based on Arabic scripts (reading) COMPUTER SKILLS: Blackboard Learn, Second Life Program, ETUDES-NG, and Basic web page design, Quality Matters Official reviewer RECOMMENDATIONS: Available upon request.

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