Presentations
- 2011. "Political Legacies and Minority Integration." Paper presented at the annual international meeting for the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA), Washington, D.C., December 1-4.
- 2011. "Comparing Consolidated Democracies: State Policies Toward Muslim Minorities in the West." Paper presented at the annual international meeting for the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Illinois, March 31 - April 3; the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), Columbia University, New York, April 14-16; and the American Political Science Association (APSA), Seattle, Washington, September 1-4.
- 2010. "The Ban on the Veil as an Islamic Identity-Constitutive Measure in Turkey." Paper presented at the annual international meeting for the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Illinois, April 22-25; and the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), San Francisco, California, July 7-10.
- 2010. "The Meanings Attached to the Veil: An Interpretive Inquiry into the Islamic Hijab in the Writings of Fatma K. Barbarosoğlu and Cihan Aktaş." Paper presented at the annual international meeting for the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Illinois, April 22-25.
- 2010. "Inter-War Period Nationalism: An Obstacle to Turkey's E.U. Bid?" Paper presented at the annual international meeting for the International Studies Association (ISA), New Orleans, Louisiana, February 17-20.
- 2009. "The Changeless Nature of Secularist Nationalism in Turkey: A Comparative Study." Paper presented at the annual international meeting for the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Illinois, April 2-5.
Other Activities
- Discussant. 2012. "Kurdish Politics," panel at the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) Annual World Convention, New York.
- Organizer. 2012. "Explaining Genocide and Its Aftermath," panel at the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) Annual World Convention, New York.
- Chair. 2012. "Remembering the Population Exchange" panel at the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) Annual World Convention, New York.
- Chair. 2011. "The Politics of European Integration in the Middle East," panel at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
- Discussant. 2011. "Civic National Culture and Human Rights Policies," panel at the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) Annual World Convention, New York.
- Discussant. 2010. "Representations of Culture and Nation," panel at the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) Annual World Convention, New York.
- Chair. 2010. "Measuring Identity," panel at the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) Annual World Convention, New York.
- Chair. 2009. "Kemalism and its Legacy," panel at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.
