Understanding how Palestinian women make sense of themselves and of space

Funding

• 2016—2020 University of Sheffield, Faculty of Social Science Doctoral Academy Award
• 2016—2020 University of Sheffield, Departmental Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship
• 2013—2015 The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Research Assistant Fellowship

Current research

In exploring the specific geographic context of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, my PhD project focuses on Palestinian women's spacings, more precisely, geographies of intimacy and care in relation to, and as opposed to politics of occupation. By looking at Palestinian women's embroidery cooperative, I investigate everyday intimate interactions taking place at the intersection of Israeli settler colonialism and patriarchy. At this juncture, intimacy provides a powerful analytical rubric which can reveal the operations of subjectivity and inter-subjectivity; how Palestinian women make sense of themselves and of space.

Research interests

• Ethnography of place
• Geographies of intimacy
• Afterlives of colonialism
• Occupied geographies
• Participatory Research Methods

Education

• MA in Sociology, Bogazici University
• BA (double major) in Sociology & Philosophy, Bogazici University

Professional affiliations

• Member of Royal Geographical Society (RGS)
• American Association of Geographers (AAG)
• British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES)
• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)

Teaching

Academic year of 2017/18

• GEO114 - Introduction to Human Geography (teaching assistant and examiner)
• GEO117 - New Horizons in Geography (examiner)

Academic year of 2016/17

• GEO336 - Global Development and Change (seminar facilitator)

Conference participation

Workshops

• February 2018 Organisar (with Ana Laura Zavala Guillen) “Participation for Real? Queering New Perspectives in Community Engagement”, University of Sheffield.

Conference papers

• June 2017 International Conference of Kurdish Studies. University of Exeter, UK. Presented paper: “Neocolonial Geographies of Occupation: a portrait of Diyarbakir” July 2015 International Conference of Critical Geographers, Ramallah, Palestine. Presented paper: “The Colonial Desires of the Turkish State: Love Houses Project”
• May 2015 International Conference on Communication and Media Studies, Albania. Presented paper (with Zeynep Ozbarlas, Bogazici University): “Politics of Justice in Turkey: The Case of Karadayi TV series”
• February 2015 “Religion, Gender and Body Politics: Post-secular, post-colonial and queer perspectives,” Utrecht University, Holland. Presented poster: “The Colonial Desires of the Turkish State: Love Houses Project”

Fellowships

• 2013-2015 Project Assistant, “Olum Ilanlarinin Icerik Analizi” (Content Analysis of Death Notices) conducted by Assist.Prof. Murat Ergin at Koc University. Collected archive material, digital database transcription, managing relations with library and public media

Publications

• Dolek, H. (2018) Unmaking and Remaking Everyday Life in Diyarbakir: unease and uncertainty, Open Democracy.

Awards

• 2017—2018 University of Sheffield, Faculty of Social Science, Teaching and Learning Society Fund (£450)
• 2016—2020 University of Sheffield, Faculty of Social Science Doctoral Academy Award (£3000)
• 2016—2020 University of Sheffield, Departmental Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship (£22.000)
• 2013—2015 The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Research Assistant Fellowship (£900)
• 2015 Bogazici University, Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, Conference Support (£300)
• 2008—2012 The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Scientist Support Grant (£7.500)

Other activities

• Postgraduate Students Representative (2017—18)

Contact

Email: hidolek1@sheffield.ac.uk