Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
Hülya Delihüseyinoğlu
Bogazici University, Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History
2023 Winner (Social Sciences)
"Armenian Schools in Contemporary Turkey: Governmentality, Community, Resilience"
We are delighted to present Dr. Hülya Delihüseyinoğlu with the MESA Kerr Dissertation Award. Dr. Delihüseyinoğlu dissertation: Armenian Schools in Contemporary Turkey: Governmentality, Community, Resilience, provides a creative and innovative perspective to the study of minorities in the MENA region, and specifically in the Turkish context.
Armenian Schools in Contemporary Turkey examines Armenian schools in the current Turkish Republic. The committee noted the thorough research and the methodological tools with which it analyzes historical and current legal texts governing the Armenian schools in the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic. This research places the Armenian minority within local and global structures of power and memory, develops the unique Armenian Turkish identity, and contributes significantly to the understanding of global diasporas.
The dissertation was completed at Bogazici University in at the Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History under the supervision of Umut Turem