Persönliche Daten
| 2022 | Venia Legendi/Umhabilitation-Privatdozent. University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 2015 | Associate Professor of Sociology. Inter-universities Council, Turkey |
| 2009 | Ph.D., University of Freiburg, Germany, Sociology |
| 2005 | M.A., University of Freiburg, Germany; University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; Jawaharlal, Nehru University, India, Global Studies Programme, Social Sciences |
| 2002 | B.S., Middle East Technical University, Turkey, Sociology |
| 2022- | Privatdozent, Institute for Sociology, University of Freiburg. |
| 2022- | Scientific Coordinator, Collaborative Research Initiative „De/Coloniality Now“, Department of Oriental Studies, University of Freiburg. (former Excellence Cluster Initiative) |
| 2019-07/202 | Senior Fellow, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), University of Freiburg. |
| bis 02/2022 | Interim Professor, Institute for Sociology and Global Studies MA Programme, University of Freiburg, Germany (Vertretung der W3 Professur – Makrosoziologie und Global Studies) |
| 2017-2019 | Consulting Trainer, Ethical Trading Initiative, United Kingdom, Workplace Social Dialogue Project in Turkey |
| 2016-2018 | TUBITAK Fellow, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey & Associate Professor, Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Ankara University, Turkey |
| 2016-2017 | Associate Professor (Adjunct), Basic Sciences Unit, TED University, Turkey |
| 2016 | Associate Professor (Adjunct), Department of Political Science and International Relations, Başkent University, Turkey |
| 2010-2015 | Lecturer, Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute for Sociology and Global Studies Programme, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 2009-2011 | Lecturer, ERASMUS Departmental Coordinator, Institute for Sociology, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 2025 | Project Leader, Exil-Türkei, 1933-1945, SVB, Universität Freiburg |
| 2019-2022 | Principal Investigator, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, PSI Fellowship Research Project Scripts of Anti-Racism”. |
| 2016-2017 | Principal Investigator, TÜBİTAK BİDEB-2232 Research Project “The Development of Sociology Discipline in Turkey through a ‘Southern Sociology’ Perspective. |
| 2010-2014 | Post-doctoral Researcher, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research-BMBF Research Project “Universality and Acceptance Potential of Social Science Knowledge: On the Circulation of Knowledge between Europe and the Global South”. Principal Investigator of the Sub-Project-B “The European Experience as a Model: The Transfer of European Trade Union Theories and Strategies to South Africa and Turkey”. |
| 2011 (3months) | Visiting Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town, South Africa. |
| 2006-2007 | Visiting Researcher, Industrial, Organizational and Labour Studies Department, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Field work for the Ph.D. research project on “Street Traders: A Bridge between Trade Unions and Social Movements in Contemporary South Africa”. |
| 2002-2003 | Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. The Underdevelopment Debate and Development of Sociology Discipline in Turkey” Research Project. |
| 2001 | Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. World BankNew Agricultural Reform Application Project in Turkey”. |
| 2001 | Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. TRT TelevisionMay 2001 Public Opinion” Research Project. |
| 2000 | Data Analyst, Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. “DSI Yusufeli Dam” Research Project. |
| 1999 | Interviewer, Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Marmara Earthquake” Research Project. |
| 2019-2022 | Research Fellowship, PSI, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Germany. |
| 2016-2017 | Research Grant, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey –TÜBİTAK-BİDEB 2232 Program. (For the Research Project “The Development of Sociology Discipline in Turkey through a ‘Southern Sociology’ Perspective). |
| 2010-2014 | Research Grant, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research- BMBF. (For the research project “The European Experience as a Model: On the Transfer of European Trade-Union Theories and Strategies to South Africa and Turkey”: Sub-Project-B of the Research Project “Universality and Acceptance Potential of Social Science Knowledge. The Circulation of Knowledge between Europe and the Global South” directed by Dr. Wiebke Keim). |
| 2011 | Junior Social Scientist Award (Ph.D. Category), Turkish Social Sciences Association. |
| 2008 | Nomination for the Teaching Award, The University of Freiburg Senate, Germany. (For the bi-national Seminar “Trade Unions on the Way to Europe:Contemporary Challenges in Germany and Turkey”). |
| 2007-2008 | Teaching Grant, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Germany. (For the organization of the bi-national seminar “Trade Unions on the Way to Europe: Contemporary Challenges in Germany and Turkey”). |
| 2005-2009 | Doctoral Scholarship, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Germany. |
| 2005 | One of the Top-Three Graduates, Global Studies Programme, Institute of Sociology, University of Freiburg, Germany. |
| 2003 | M.A. Study Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Global Studies Programme. |
| 2002 | Honor Student, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. |
Publikationen
Monographien / Monographs
- (2018). Güney Sosyolojisi ve Türkiye’de Sosyoloji. İstanbul: Notabene (Southern Sociology and Sociology in Turkey).
- (2010). Street Traders: A Bridge between Trade Unions and Social Movements in Contemporary South Africa. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
Herausgaben / Edited Volumes
- Özuğurlu, A., Büke, A., Çelik, E. , Özuğurlu, M. (2017). Akademide Yolculuk. Mehmet C. Ecevit’e Armağan. İstanbul: Notabene. (The Journey through the Academia. Honouring Mehmet C. Ecevit).
- Çelik, E. (2015) (ed.). Barışma Etiği. İstanbul: Destek Yayınları. (Extended Turkish edition of Sitas, Ari (2008). The Ethic of Reconciliation. Durban: Madiba Press).
- Keim, W., Çelik, E., Ersche, C., Wöhrer, V. (Eds.) (2014). Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences: Made in Circulation. Farnham: Ashgate/Routledge. (Preface by Michael Burawoy).
- Ersche, C., Çelik, E., Keim, W., Wöhrer, V. (2013). Circulating Knowledge: Empirical Examples from the Social Sciences.Special Issue, 4 (2), Transcience, a Journal of Global Studies.
Artikel in Sammelbänden / Chapters in Edited Volumes
- (2024). „Non-hegemonic Circulation of Knowledge in the Social Sciences: The Case of ‚Social Movement Unionism‘ Concept“ in Jessé Souza, Ilka Sommer and Christopher Wimmer (eds.) Für eine menschliche Welt. Zum Werk von Boike Rehbein. Weinheim Basel: Beltz Juventa.pp.169-187.
- (2022).“Critically Engaged Sociology in Turkey and „Sociology across the South“ in Andries Bezuidenhout, Sonwabile Mnwana and Karl von Holdt (eds.) Critical Engagement with Public Sociology: A Perspective from the Global South. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
- (2017). “Güney Sosyolojisinin Yükselişi ve Türkiye’de Sosyoloji İçin İfade Edebileceği Anlamlar” in Özuğurlu, A., Büke, A., Çelik, E. , Özuğurlu, M. (2017). Akademide Yolculuk. Mehmet C. Ecevit’e Armağan. İstanbul: Notabene. (Southern Sociology and Its Possible Meanings for Turkish Sociology).
- (2017). “Soziale Bewegungen im Post-Apartheid-Südafrika” in D. de la Fontaine, F. Müller, C. Hofmann und B. Leubolt (Hrsg.), Das politische System Südafrikas. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. (“Social Movements in Post-Apartheid South Africa” in D. de la Fontaine, F. Müller, C. Hofmann und B. Leubolt (Eds.). The Political System of South Africa. Wiesbaden: Springer VS).
- (2015). “Barışma Etiğine Giriş” in E. Çelik (ed.). Barışma Etiği. Istanbul: Destek Yayınları. (“Introduction to the Ethic of Reconciliation” in The Ethic of Reconciliation Istanbul: Destek Yayınları).
- (2014). “Introduction” in W. Keim, E. Çelik, C. Ersche, V. Wöhrer (Eds.), Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences: Made in Circulation. Surrey: Ashgate/Routledge. (Jointly with the editorial team).
- (2014). “Conclusion: Next Steps Towards Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences” in W. Keim, E. Çelik, C. Ersche, V. Wöhrer (Eds.), Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences: Made in Circulation. Surrey: Ashgate/Routledge. (Jointly with the editorial team).
- (2013). “The Experience of ‘Global Studies Programme’ for a Social Science on a World Scale” in Gaston Fulquet, Caroline Janz and Asish Kumar (Eds.), Analyzing Globalization in the 21st Century. New Delhi: Palm Leaf Publications.
- (2013). “From Best Practice to Abolitionist Approach: Durban’s Street Trading Policy in the Run-up to the 2010 World Cup” in Brigit Obrist, Veit Arlt and Elisio Macamo (Eds.), Living the City in Africa: Processes of Invention and Intervention. Berlin, Zurich: LIT.
- (2010). “A Handicapped Democracy in Turkey: It can Crawl but not Stand Up” in Anand Kumar and Manish Tiwari (Eds.), Quest for Participatory Democracy: Towards Understanding the Approach of Gandhi and Jayaprakash Narayan. New Delhi: Rawat Publications.
- (2007). “Normalising Life in Durban: Bringing People Back to Its Streets” in Rob Pattman and Sultan Khan (Eds.), Undressing Durban. Durban: Madiba Press. (Jointly with Azad Essa).
Artikel in Fachzeitschriften / Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- (2022). „Global Justice Advocacy, Trade Unions and the Supply Chain Law Initiative in Germany“, New Global Studies, 16 (1): 91-111. (jointly with Simon Norbert Schmid).
- (2017). “The ‘Labour Aristocracy’ in Early Twentieth Century South Africa: An Analysis Beyond Traditional Conceptual and Territorial Boundaries”, Chinese Sociological Dialogue, 2 (1-2): 18-34.
- (2016). “‘Güney Sosyolojisi’nin Yükselişi ve Türkiye’de Sosyoloji İçin İfade Edebileceği Anlamlar”, Mülkiye Dergisi, 40 (4): 113-147. (The Rise of ‚Southern Sociology‘ and Its Possible Implications for Turkish Sociology).
- (2016). “‘Toplumsal Hareket Sendikacılığı’ Kavramının Doğuşu ve Küresel Dolaşımı Üzerine Bir İnceleme”, Emek Araştırma Dergisi, Cilt 7, Sayı 10, Aralık 2016/2, s. 1-21. (A Study on the Emergence and Global Circulation of ‘Social Movement Unionism’ Concept).
- (2013). “‘The Academy and the Rest?’ Intellectual Engagements, Circulation of Knowledge and the Labour Movement in South Africa, 1970s-1980s”, Transcience, a Journal of Global Studies, 4 (2): 19-35.
- (2011). “World Class Cities for All: Street traders as agents of union revitalization in contemporary South Africa”, LABOUR, Capital and Society/TRAVAIL, capital et société, 44 (2): 80-105.
- (2011). “Exclusion of Street Traders from the Benefits of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa”, African Journal of Business and Economic Research, 6 (1): 62-86.
- (2011). “A Commentary on Boike Rehbein’s Approach to Critical Theory after the Rise of the Global South and on his Concept ‘Kaleidoscopic Dialectic’”, Transcience, a Journal of Global Studies, 2 (1): 72-80. (Jointly with V. Wöhrer, C. Ersche, F. Scholz, J. G. Jimenez, J. Altrogge, M. Vogelmann).
- (2006). “Informalisation of Women’s Labour and New Types of Labour Organisations: The Cases of SEWA and SEWU”, Alternation, Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa, 13 (2): 70-99.
- (2004). “Güney Afrika’da Ekonomi Politikaları ve Sendikalar: Çelişkiler ve Oydaşımlar”, Mülkiye Dergisi, XXVIII (243): 209-214. (Economy Policies and Trade Unions in South Africa: Contradictions and Consensus).
Buchrezensionen / Book Reviews
- (2013). “Review of “Akira Suzuki (Ed.), Cross-National Comparisons of Social Movement Unionism: Diversities of Labour Movement Revitalization in Japan, Korea and the United States. Oxford, Bern, Berlin… Peter Lang, 2012, 345 pp.”, Transcience, a Journal of Global Studies, 4 (1): 40-41.
- (2009). Review of “Max Koch, Roads to Post-Fordism: Labour Markets and Social Structures in Europe. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006, 210 pp.”, International Sociology, 24 (2): 235-238.
Konferenzbände / Conference Proceedings
- (2014). “Northern Theory, South African Engagement: Two examples from labour studies” in ECAS 2013, 5th European Conference on African Studies “African Dynamics in Multipolar World”. Lisboa: CEI. 978-989-732-364-5, pp. 608-635.
Forschungsberichte / Research Reports
- (2001). TRT Televizyon Yayınları Kamuoyu Araştırması, Mayıs 2001. Ankara: TRT. (TRT Television Public Opinion Research May 2001). (Jointly with Yusuf Ziya Özcan and Gamze Yıkılmaz).
Weitere Publikationen /Other Publications
- (2023).“What is True Academic Solidarity“, Open Global Rights: https://www.openglobalrights.org/true-academic-solidarity/
- (2015). “Forging a Program for Social Science on a World Scale”, Global Dialogue, International Sociological Association, 5 (3): 37-38.
- (2015). “Mining, Labour and the Future We Want”, Futures Forum of the International Sociological Association, http://futureswewant.net/ercument-celik-mining/.
- (2013). “Barışma Etiği, Mandela Anı ve Türkiye”, (The Ethic of Reconciliation, Mandela Moment and Turkey), http://www.sendika.org/2013/02/barisma-etigi-mandela-ani-ve-turkiye-ercument-celik/.
- (2013). “Barışma Etiği” (The Ethic of Reconciliation), http://www.radikal.com.tr/yenisoz/barisma_etigi-1121510.
- (2013). “Kämpferisch gegen Hegemonie: Gewerkschaftswissen zwischen Nord und Süd”, iz3w, Zeitschrift zwischen Nord und Süd, 335:32-33. (Combative against Hegemony: Trade Union Knowledge between the North and South).
- (2010). “Abseits oder mittendrin? Die südafrikanische Gewerkschaften suchen nach neuen Positionen” in: iz3w, Zeitschrift zwischen Nord und Süd, 316: XI-XII. (Offside or In the Middle? South African Trade Unions Searching for New Positions).
- (2009). “The Reverberating Success of the International Labour Film and Video Festival in Turkey”, ISA-Research Committee on Labour Movements (RC44) Newsletter, 3 (7): 8-9.
- (2008). “Community of Scholarship: Reflections from the RC44 Meetings at the 1st ISA Forum of Sociology”, ISA-Research Committee on Labour Movements (RC44) Newsletter, 3 (5): 3-4.
- (2008). “Marginalised Labour: Route to Social Movement Unionism?”
South African Labour Bulletin, 31 (5): 26-27. - (2006). “Studienreise nach Rom: Die Arbeit internationaler Organisationen an den Milleniumszielen”, Forum, Zeitschrift der StipendiatInnen der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2/2006: 52-53. (Study abroad trip to Rome: The Work of International Organizations on the development of the Millennium Goals) (Jointly with Fang Han).
- (2004-2007). 23 Journalistic Articles on the socio-political issues in Turkey, Germany and in the World at bianet.org: Independent Communication Network, funded by EU and Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).
In Arbeit / Work in Progress
- (Monography): Social Movement Unionism. The Global Circulation of a Concept in the Social Sciences.
Lehre
Lehrveranstaltungen im Wintersemester 2025/26
Exil Türkei, 1933-1945. Ein Projekt zur kreativen Wissensproduktion und -transfer
Seminar, Montag 10-12, Mediaraum (KG4)
Die praxisorientierte Veranstaltung konzentriert sich auf die Biographien von deutsch-jüdischen Wissenschaftler*innen im türkischen Exil und zielt darauf ab, einen kreativen und praxisorientierten Lernprozess zu schaffen. Darüber hinaus soll neue wirksame Bildungsinstrumente zur Bekämpfung von Antisemitismus entwickelt werden. Die Biografien sollen perspektivisch im Rahmen einer möglichen Sonderausstellung in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Dokumentationszentrum Nationalsozialismus Freiburg präsentiert werden. Das Projekt beinhaltet Vorbereitung der Ausstellung, eine Exkursion nach Istanbul, Aufbau eines Online-Lexikons und ein Dokumentarfilm.
Der zweite Teil der Veranstaltung im Sommersemester 2025 wird wie letztes Semester den Studierenden die Möglichkeit geben, ihre Studienprojekte/Mitarbeit bei einem Forschungsprojekt über einen längeren Zeitraum zu planen.
Die Teilnehmer*innen entscheiden gemeinsam mit dem Seminarleiter, an welchem Teil der Aktivitäten sie ihre eigenen Studienprojekte/Leistungen aufbauen möchten. Die Aktivitäten, die im Sommersemester 2025 stattfinden werden, sind wie folgt:
- Erwerb des historischen Hintergrunds und der Inhalte; Erarbeitung/Erweiterung der schriftlichen Texte zu den Biographien; Erstellen einer Liste der Vertreibung an der Universität Freiburg; Erstellen einer überarbeiteten Liste der deutsch-jüdischen Wissenschaftler*innen, Expert*innen, Künstler*innen im türkischen Exil; Erwerb von Erfahrungen zur wissenschaftlichen Publikation
- Erarbeitung der Texte zu den Biographien für die Ausstellung; Archivrecherche für die Fotografien und Materialien für die Ausstellung
- eine initiale Entwicklung eines Online-Lexikons mit den bestehenden Biographien, das als Modell dienen und zur Entwicklung eines zukünftigen Projekts für ein breiteres Lexikon über Exil-Biographien verwendet werden könnte.
- während des gesamten Projekts werden die einzelnen Abschnitte und Aktivitäten aufgenommen, um einen Dokumentarfilm über ein Beispiel für ein kreatives und effektives Bildungsprojekt zu produzieren. Die Teilnehmer*innen nehmen an der Aufzeichnung aller Sitzungen teil und führen die Interviews mit Studierenden, Dozent*innen, Autor*innen durch.
Globaler und Regionaler Wandel – Theorien, Entwicklungen, Abhängigkeiten
Vorlesung, Dienstag 14-16, Max-Kade-Auditorium (Alte Universität)
Social transformations reflect interdependent processes that take place in various world regions simultaneously. Due to their focus on national societies, sociologists have hitherto underestimated these interdependencies. This has led scholars to develop new approaches able to analyze global, transnational and transregional entanglements.
In its first part, this course will offer a comparative overview of these new perspectives highlighting their analytical promises and deficits. The second part is dedicated to studying global development tendencies in order to illustrate interdependencies between different regions.
Academic Writing
Seminar
Lehrveranstaltungen im Sommersemester 2025
Exil Türkei, 1933-1945. Ein Projekt zur kreativen Wissensproduktion und -transfer
Seminar, Montag 10-12, Mediaraum (KG4)
Die praxisorientierte Veranstaltung konzentriert sich auf die Biographien von deutsch-jüdischen Wissenschaftler*innen im türkischen Exil und zielt darauf ab, einen kreativen und praxisorientierten Lernprozess zu schaffen. Darüber hinaus soll neue wirksame Bildungsinstrumente zur Bekämpfung von Antisemitismus entwickelt werden. Die Biografien sollen perspektivisch im Rahmen einer möglichen Sonderausstellung in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Dokumentationszentrum Nationalsozialismus Freiburg präsentiert werden. Das Projekt beinhaltet Vorbereitung der Ausstellung, eine Exkursion nach Istanbul, Aufbau eines Online-Lexikons und ein Dokumentarfilm.
Der zweite Teil der Veranstaltung im Sommersemester 2025 wird wie letztes Semester den Studierenden die Möglichkeit geben, ihre Studienprojekte/Mitarbeit bei einem Forschungsprojekt über einen längeren Zeitraum zu planen.
Die Teilnehmer*innen entscheiden gemeinsam mit dem Seminarleiter, an welchem Teil der Aktivitäten sie ihre eigenen Studienprojekte/Leistungen aufbauen möchten. Die Aktivitäten, die im Sommersemester 2025 stattfinden werden, sind wie folgt:
- Erwerb des historischen Hintergrunds und der Inhalte; Erarbeitung/Erweiterung der schriftlichen Texte zu den Biographien; Erstellen einer Liste der Vertreibung an der Universität Freiburg; Erstellen einer überarbeiteten Liste der deutsch-jüdischen Wissenschaftler*innen, Expert*innen, Künstler*innen im türkischen Exil; Erwerb von Erfahrungen zur wissenschaftlichen Publikation
- Erarbeitung der Texte zu den Biographien für die Ausstellung; Archivrecherche für die Fotografien und Materialien für die Ausstellung
- eine initiale Entwicklung eines Online-Lexikons mit den bestehenden Biographien, das als Modell dienen und zur Entwicklung eines zukünftigen Projekts für ein breiteres Lexikon über Exil-Biographien verwendet werden könnte.
- während des gesamten Projekts werden die einzelnen Abschnitte und Aktivitäten aufgenommen, um einen Dokumentarfilm über ein Beispiel für ein kreatives und effektives Bildungsprojekt zu produzieren. Die Teilnehmer*innen nehmen an der Aufzeichnung aller Sitzungen teil und führen die Interviews mit Studierenden, Dozent*innen, Autor*innen durch.
Global and Regional Transformations – Theories, Trends, Interdependencies
Vorlesung, Dienstag 14-16, HS 3043
Social transformations reflect interdependent processes that take place in various world regions simultaneously. Due to their focus on national societies, sociologists have hitherto underestimated these interdependencies. This has led scholars to develop new approaches able to analyze global, transnational and transregional entanglements.
In its first part, this course will offer a comparative overview of these new perspectives highlighting their analytical promises and deficits. The second part is dedicated to studying global development tendencies in order to illustrate interdependencies between different regions.
Scripts of Anti-Racism
Seminar, Donnerstag 10-12, Mediaraum (KG4)
The Universal Races Congress, which was held at the University of London in 1911, was the first and the last event of its kind that called attention to inter-racial relations and sought „racial harmony“ with the participation of 2100 members, including official representatives from at least 17 governments, as well as officials of colonial possessions (including present-day India). The Congress left behind a rich historical archive of papers, proceedings, biographies, utopias, worldwide intellectual and sociological relations, debates and institutions that need to be explored and brought to light.
The main aim of the seminar is to revisit this historical source of anti-racism appeared hundred years ago and to discuss its relevance for our current societies and for our sociological imagination today. This seminar makes intrinsically the papers and the proceedings of the congress its subject. After a short introduction to the context of the congress, each week papers from the proceedings will be read and discussed together. Discussions will include a reflection on the current similar issues today. Simultaneously, the students will choose a paper and do own research on the biography of the presenter and further explore any intellectual connection(s) with other individual(s) or institution(s) from around the globe before, during and after the period of this congress. The findings will be presented both in oral and written forms in the last two weeks of the semester. This seminar, which is designed as an active research and learning process, will encourage students to discover the main themes and concepts in each session themselves. This will be achieved by regular short written tasks based on the own interpretations of the participating students.
Lehrveranstaltungen im Wintersemester 2024/25
Exil Türkei, 1933-1945. Ein Projekt zur kreativen Wissensproduktion und -transfer
Seminar, Montag 10-12, Mediaraum (KG4)
Die praxisorientierte Veranstaltung konzentriert sich auf die Biographien von deutsch-jüdischen Wissenschaftler*innen im türkischen Exil und zielt darauf ab, einen kreativen und praxisorientierten Lernprozess zu schaffen. Darüber hinaus soll neue wirksame Bildungsinstrumente zur Bekämpfung von Antisemitismus entwickelt werden. Die Biografien sollen perspektivisch im Rahmen einer möglichen Sonderausstellung in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Dokumentationszentrum Nationalsozialismus Freiburg präsentiert werden. Das Projekt beinhaltet auch eine mögliche Exkursion nach Istanbul, Aufbau eines Online-Lexikons und ein Dokumentarfilm.
Die Veranstaltung wird im Wintersemester 2024/25 beginnen und im Sommersemester 2025 weitergeführt. Sie wird den Studierenden die Möglichkeit geben, ihre Studienprojekte über einen längeren Zeitraum zu planen.
Die Teilnehmer*innen entscheiden gemeinsam mit dem Seminarleiter, an welchem Teil der Aktivitäten sie ihre eigenen Studienprojekte aufbauen möchten. Die Aktivitäten, die im Wintersemester 2024/25 stattfinden werden, sind wie folgt:
- Erwerb des historischen Hintergrunds und der Inhalte; Erarbeitung/Erweiterung der schriftlichen Texte zu den Biographien; Erstellen einer Liste der Vertreibung an der Universität Freiburg; Erstellen einer überarbeiteten Liste der deutsch-jüdischen Wissenschaftler*innen, Expert*innen, Künstler*innen im türkischen Exil; Erwerb von Erfahrungen zur wissenschaftlichen Publikation
- Erarbeitung der Texte zu den Biographien für die Ausstellung; Archivrecherche für die Fotografien und Materialien für die Ausstellung
- eine initiale Entwicklung eines Online-Lexikons mit den bestehenden 9 Biographien, das als Modell dienen und zur Entwicklung eines zukünftigen Projekts für ein breiteres Lexikon über Exil-Biographien verwendet werden könnte.
- während des gesamten Projekts werden die einzelnen Abschnitte und Aktivitäten aufgenommen, um einen Dokumentarfilm über ein Beispiel für ein kreatives und effektives Bildungsprojekt zu produzieren. Die Teilnehmer*innen erhalten einen Crashkurs in Videografie und nehmen an der Aufzeichnung aller Sitzungen teil und führen die Interviews mit Studierenden, Dozent*innen, Autor*innen durch.
Lehrveranstaltungen im Sommersemester 2024
Scripts of Anti-Racism
Seminar, Thursday 10-12, Mediaraum (KG4)
The Universal Races Congress, which was held at the University of London in 1911, was the first and the last event of its kind that called attention to inter-racial relations and sought „racial harmony“ with the participation of 2100 members, including official representatives from at least 17 governments, as well as officials of colonial possessions (including present-day India). The Congress left behind a rich historical archive of papers, proceedings, biographies, utopias, worldwide intellectual and sociological relations, debates and institutions that need to be explored and brought to light.
This seminar makes intrinsically the papers and the proceedings of the congress its subject. After a short introduction to the context of the congress, each week papers from the proceedings will be read and discussed together. Simultaneously, the students will choose a paper and do own research on the biography of the presenter and further explore any intellectual connection(s) with other individual(s) or institution(s) from around the globe before, during and after the period of this congress. The findings will be presented both in oral and written forms in the last two weeks of the semester. This seminar, which is designed as an active research and learning process, will encourage students to discover the main themes and concepts in each session themselves. The main aim of the seminar is to revisit this historical source of anti-racism appeared hundred years ago and to discuss its relevance for our sociological imagination today.
Lehrveranstaltungen im Sommersemester 2023
Scripts of Anti-Racism
Seminar, Thursday 10-12, ÜR1 (KG4)
The Universal Races Congress, which was held at the University of London in 1911, was the first and the last event of its kind that called attention to inter-racial relations and sought „racial harmony“ with the participation of 2100 members, including official representatives from at least 17 governments, as well as officials of colonial possessions (including present-day India). The Congress left behind a rich historical archive of papers, proceedings, biographies, utopias, worldwide intellectual and sociological relations, debates and institutions that need to be explored and brought to light.
This seminar makes intrinsically the papers and the proceedings of the congress its subject. After a short introduction to the context of the congress, each week papers from the proceedings will be read and discussed together. Simultaneously, the students will choose a paper and do own research on the biography of the presenter and further explore any intellectual connection(s) with other individual(s) or institution(s) from around the globe before, during and after the period of this congress. The findings will be presented both in oral and written forms in the last two weeks of the semester. This seminar, which is designed as an active research and learning process, will encourage students to discover the main themes and concepts in each session themselves. The main aim of the seminar is to revisit this historical source of anti-racism appeared hundred years ago and to discuss its relevance for our sociological imagination today.
Lehrveranstaltungen im Wintersemester 2021/22
Globaler und regionaler Wandel
Vorlesung, Mittwoch 14-16 Uhr
Wissenschaftsfreiheit und Wissenschaftler*innen im Exil, Deutschland/Türkei, 1933-2021
Seminar, Donnerstag, 10-12 Uhr
Academic Writing
Seminar, Dienstag, 14-16 Uhr
Lehrveranstaltungen im Sommersemester 2021
Scripts of Anti-Racism
Seminar, Dienstag/Tuesday 14-16 Uhr
Lehrveranstaltungen im Sommersemester 2020
Global and regional transformations: Theories, Trends, Interdependencies
Lecture, Tuesday 10-12 Uhr, [R 00 006(Wilhelmstraße 26)], online course
Social transformations reflect interdependent processes that take place in various world regions simultaneously. Due to their focus on national societies, sociologists have hitherto underestimated these interdependencies. This has led scholars to develop new approaches able to analyze global, transnational and transregional entanglements. In its first part, this course will offer a comparative overview of these new perspectives highlighting their analytical promises and deficits. The second part is dedicated to studying global development tendencies in order to illustrate interdependencies between different regions.
Modernity and Eurocentrism
Seminar, Wednesday 10-12 Uhr, Mediaraum (KG4), online live discussion at 2pm
Since its first appearance in the 19th century, “modernity” has been a key concept in sociological theory. Western sociology has essentially been the sociology of modernity. Since then, considering the key aspects of modern society such as individualization, secularization, industrialization, capitalism, democracy, rationality, development and progress, full employment, etc. or the watersheds of its historical periodization such as, enlightenment philosophy, industrial revolution, French revolution etc., we can strongly argue that it is basically the western/European society which was taken as a model for the definition of modern society. In the era of decolonization and the rise of (re-) emerging powers, many scholars from the global South as well as the global North generated fundamental challenges to Eurocentrism and introduced some alternative perspectives. At the time of, as some scholars say, “farewell to modernity” or some others name it, “reworking” or “reinventing modernity”, this course introduces various sociological perspectives on modernity and discusses challenges to Eurocentric approaches. In this regard, the sessions will cover various perspectives from the second/reflexive modernity to multiple modernities, from different roads to modernity to transmodernity, from postcolonialism to provincializing Europe. The course aims at an analysis of these different perspectives as well as at combining these discussions with the debate on the universality of social scientific knowledge. It finally aims to reflect on the recent discussions on the rise of a Southern Sociology perspective, which in turn should contribute to the development of a global sociology. The medium of teaching is English. Therefore, a good knowledge of English is required.
Scripts of Anti-Racism
Seminar, Thursday 10-12, ÜR1 (KG4), online live dicussion at 2pm
The Universal Races Congress, which was held at the University of London in 1911, was the first and the last event of its kind that called attention to inter-racial relations and sought „racial harmony“ with the participation of 2100 members, including official representatives from at least 17 governments, as well as officials of colonial possessions (including present-day India). The Congress left behind a rich historical archive of papers, proceedings, biographies, utopias, worldwide intellectual and sociological relations, debates and institutions that need to be explored and brought to light.
This seminar makes intrinsically the papers and the proceedings of the congress its subject. After a short introduction to the context of the congress, each week papers from the proceedings will be read and discussed together. Simultaneously, the students will choose a paper and do own research on the biography of the presenter and further explore any intellectual connection(s) with other individual(s) or institution(s) from around the globe before, during and after the period of this congress. The findings will be presented both in oral and written forms in the last two weeks of the semester. This seminar, which is designed as an active research and learning process, will encourage students to discover the main themes and concepts in each session themselves. The main aim of the seminar is to revisit this historical source of anti-racism appeared hundred years ago and to discuss its relevance for our sociological imagination today.