Aret Karademir
Assoc. Prof. Dr. ARET KARADEMİR
E-mail: akaradem@metu.edu.tr
Phone: +90 312 210 5971 Office: B-121
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Social and Political Philosophy, 20th Century Continental Philosophy
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Queer Theory, Feminist Philosophy, Multiculturalism, Existentialism, Phenomenology
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Philosophy, 2013, University of South Florida
Dissertation: Subject of Conscience: On the Relation between Freedom and Discrimination in the Thought of Heidegger, Foucault, and Butler
Committee: Stephen Turner (co-chair), Charles Guignon (co-chair), Ofelia Schutte, Martin Schönfeld, Alex Levine
M.A., Philosophy, 2012, University of South Florida
M.A., Philosophy, 2009, Middle East Technical University
Master’s Thesis: Foucault, Sexuality, and an Epistemico-Ontological Ground for Resistance
Committee: Ahmet İnam (chair), Ferda Keskin, Elif Çırakman
B.A., Tourism and Hotel Management, 2005, Abant İzzet Baysal University
LANGUAGES
Turkish (native), Armenian (native), English (advanced), German (reading)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Middle East Technical University, Department of Philosophy, Associate Professor, 2018-
Middle East Technical University, Department of Philosophy, Assistant Professor, 2014-2018
University of South Florida, Department of Philosophy, Graduate Teaching Associate, 2009-2013
Middle East Technical University, Department of Philosophy, Research Assistant, 2008-2009
PUBLICATIONS
Book
- Karademir, Aret. Queering Multiculturalism: Liberal Theory, Ethnic Pluralism, and the Problem of Minorities-within-Minorities. Maryland: Lexington Books, 2018.
Journal Articles
- Karademir, Aret. “Foucault ve Ulusalcılık.” Kaygı: Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi 30 (2018): 159-171. [Phil. Index]
- Karademir, Aret. “Non-Chauvinist Multiculturalism: A Critical Encounter between Butler and Kymlicka on the Way to the Emancipationist Model of Minority Rights.” The Philosophical Forum 48 (2017): 423-448. [AHCI]
- Karademir, Aret. “Liberal Çokkültürcülük: (Çok)Ulusalcı Liberalizm ve Azınlık-içindeki-Azınlıklar Sorunsalı.” Kilikya Felsefe Dergisi 1 (2017): 19-41. [Phil. Index]
- Karademir, Aret. “Michael Walzer ve Komüniteryen Bireycilik.” Kaygı: Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi 27 (2016): 111-126. [Phil. Index]
- Karademir, Aret. “Foucault ve Cinsellik Deney(im)i Kurgusu.” Kilikya Felsefe Dergisi 2 (2015): 86-100. [Phil. Index]
- Karademir, Aret. “Butler and Heidegger: On the Relation between Freedom and Marginalization.” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 29 (2014): 824-839. [AHCI, SSCI]
- Karademir, Aret. “Heidegger and Foucault: On the Relation between the Anxiety-Engendering-Truth and Being-towards-Freedom.” Human Studies: A Journal for Philosophy and the Social Sciences 36 (2013): 375-392. [SSCI]
- Karademir, Aret. “Heidegger and Discrimination: On the Relation between Historicity and Marginalization.” The Philosophical Forum 44 (2013): 205-231. [AHCI]
- Karademir, Aret. “Heidegger and Nazism: On the Relation between German Conservatism, Heidegger, and the National Socialist Ideology.” The Philosophical Forum 44 (2013): 99-123. [AHCI]
- Karademir, Aret. “Nietzsche’s Politics: Dynamis or Stasis?” Southwest Philosophy Review 29 (2013): 39-47. [Phil. Index]
- Karademir, Aret. “Habermas and the Impasse of Universalism.” Kaygı: Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi 18 (2012):111-121. [Phil. Index]
- Karademir, Aret. “Against Paralogy: The so-called Necrosis in the Postmodern Body.” Yeditepe’de Felsefe 10 (2011): 120-149. [Phil. Index]
- Karademir, Aret and Sandıkçıoğlu, Pakize Arıkan. 2009. “David Lewis’in Modal Realizminde Dünya-Ötesi Karşıolgusal Önermeler, İkinci-Dereceden Dünyalar ve Dünyalar-Arası Nedensellik Sorunları.” Felsefe Tartışmaları 43 (2009): 1-15. [Phil. Index]
- Karademir, Aret. “Foucault and Sexuality: The Possibility of Resistance among Ubiquitous Power Relations.” Yeditepe’de Felsefe 7 (2008): 159-192. [Phil. Index]
Book Chapters
- Karademir, Aret. “Heidegger as a Modern Spiritualist: A Foucauldian Interpretation.” In Epistemological, Ethical and Political Issues in Modern Philosophy, eds. Eray Yağanak and Ahmet Umut Hacıfevzioğlu, 23-36. Berlin: Peter Lang, 2018.
- Karademir, Aret and Kılıçlı, Gizem. “Çokkültürcü Felsefe, Çokkültürlü Sorunlar, Çokkültürel Çalışmalar.” In Kimlik Siyaseti ve Azınlık Sorunu: Felsefi Sorgulamalar, eds. Eray Yağanak and Hüdayi Sayın, 11-43. İstanbul: Sentez Yayınevi, 2017.
- Karademir, Aret. “Ayrımcılık.” In Felsefe Diyalogları, ed. Eray Yağanak, 51-67. İstanbul: Sentez Yayınevi, 2016.
- Karademir, Aret. “Tarih icinde Kurulan Anlam.” In Anlam Kavrami Uzerine Yeni Denemeler, eds. Sibel Kibar, Selma Aydın Bayram and Ayhan Sol, 145-155. İstanbul: Legal Kitabevi, 2010.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
- Din-Kültür Eğitimi, Azınlıklar ve Diğerleri, Etik, İnançlar ve Egitim Sempozyumu, İstanbul, 2018.
- Kendiliğin İnşası, Çankaya Felsefe Söyleşileri, Ankara, 2018.
- Liberal Teori ve Etnik Çoğulculuk, DTCF Felsefe Konuşmaları, Ankara, 2018.
- Butler and Kymlicka: The Emancipationist Model of Multiculturalism, American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Baltimore, MD, 2017.
- Toplumsal Kültür ve Kültürel Haklar, Bilkent Sosyoloji Topluluğu, Ankara, 2016.
- Foucault ve Siyasi Bir Yaşam Tarzı Olarak Felsefe, Dusunbil Akademi: Foucault Sempozyumu, Ankara, 2016.
- Foucault ve Cinsellik Deney(imi) Kurgusu, Hasan Ünal Nalbantoğlu Sempozyumu IV: Bilimlerde Kuram ve Deneyim, Ankara, 2015.
- Nietzsche’s Politics: Dynamis or Stasis, 74th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Philosophical Society, New Orleans, LA, 2012.
- Judith Butler and Authentic Solicitude, 58th Annual Conference of the Florida Philosophical Association, Orlando, FL, 2012.
- Tarih içerisinde Kurulan Anlam, ODTU Felsefe Gunleri: Anlam Kongresi, Ankara, 2008.
WORKSHOP
Toplumsal Cinsiyet: Şiddet Ulus Aktivizm, III. Ulusal Uygulamalı Etik Kongresi, Ankara, 2018.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Middle East Technical University
Undergraduate
Introduction to Philosophy I
Introduction to Philosophy II
Philosophy of Sex and Gender
Contemporary Political Philosophy
Graduate
Philosophy of Identity and Recognition
Philosophy of Michel Foucault
Introduction to the Thought of Heidegger
University of South Florida
Undergraduate
Introduction to Philosophy
Science and Society
Critical Thinking
THESES SUPERVISED
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Necdet Yıldız, "Nietzsche and Foucault: On the Relation between Knowledge and Power," Doctoral Thesis, 2019.
- Mahsasadat Shojaei, “Literary De-Construction of Identity Categories: A Reading of the Queer Crossings in Jeanette Winterson’s Fiction from a Butlerian Perspective of Parodic Contest,” M.A. Thesis. 2017
- Damla Sezgi, “Heideggerian Way-Making to Language,” M.A. Thesis. 2016.
- Zühtücan Soysal, “Heidegger’s Fundamental Ontology as a Political Project,” M.A. Thesis. 2016.
- Jacob Allan Maze, “A Synthesis of Judith Butler’s Performative Process Ontology and Michel Foucault’s Analytics of Power,” M.A. Thesis, 2016.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editorial Board
Cilicia Journal of Philosophy
External Referee
Journal of Political Ideologies
KaosQueer+Queer Çalışmaları Dergisi
Felsefe Tartışmaları
Southwest Philosophy Review
Ankara University: The Journal of the Faculty of Political Science
Cilicia Journal of Philosophy
Ankara University: ILEF
FLSF (Felsefe ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi)
Charter Membership
Toplum ve Siyaset Felsefesi Derneği
Organizing Committee
III. Ulusal Uygulamalı Etik Kongresi
I. Ulusal Çağdaş Siyaset Felsefesi Sempozyumu
II. Ulusal Çağdaş Siyaset Felsefesi Sempozyumu
III. Ulusal Çağdaş Siyaset Felsefesi Sempozyumu
AWARDS
Odtü Genç Araştırmacı Ödülü, 2015
REFERENCES
Stephen Turner
Distinguished University Professor
Department of Philosophy
University of South Florida
Charles Guignon
Professor Emeritus
Department of Philosophy
University of South Florida
Ofelia Schutte
Professor Emerita
Department of Philosophy
University of South Florida