Hello! I'm Gizem
I am an İzmir-based translator and editor working on academic and literary translations and editorial work. My work spans from political science, sociology, and philosophy to short stories, poetry, and exhibition texts. I am also a writer. I mainly write short stories and personal essays.
EDUCATION
2018-Present
Master of Arts
Freie Universität Berlin, English Studies
Honors: Deutschlandstipendium holder
Activities:
FU Review Editorial Board
Welcome@FUBerlin Refugee Support Programme
2013-2017
B.A. with High Honors
Bilkent University, English Language and Literature
Honors: Full scholarship, summa cum laude (Class rank: 2 ), Credit and Dormitories Institution (KYK) Scholarship recipient
Activities:
Think Colorfully LGBTQIA+ Student Society Board Member (2013-2014) and Administrative Coordinator (2014-2015)
Quidditch Society Founding Member
Thesis: “What is this, behind this veil”: Reading Plath through Julia Kristeva
Feb 2016-Jul 2016
Erasmus Exchange
University of Groningen
Honors: Completed the semester cum laude
Activities:
Erasmus Student Network Groningen
Groningen University Turkish Student Association
2006-2010
B.P.A. with Honors
Dokuz Eylül University, Public Administration
Activities:
5th National Student Congress of Political Science and Public Administration
Public Administration and Scientific Thought Club Board Member
Photography Club
Mountaineering Society
Thesis: Comparison of Administrative Systems in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Huxley's Brave New World
EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Literary theory, queer theory, poetry and poetics, voice, contemporary poetry, experimental literature, modernist and postmodernist writings, queer modernism, text and image, narrative theory, network studies, magical realism
SKILLS
COMPUTER
Office Programs
SDL Trados
EndNote
Citavi
Scrivener
HTML
Python
LANGUAGES
Turkish
English
Spanish
German
French
Greek
Latin
Personal
PHOTOGRAPHY
I (still) enjoy shooting film. I got some of my shots published in national magazines and newspapers. I prefer journalistic shots, but lately I've been trying my hand at conceptual photography. You can see a selection of my work here:
CYCLING
I'm an avid cyclist. I mostly do trail riding and cross-country, but from time to time I hit the concrete to satiate my roadie urge.
HIKING
I try to hike at least once in every two weeks. Bushwhacking (off-trail hiking) is my favourite thing to do in the great outdoors.