EDUCATION
| 2020 – Present | Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Krakow, Poland PhD: Doctoral School in the Humanities, Studies on Arts Programme Thesis Title: Curating Kurdishness: Kurdish Film Festivals in Europe Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Małgorzata Radkiewicz |
| 2018 – 2020 | Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Krakow, Poland MA: Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Cultural Studies: Comparative Heritage Studies Thesis Title: Multidirectional Memory of Turkey through Cinematic Narrative Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Roma Sendyka & Dr. Katarzyna Bojarska Graduated with the Award of Distinction and Highest Grade Average among the Cohort(GPA: 4.92 from 5.00) |
| 2014 – 2021 | Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey BA: Sociology |
| 2013 – 2017 | Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey BA: Journalism Graduated with Honours (GPA: 3.28 from 4.00) |
PUBLICATIONS
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Edemen, F. (Accepted for the publication, expected publication date: 2024). Producing, distributing, and screening the statelessness: Kurdish film production and festivals. Film International: Journal of World Cinema.
Edemen, F. (2024). Kurdish Insurgents and Postgeneration: „Big Village” as an Interactive Memory Work. Kwartalnik Filmowy, (125), pp. 48-69. doi: 10.36744/kf.2380
Edemen, F. (2021). Independent Film for Solidarity of Traumas in the Cinema of Turkey. Kwartalnik Filmowy, (116), pp. 6-21. doi: 10.36744/kf.946.
Zündorf, I., Bojarska, K., Casper, J., Edemen, F., Gundermann, C., Hooks, J., Lochekhina, G., Merk, N., Metzger, F., Monteiro, M., Owzar, A. & Schattschneider, A. (2020). Narratives of Memory and Myth in the House of European History. International Public History, 3(1), 20202002. https://doi.org/10.1515/iph-2020-2002
Book Chapters
Edemen, F. (in Translation, expected publication date: 2024). Kurdish Film Festivals in Europe on Defining the Kurdish Cinema. In Festivals and Transnational Cinematographic Dynamics. Éditions L’Harmattan.
Conference Proceedings
Edemen, F. (2023). Rethinking Kurdishness at European Kurdish Film Festivals: A Decolonial Diasporic Effort. AHM Conference 2023:’Diasporic Heritage and Identity’. Vol. 2. Amsterdam University Press.
Other Selected Publications (Non-Academic)
Edemen, F. (2022). Mania Akbari Tells Her Own Story. Altyazı Fasikül. https://fasikul.altyazi.net/in-english/mania-akbari-tells-her-own-story/
Edemen, F. (2021). Shaghayegh Norouzi: Iranian #MeToo Is Stronger Than Ever. Altyazı Fasikül. https://fasikul.altyazi.net/in-english/shaghayegh-norouzi-iranian-metoo-is-stronger-than-ever/
Edemen, F. (2021). Violence in the field, discrimination at the workplace: Being a woman or LGBTI+ journalist in Turkey. European Centre for Press & Media Freedom. https://www.ecpmf.eu/violence-in-the-field-discrimination-at-the-workplace-being-a-woman-or-lgbti-journalist-in-turkey/
Other Selected Publications (Non-Academic, in Turkish)
Edemen, F. (2022). Sinema Dünyasından Rusya’nın Ukrayna İşgaline Karşı Dayanışma Çağrıları. Altyazı Fasikül. https://fasikul.altyazi.net/pano/sinemacilardan-rusyanin-ukrayna-isgaline-karsi-dayanisma-cagrilari/
English: “Calls for Solidarity Against Russia’s Occupation of Ukraine from the World of Cinema.”
Edemen, F. (2017), Gezi ve Rote Flora: Kesişen Direnişlerin Medyası. In Çoban, M.Ş. (Eds.), Huzursuzluğun Takibi: Çatışmalı Dönemlerde Gazetecilik. İstanbul: P24.
English: “Gezi and Rote Flora: The Media of Crossing Resistances”(article) in “Following Up the Disquiet: Journalism in the Period of Conflict.” (book)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| 2022 – 2023 | Lecturer, “Film Festivals, Programming and Curating” Institute of Intercultural Studies Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland |
| 2021 – 2022 | Teaching Internship, “Iranian Cinema as a Form of Cultural Modernity” Course of Dr. Elżbieta Wiącek Institute of Intercultural Studies Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland |
| 2020 – 2021 | Teaching Internship, “New Media Art 2” Course of Prof. Dr. Anna Nacher Institute of Audiovisual Arts Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland |
| 2017 – 2018 | Teaching Assistant, “Society and Media” Course of Dr. Ahmet Gürata Ihsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey |
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Edemen, F. (2024). “Kurds on and Behind the Screen.” Paper presented at the Kurdish Studies Conference, London School of Economics and Political Science & University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 22-23 May 2024.
Edemen, F. & Koç, C. (2024). “Intersections of Kurdish Identity: Motherhood, Trauma, and Memory in Kurdish Cinema.” Paper presented at the “Identity and Otherness in Film” International Conference, London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom, 3-4 February 2024.
Edemen, F. (2023). “Rethinking Kurdishness at European Kurdish Film Festivals: A Decolonial Diasporic Effort.” Paper presented at the AHM Annual Conference 2023: Diasporic Heritage and Identity, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 21-23 June 2023.
Edemen, F. (2022). “Global Kurdish Film Festival: Opportunities and Challenges for a National Claim in an Online Transnational Network.” Paper presented at the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) 2022 Conference Epistemic Media: Atlas, Archive, Network, National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest, Romania, 22-26 June 2022.
Edemen, F. (2022). “Interactive form of memory: Big Village, the first Kurdish web documentary.” Paper presented at the 19th European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) Graduate Workshop “Private and Public Mediated Knowledge”, National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest, Romania, 22 June 2022.
Edemen, F. (2022). “Transnational nation, film, and festival: Kurdish film festivals in Europe on defining the Kurdish cinema.” Paper presented at the International Conference Festivals and trans(national) cinematographic dynamics: forms of production, circulation and representation, Universite Toulouse Jean Jaures, Toulouse, France, 28-31 March 2022.
Edemen, F. (2022). “Representation of Kurdish Women’s War Against IS in European Cinema.” Paper presented at the Symposium of the Jagiellonian University Doctoral School in the Humanities, Krakow, Poland, 25-27 January 2022.
Edemen, F. (2021). “Remembering as a solidarity: Multidirectional memory practice in Gelecek Uzun Sürer(Future Lasts Forever).” Paper presented at the 11th Young Sociologists Congress, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 16-18 April 2021.
Edemen, F. (2020). “Dracula: Between Time and Culture.” Paper presented at the Politics vs. Culture
Conference: Politics in Popculture, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 5-6 June 2020.
Edemen, F. (2018). “Fassbinder’in Ali: Korku Ruhu Kemirir ‘inde göçmen-oluş.” Paper presented at the Young Communicators Congress, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey, 3-4 May 2018.
English: “Becoming-immigrant in Fassbinder’s Angst essen Seele auf.”
Edemen, F. (2018). “2010 Sonrası Çağdaş Türk Sinemasında Kadın Dostluğu: Mavi Dalga, Uzaklarda Arama ve Toz Bezi filmleri incelemesi.” Paper presented at the 14th Traditional METU Sociology Days, “Ideology and Society” in Ankara, Turkey, 28 February – 2 March, 2018.
English: “Female Friendship in Contemporary Turkish Cinema after 2010: Mavi Dalga (The Blue Wave), Uzaklarda Arama ve Toz Bezi (Dust Cloth) .”
CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZATION
| 2023 | Organizing Committee Member of the International Conference “The Heritage of Crisis. A Crisis of Heritage?” Doctoral School in the Humanities, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland |
| 2024 | Organizing Committee Member of the Symposium of the Jagiellonian University Doctoral School in the Humanities Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland |
INVITED TALKS
14.12.2023, “From Trauma to Revolution: The Unfolding Story of Kurdish Cinema in Rojava”, Institute of Oriental Studies, Jagiellonian University.
15.12.2022, “Kurdish Women’s Movement in Turkey”, Feminism: Local and Global Perspectives course, Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University.
MEMBERSHIPS
| 2023 – Present | Member, OZZ Inicjatywa Pracownicza na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim, (Workers’ Initiative (union) at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow) |
| 2022 – Present | Member of the Doctoral Student’s Council, Doctoral School in the Humanities, Jagiellonian University |
| 2022 – Present | Student Ambassador, Doctoral School in the Humanities, Jagiellonian University |
| 2021 – 2022 | ECREA, European Communication Research and Education Association |
| 2020 – Present | NECS, European Network for Cinema and Media Studies |