Yasemin AKIŞ, Dr.
Mehmet Akif Ersoy University,
Faculty of Letters and Sciences,
Department of Sociology
Burdur, 15100
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Ofis tel: (90) 248-213 3088
Email: [email protected]
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Kierkegaard, Existentialism, Philosophy and religion.
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Philosophy and literature, Albert Camus
EDUCATION
Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University
Ph.D. (Philosophy),
Dissertation: Soren Kierkegaard’da Kaygı Kavramı (The Concept of Anxiety in Søren
Kierkegaard)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ali Osman Gundogan
Southern Illinois University, USA
Department of Philosophy
Visiting scholar, July 2010– May 2011
Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University
M.A. (Philosophy), June, 2007
Thesis: Comparison of ‘Absurd’ in Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre.
Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University
A.B. (Philosophy), June 2005
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor, April 2014- present
Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Faculty of Letters and Sciences, Department of
Sociology
St. Olaf College (USA), Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library, Summer
Fellow, 2014.
Research Assistant, Junuary 2009- 2014.
Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University, Faculty of Humanities and Letters, Department of
Philosophy
Associate Editor, Özne Philosophy Journal, Philosophy and Feminism Special Issue,
Spring- 2013.
Visiting Scholar, June 2010-May 2011
Southern Illinois University, USA.
Project Asistant, Network for Intercultural Dialogue and
Education: Turkey-Bulgaria, Project of EU, 2008-2010.
Publications
-Books
1. Søren Kierkegard’da Kaygı Kavramı (The Concept of Anxiety in Søren
Kierkegaard), Ayrıntı Yayınları, Forthcoming, 2014.
-Book Sections
1. Freedom, Anxiety and Sin: Kierkegaard and the Temporal Progression of
Experience, Inter-Disciplinary Press, ISBN: 978-1-84888-233-1, 2014.
2. Suicide: Escaping from Your Own Existence, Inter-Discipinary Press,
Forthcoming, 2014.
3. Bir Varoluşsal Drama Yazarı Olarak Kierkegaard (Kierkegaard as a
Existential Drama Writer), Felsefe ve Edebiyat( Philosophy and Literature),
Çizgi Kitabevi, 2014.
-Articles
1. Ingmar Bergman’ın Yedinci Mühür’ü ve Kierkegaard’ın Sessizlik Sanatı
Üzerine (On Ingnar Bergman’s Seventh Seal and Kierkegaard’s Art of
Silence), Özne Philosophy Journal, Bahar/2014.
2. Søren Kierkegaard’da Kaygı ve Cinsiyet(Anxiety and Sexuality in Søren
Kierkegaard), Özne Philosophy Journal, Bahar /2013.
3. Albert Camus’de Başkaldırı’nın Sınırları Problemi (Problem of the Limits of
Rebellion in Albert Camus), Symposium Book, Kocaeli Üniversitesi, 2009.
4. Bir Bunalım Çağı Felsefesi Olarak; Varoluşçuluk (Existentialism;
Philosophy of Age of Crisis), Özne Felsefe Dergisi, Bahar/2009.
-Book Reviews
1. Woman 2000, Philosophy, Feminism and Beyond, Volume XII, Issue
2, Eastern Mediterranean University Press, p.67-70., (Celine
Léon&Sylvia Walsh(Eds.) (1997), Feminist Interpretation of Soren
Kierkegaard. University Park: Penn State Press.
-Translations
1. Feminine and Masculene Forms of Despair, Sylvia Walsh, (Feminist
Interpretations of Kierkegaard, Penn State Press), Özne Philosophy
Journal, Spring, 2013.
- Selected Professional Presentations
1. Kierkegaardian Anxiety in Psychotherapy; Between the Spirit and the
Superego, October-2013, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2. Freedom, Anxiety and Sin: Kierkegaard and the Temporal Progression of
Experience, March- 2013, Lisbon, Portugal.
3. Suicide: Escaping from Your Own Existence, Inter-Discipinary Press,
November-2011, Prague, Czech Republic.
4. A Brief Journey from Existence to Absurd, November 2008, St. Clement
of Ohrid University of Sofia, Bulgaria.
5. Albert Camus’de Başkaldırı’nın Sınırları Problemi’, International
Philosophy Days, 2009, Kocaeli University, Turkey.
- Awards and scholarships
1. Doctoral research scholarship, Turkish Higher Education Council,
Southern Illinois University (USA), 2010- 2011.
2. St. Olaf College (USA), Howard and Edna Hong Kierkegaard Library,
Summer Fellow, 2014.
- Projects
1. The Concept of Anxiety in Søren Kierkegaard, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman
University, Scientific Research Project, 2011.
- Courses Tought
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Philosophy and Mythology, Spring 2010, Fall 2012.
Philosophy of Human Nature, Fall 2011.
Philosophical Problems, Spring 2010.
Introduction to Philosophy, Fall 2014.
Aesthetics and Philosophy, Fall 2014.