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Status: PhD Candidate

Adviser: Cemil Aydin

Graduate Email: yesezgin@unc.edu

Education

B.A. Boğaziçi University, Istanbul (2014): Political Science & History
M.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2020): Global History
M.A. Thesis: "Islamic Liberation Theology in South Africa: Farid Esack's Religio-Political Thought"

Research Interests

My research interests include decolonization, postcolonialism, the ideas of religion, social justice and liberation in the Global South, Christian and Muslim liberation theologies, and contemporary Muslim political thought.

Courses Offered

Instructor of Record (UNC):
• HIST 140: The World since 1945 (Fall '23)

Teaching Assistant (UNC):
• HIST 101: A History of Lies, Conspiracy, and Disinformation (Fall '24)
• HIST 140: The World since 1945 (Spring & Fall '19, Spring & Fall '20, Fall '21, Fall '22, Spring '23, Spring '24)
• HIST 276: The Modern Middle East (Spring '22)