Res. Assist. Fatma Eren

E-mail: fatmaeren@hacettepe.edu.tr

Phone: +90 (312) 297 85 15 / 123

Degrees:

PhD: Department of American Culture and Literature, Hacettepe University, (in progress).

MA: Department of American Culture and Literature, Hacettepe University, 2018.

BA: Department of American Culture and Literature, Hacettepe University, 2013.                   

Areas of Interest and Teaching:

Identity Studies, Contemporary American Novel, Cultural Studies

Selected Publications:

Eren, Fatma. “Fruit of Violence”: The Subaltern Refugee and the Intersection of Oppressions in Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.” Journal of American Studies, Turkey, 56 (2021): 23-41.    

---.“A Lacanian Perspective on Face and Identity in Ariel Dorfman’s Mascara.” Selcuk University Journal of Faculty of Letters, Turkey, 47 (2022): 59-74.

--- “A Man With(out) a Face”: Stigma and Power in Cecile Pineda’s Face.” European Journal of American Studies, Poland, 17-2 (2022): 1-16. 

Conference Presentations:

Eren, Fatma. “Ageing as an Ethnic Minority in Lan Cao’s The Lotus and The Storm.” Ege University 18th International Cultural Studies Symposium: Ageing, Surviving and Longevity. 25-27 May 2022, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey.

Eren, Fatma. “Revitalizing Indigenous Food Systems in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Gardens in the Dunes.” 39th International American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT) Conference: Movement and Mobility in America. 28-29 June 2021.  (Online)

Eren, Fatma. “Living with Disfigurement: Appearance as ‘a Vector of Inequality’ in Autobiography of a Face.” The Biennial 2020 Conference of the European Association for American Studies (EAAS): 20/20 Vision: Citizenship, Space, Renewal.”) April 30–May 2, 2021. (Online)

Eren, Fatma. “‘A National Embarrassment or Pride?’: Henrietta Nesbitt and Preservation of American National Identity.” The 39th International American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT) Conference: Monuments, Museums and Murals: Preservation, Commemoration, and American Identity. 15-17 May 2019, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey.

Eren, Fatma. “Disidentifying From the Unspeakable: Oriana As Memory Collector in Ariel Dorfman's Mascara.” The 5th International Western Cultural And Literary Studies Symposium. October 4-6,2017. Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.