Gezen, Ela
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Assistant Professor of German and Scandinavian Studies, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Last Name
Gezen
First Name
Ela
Discipline
German Language and Literature
Expertise
20th and 21st century German and Turkish literature and music, minority studies, cultural studies, transnationalism, Turkish-German studies, Orientalism
Introduction
Ela Gezen received her MA in Central Eurasian Studies from Indiana University and her PhD in Germanic Languages and Literatures from the University of Michigan. Her research and teaching interests include 20th and 21st Century German literature and music, minority studies, cultural studies, transnationalism, exile studies, and cultural geography. She has published on Turkish-German artists Kemal Kurt, Islamic Force, and Tahsin Incirci. Currently she is investigating the intercultural exchange between Marxist intellectuals Bertolt Brecht and Nazim Hikmet.