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Muna Güvenç is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Brandeis University. Trained as an architect in Istanbul and holding a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (2014), her scholarship bridges architecture, urban history, and political theory with a focus on the Middle East.
Education:
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
- M.S., Istanbul University
- B.Arch., Istanbul University
Her research examines the interplay between spatial justice, minority politics, and state power, particularly in Turkey. She analyzes how urban planning and architecture are tools for both marginalization and resistance, drawing on fieldwork, ethnography, and spatial analysis.
Scientific Awards & Grants:
- Villanova Church Management Research Management (2024–2025)
- Compact Community Engagement Fund, Brandeis University (2023–2024)
- Theodore and Jane Norman Award, Brandeis University (2023–2024)
- Furthermore Grants in Publishing, J.M. Kaplan Fund (2022)
- Perlmutter Award, Brandeis University (2020)
- Affordable Open Educational Resources Grant, Brandeis University (2019)
- Crown Center Research Grant, Brandeis University (2019)
- Teaching and Learning Fellow, Brandeis University (2018–2019)
Güvenç’s work highlights how state centralization reshapes cities through housing policies, demolition practices, and the politicization of local governance. Her book The City is Ours (Cornell UP, 2024) exemplifies this, linking spatial interventions to political domination. She is affiliated with the Crown Center for Middle East Studies and contributes to interdisciplinary urban research.
