Serdar ŞENGÜL

Serdar ŞENGÜL is a Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi (since 2024). Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor at Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi (2010-2019) and held administrative roles including Department Head (2013-2016) and Deputy Dean (2011-2012).

• PhD, Anthropology (2008), Hacettepe University
• MA, International Relations (2001), Middle East Technical University
• BA, International Relations (1998), Ankara University

His research focuses include:

• Anthropology of Religion
• Political Anthropology
• Historical Anthropology

Recent work explores:

• Islamic educational institutions
• Postcolonial disciplinary boundaries
• Cultural memory in Middle Eastern contexts
• Transformations in traditional pedagogy
• Colonial critiques of capitalism
• Sufi literary traditions

Major awards:

• YÖK Postdoctoral Research Scholarship, Harvard University (2012-2013)

Academic roles:

• Editorial board member: Toplum ve Bilim (2016-2017), Mukaddime (2010)
• Co-authored works with: Francesco Gabrielli, Stephen Humphreys, Fahmy Hafez
• Supervised 2 MA theses on urban transformation and capitalist critique