Serra Hakyemez

Serra Hakyemez is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Global Studies at the University of Minnesota, currently on leave until January 2023. Her research examines the intersection of counterinsurgency warfare and judicial violence in Turkey's Kurdish regions, focusing on prison solidarity networks and decolonial resistance. She employs interdisciplinary methods combining political anthropology, legal studies, and ethnography to analyze state violence and resistance movements.

Education includes:

• Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University, 2016
• M.A. in Sociology and Anthropology, Central European University, 2008
• M.Sc. in Social Policy, London School of Economics, 2006
• B.A. in Political Science & Business Administration, Bogazici University, 2005

Her research investigates the juridical and visual economies of counterinsurgent violence, with ongoing work on prison-based solidarity and insurgent justice frameworks in Kurdistan. Publications explore themes including feminist resistance in conflict zones, archival politics of state violence, and the anthropology of dissent.

Awards include:

• ACLS Fellowship
• Wenner-Gren-Hunt Fellowship