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Seçil Daǧtaș is an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo, affiliated with the Balsillie School of International Affairs. She specializes in political anthropology, focusing on gender politics, secular governance of religious diversity, and the cultural dynamics of displacement. Her work bridges theoretical inquiries with ethnographic fieldwork in Turkey, Cyprus, and the broader Middle East.
- PhD in Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies (University of Toronto, 2014)
- MA in Social and Political Thought (York University)
- BA in Sociology (Bogazici University)
Her research interrogates how gendered social spaces challenge humanitarian and state-centric refugee resettlement frameworks, particularly in Turkey and Cyprus. She leads and collaborates on SSHRC-funded projects like Border Frictions and Religious Assemblages, examining migrant journeys and ethno-religious relations.
Recent grants include the Germaine Tillion Chair (2025-2026), SSHRC Insight Grant (2021-2025), and Regional Studies Association Grant (2018-2020). She has held fellowships at the Collegium de Lyon and Nantes Institute for Advanced Study.
- Key supervision areas: Secularism, displacement, Muslim lifeworlds, and gender ideologies
- Teaching: Anthropology of gender, religion, and border politics
Her ethnographic monograph Under the Same Sky (2025) and articles in journals like Geopolitics and Journal of Refugee Studies highlight her focus on liminality, solidarity, and religious-secular negotiations in borderlands.
