معرفی
Yasemin Ipek is an Assistant Professor in the Global Affairs Program at George Mason University, with dual doctoral degrees from Stanford University (Anthropology) and Bilkent University (Political Science). Her research focuses on the intersection of activism, crisis, and political imagination in the Middle East, particularly Lebanon and Turkey. She examines how marginalized groups navigate global and local power structures through ethnographic studies of NGOs, humanitarian networks, and revolutionary movements.
Her book Crisiswork: Activist Lifeworlds and Bounded Futures in Lebanon (2025) analyzes activism’s dual role as both colonizing and decolonizing force. Current projects include Muslim Humanitarianisms, exploring Syrian-led aid efforts, and studies on transnational care networks. Her work bridges anthropology, political theory, and critical area studies, emphasizing decolonial perspectives.
Dr. Ipek has been supported by prestigious grants including the National Science Foundation and the Wenner-Gren Foundation. She teaches courses on Middle Eastern anthropology, global humanitarianism, nationalism, and qualitative research methods. Her research has been published in Cultural Anthropology, American Ethnologist, and The Muslim World.
- Education: PhD in Anthropology (Stanford), PhD in Political Science (Bilkent)
- Awards: Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship, FRDA Award, Wenner-Gren Residential Fellowship
- Research Themes: Crisis ethics, sectarianism, refugee policy, transnational Islam
