About
Berkay Uluç (he/him) is a Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature with a Graduate Certificate in Critical Translation Studies at the University of Michigan. His research centers around literary and translational modernity in the Ottoman Mediterranean, focusing on Turkish and Arabic contexts.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Comparative Literature
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (09/2019 – ongoing)
Ph.D., Turkish Language and Literature
Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey (09/2018 – 06/2019)
M.A., Cultural Studies
Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey (09/2015 – 08/2017)
Erasmus Exchange Program
Sciences Po Paris, France (09/2013 – 12/2013)
B.A., Political Science and International Relations
Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey (09/2010 – 06/2015)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
literary modernity in the Middle East; comparative modernisms; translation studies; book history; world literature; postcolonial studies; queer studies; aesthetics and politics
LANGUAGES
Turkish (native fluency)
English (near-native fluency)
Ottoman Turkish (advanced reading)
Modern Standard Arabic (advanced reading)
French (intermediate reading)
Western Armenian (beginner)
