Research Areas
Biography
Turkish, English, Spanish, Japanese, Ladino
Zeynep has a background in Literature and Cultural Studies and has previously worked on comparative modernisms and existentialism in Turkish and Latin American literature. Her current research interests include the literature of the Sephardic diaspora, intersections of collective memory and cultural identity, and subaltern studies.
Grants
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in the Humanities & Arts
Fulbright Grant