Mutluer, Nil, PhD student

By Katherine Harrison on 23 Apr | 0 comments

Nil Mutluer graduated from the Department of International Relations at the Bilkent University in 1996. After working as a communication consultant, she received her Master's Degree from the Istanbul Bilgi University's Department of Cultural Studies. She is currently working on her Doctorate at Department of Gender Studies of the Central European University in Budapest. In addition to carrying out her PhD field work entitled "Gender, Ethnicity and Nationalism in Everyday Life: Internally Displaced Kurdish Men in Tarlabasi, Istanbul", she has taught courses on Media and Politics, Communication, Culture, Identity and Daily Living at the Kadir Has University. She is in the publication board of feminist journal Amargi. She is the editor of the books "States of Gender: The Intersectional Borders of Gender in Turkey" and "National States: Citizenship and Nationalism: Are we aware?, and has articles on edited books, journals and newspapers.

GEXCEL PROJECT
During the fellowship of Gendering Excellence Program's “Deconstructing Hegemony of Men and Masculinities” research theme, I plan to theorize my field research and examine how the relation between transnational and national networks affect the everyday practices of internally displaced men in various social, economic and political contexts. I think this study will contribute to the program for several reasons. First of all, as my study focuses on the role of transnational networks on the formation nationalism, it will provide an insight on how relationship among these networks play a role in the everyday practices of men and women in a given context. The transnational political relations in the political or cultural institutions show that how political capital  becomes a significant identifier in everyday life. Secondly, this study enables us to examine how cultural, social, political and economical institutions play a role in the formation of masculinities in various power based contexts. This will enable me to examine how in different context different man becomes hegemony. Finally, as my PhD study constitutes IDP men from various ages, this study will also reveal that depending on the age men encounter with different obstacles and opportunities in their everyday life.