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Gizem Zencirci

@maviphd

Associate Professor of Politics. Providence College. I am not really on here anymore!

Joined June 2014
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“This special issue examines civilizational thought in the Islamic Intellectual Field in Turkey, focusing on how civilization has been theorized within an Islam-based epistemic and political framework since the mid-twentieth century.”: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Alev Çınar@AlevCinar8Jun 1
Benim 15 yıldır, Gizem Zencirci ve Talha Köseoğlu ile birlikte 12 yıldır, bütün ekip olarak da 5 yıldır üzerinde çalıştığımız projenin ortak ürünü olan, "Civilizational Thought and Islamic Decoloniality" başlıklı özel sayıya şuradan erişebilirsiniz: tandfonline.com/toc/ftur20/2…
Turkish Studies

Turkish Studies

Civilizational Thought and Islamic Decoloniality. Volume 27, Issue 3 of Turkish Studies

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ARNOVA@ARNOVA8 Oct 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Gizem Zencirci (@ProvidenceCol), recipient of ARNOVA’s Outstanding Book Award. Her book, “The Muslim Social: Neoliberalism, Charity, and Poverty in Turkey,” is a powerful exploration of how faith, charity, and neoliberalism shape responses to poverty.
A gold and black congratulatory graphic featuring Dr. Gizem Zencirci, recipient of the 2025 ARNOVA Outstanding Book Award, with the title The Muslim Social: Neoliberalism, Charity, and Poverty in Turkey and the ARNOVA logo.

ALT A gold and black congratulatory graphic featuring Dr. Gizem Zencirci, recipient of the 2025 ARNOVA Outstanding Book Award, with the title The Muslim Social: Neoliberalism, Charity, and Poverty in Turkey and the ARNOVA logo.

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Maya Mikdashi@mayamikdashi26 Nov 2024
The American university hospital in Beirut, right now. People fleeing criminal Israeli bombardment
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🚨 [#Breaking] Civilians in Beirut are heading to seek shelter at the American University Hospital amid Israeli evacuation orders in central Beirut. (Photo sent by local residents to L'Orient Today)
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"Türkiye Ekonomisinin Yapısı" 3. baskısıyla karşınızda.. İlgi gösteren herkese teşekkür ederim. Bugün karşılaştığımız ekonomik sorunların tarihsel ve yapısal kökenlerini merak edenler için faydalı olacağını umuyorum.
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Gizem Zencirci ⁦[@maviphd]⁩ is presenting her book, the Muslim Social, to the Stanford community at ⁦@StanfordCDDRL’s Program on Turkey and ⁦@abbasiprogram’s co-sponsored event. ⁩ #MuslimSocial
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@lithub16 Oct 2024
.@MosabAbuToha’s reading list, featuring Naomi Shihab Nye, Faraj Bayrakdar, Mahmoud Darwis, and more. lithub.com/the-annotated-nig…
The Annotated Nightstand: What Mosab Abu Toha Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mosab Abu Toha Is Reading Now, and Next

In his powerful and harrowing essay in the New Yorker about his attempts to evacuate from Gaza during Israel’s devastating bombardment that has now continued for over a year,  the Palestinian poet …

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Join us next week, in person or on Zoom, for Gizem Zencirci's book talk: The Muslim Social: Neoliberalism, Poverty, and Charity in Turkey cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/event… @StanfordCDDRL @FSIStanford @abbasiprogram @maviphd
The Muslim Social: Neoliberalism, Poverty, and Charity in Turkey

The Muslim Social: Neoliberalism, Poverty, and Charity in Turkey

Book Talk with Gizem Zencirci, 10/23

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Neil Renic@NC_Renic18 Aug 2024
Solidarity with Virginia Woolf and her summer writing goals
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todd dillard@toddedillard27 Jun 2024
when someone in your writing workshop hates you
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Yerinden yurdundan ayrılmak zorunda kalmış insanlarla dayanışmak tüm dünyayı düzeltir. Mülteci hakları insan haklarıdır. #DünyaMülteciGünü
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@wana_visualss10 Jun 2024
A girl and her lamb. The Gulf War, Kuwait. 1991.
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Always a treat when @Turkeyrecap selects one of my stories for their Sunday extras 😍
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"Resource pool: conversion of a swimming pool into a public hall in Istanbul, Turkey by So? Architecture and Ideas" by Jennifer Hattam (@TheTurkishLife). architectural-review.com/bui…

Resource pool: conversion of a swimming pool into a public hall in Istanbul, Turkey by So? Archit...

Buildings:In Istanbul’s western suburbs, near the coast of the Marmara Sea, a plot of land was set aside in the mid‑1930s to create an urban forest. The government The Architectural Review

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Maya Mikdashi@mayamikdashi9 Jun 2024
I have long thought/argued that Palestinian men should be centered in feminist theorization of gender, sexuality, occupation, colonialism, violence & resistance. Every day the relationship between gender & dehumanization, gender & genocide, becomes clear jadaliyya.com/Details/30991
Can Palestinian Men be Victims? Gendering Israel's War on Gaza

Can Palestinian Men be Victims? Gendering Israel's War on Gaza

Every morning we wake up to an updated butcher’s bill: one hundred, two hundred, four hundred, six hundred Palestinians killed by Israel’s war apparatus as of this writing. These numbers gloss over...

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YENİ KİTAP / 17 Mayıs'ta... 100 Kesitle Cumhuriyet Türkiyesi’nin 100 Yılı, ele aldığı bir asırlık dönemin “tarihsel karmaşıklığını kesitlerle tasvir eden” yazılardan oluşuyor. Alp Yenen ve Erik Jan Zürcher’in derlemesine, alanında uzman 77 araştırmacı, bilgi arka planı bakımından yoğun fakat rahat okunan metinlerle katkıda bulundu.
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Jadaliyya
@jadaliyya27 Apr 2024
My book’s analytical focus on the assemblages between Islamic values and neoliberal elements reflects my attempt to rethink some of the assumptions between capitalism and religion. New Texts Out Now with @maviphd: buff.ly/3WbHEzW
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These arrests are antithetical to the mission of higher ed. Our institutions exist to foster robust exchanges of ideas & open dialogue in service of knowledge & understanding. Sometimes that includes open dissent. Peaceful campus protests should never be met w/ violence.
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Here’s @EmoryUniversity economics professor Caroline Fohlin knocked to the ground with her head on the concrete. Her glasses are thrown off. She shouts “I’m a professor” #Gaza #Protesters
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📢 Cumhuriyet'in 100. Yılı Konuşmaları serimizin 8. etkinliğinde Prof. Dr. Alev Çınar'ı (@AlevCinar8) ağırlayacağız. Bölümümüzün Kütüphanemiz iş birliğiyle gerçekleştireceği etkinlik, YouTube'dan canlı yayınlanacak. Çevrim içi katılmak için posterdeki karekodu okutunuz.
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Ertug Tombus@ErtugTombus10 Apr 2024
It is finally here! Our new book, co-edited by @GulcinBC @sctic and me, has arrived today. @routledgebooks @HumboldtUni
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Our podcast of the week highlights how Turkey's ruling party and other actors blend modern neoliberal reforms with traditional Islamic charity to form a unique public welfare system termed the "Muslim social". With @maviphd buff.ly/3Vuntgl
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