AYŞE  EREK

Associate Professor AYŞE EREK

C BLOK 2. KAT 201

+90 (212) 5336532 - 1741

CV

Education

Doctorate

Istanbul Technical University
Art History

Master's Degree

Istanbul Technical University
Art History

Bachelor's Degree

Istanbul Technical University
Physics Engineering

Research Areas

  • Histories and Theories of Art and Design
  • Contemporary Art and Design
  • Art and Design in Urban Space
  • Histories of Modernity
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Digital Humanities

Work Experience

2017 / Continuing Kadir Has University, Dep. of Industrial Design
Associate Professor, PhD

2008 / 2017 Yeditepe University, Dep. of History
Associate Professor, PhD

2012 / 2014 Berlin Humboldt University, Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies
Postdoctoral Researcher

2013 / 2014 Berlin Humboldt University, Faculty of European Ethnology
Visiting Lecturer

2002 / 2003 Amsterdam University
Visiting Researcher

Administrative Duties

Görev Adı Görev Yeri Başlangıç tarihi Bitiş Tarihi
Chair of Art and Design Graduate Programs School of Graduate Studies 01.01.2022
Director of Design MA Program School of Graduate Studies 01.01.2018

Publications

  • Oevermann, Heike; Erek, Ayse; Hein, Carola; Horan, Conor; Krasznahorkai, Kata; Lange, Ida Sofie Gøtzsche; Manahasa, Edmond; Martin, Marijke; Menezes, Marluci; Nikšič, Matej; Polko, Paulina; Székely, Juli; Tappert, Simone; Tuominen, Pekka (2022), "Heritage Requires Citizens’ Knowledge: The COST Place-Making Action and Responsible Research", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science(Netherlands),
  • Erek, Ayşe (2022), "On Füsun Onur's Pink Boat", Füsun Onur: Once Upon A Time , Mousse Publishing
  • Erek, Ayşe (2022), "Sosyal Mekân, Kültürel Miras ve Sanatsal Pratikler üzerine", Ayla Ödekan Armağanı: Sanat Tarihinde Disiplinlerarası Yaklaşımlar, Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları
  • Oevermann, Heike; Erek, Ayşe; , et. al (2022), "Heritage Requires Citizens’ Knowledge: The COST Place-Making Action and Responsible Research", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science(Netherlands) , Springer
  • Erek, Ayse N.; Gantner, Eszter (2019), "Rewriting history: Interpreting heritage in saint petersburg and istanbul", Securing Urban Heritage: Agents, Access, and Securitization,
  • Erek, Ayşe ; Almas, Esra (2019), "’Photographs, Memories, Monuments and Movements: Black and White Istanbul in the Work of Orhan Pamuk and Ara Güler", CoSMo Comparative Studies in Modernism, DOI: https://doi.org/10.13135/2281-6658/3438
  • Erek, Ayse N.; Gantner, Eszter (2017), "Disappearing history: Challenges of imagining Berlin after 1989", Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin,
  • Erek, Ayşe (2016), "Urban heritage, development and sustainability: international frameworks, national and local governance (book review)", Information zur modernen Stadtgeschichte ,
  • Erek, Ayşe N.; Köksal, Ayşe H. (2014), "Relocating the arts in the new Istanbul: Urban imaginary as a contested zone", Visual Resources, Vol.30, No.4, 301-318 DOI: 10.1080/01973762.2014.964653
  • Erek, Ayşe (2014), "Signs Taken in Wonder: Searching for Contemporary Istanbul (exhibition review)", The Journal of Architecture , DOI: 10.1080/13602365.2014.911563

Projects

Project Name Role in the Project Project Type Fund Establishment Project Date
CA20105 - Slow Memory: Transformative Practices for Times of Uneven and Accelerating Change Araştırmacı Uluslararası Proje COST 14.10.2021
13.10.2025
Dynamics of placemaking and digitization in Europe´s cities Yürütücü Uluslararası Proje COST 01.06.2019
30.06.2024
Claiming the public space: Urban interventions and the shift from vertical to horizontal urban planning Araştırmacı Uluslararası Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Almanya 01.01.2016
01.04.2023
City Between History and Change: Reinventing Istanbul through Visual Representation Yürütücü Uluslararası DAAD, TÜBİTAK, Berlin Humboldt Üniversitesi 01.10.2012
31.01.2014

Courses Offered

Course Name Course Code Period
Histories of Industrial Design IND212 2023/24 Spring
Design Culture in Turkey IND312 2023/24 Spring
Histories of Arts, Crafts and Design IND211 2023/24 Fall
History and Theory of Art and Design DES503 2023/24 Fall