Selen Artan
@selenartan.bsky.social
sociologist by training. Istanbulite.
phd alum Grad Center (CUNY) sociology
phd alum Grad Center (CUNY) sociology
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Selen Artan
@selenartan.bsky.social
· Jun 7
When women left their patrie: transborder mobility, women’s sexual agency, and moral panic in Turkey
The labor exchange agreements signed between Turkey and several European countries in the 1960s resulted in a large population move to Europe. While the majority of workers were men, the share of w...
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happy to announce the publication of my research "When women left their patrie" by JEMS. drawing on archival sources, I'm studying the moral panic triggered by women's transborder mobility in the 1960s (and its consequences). www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QPJGW...
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Start getting ready for the ASA 2026 Annual Meeting, and learn more about our host city, New York! Preview the city’s living sociology in this piece by Van C. Tran @vanctran.bsky.social and Philip Kasinitz @cunygcsociology.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/3WLn48k
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Start getting ready for the ASA 2026 Annual Meeting, and learn more about our host city, New York! Preview the city’s living sociology in this piece by Van C. Tran @vanctran.bsky.social and Philip Kasinitz @cunygcsociology.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/3WLn48k
a great episode on Very Important People, a book that has been on my TBR list for ages. Ashley Mears explains how class, race, and gender intersect in global nightclub culture, where participants' worth is mediated via various indicators (beauty, money, etc). open.spotify.com/episode/4ryQ...
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October 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
a great episode on Very Important People, a book that has been on my TBR list for ages. Ashley Mears explains how class, race, and gender intersect in global nightclub culture, where participants' worth is mediated via various indicators (beauty, money, etc). open.spotify.com/episode/4ryQ...
some people are so skilled at giving presentations that it is almost always unfortunate to sit on the same panel as them.
October 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
some people are so skilled at giving presentations that it is almost always unfortunate to sit on the same panel as them.
if you submit the same paper proposal to the conference that rejected you last year, does that make you look determined or obssessed? asking for a friend.
October 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
if you submit the same paper proposal to the conference that rejected you last year, does that make you look determined or obssessed? asking for a friend.
a few months back, I fell off the GC's alumni email list, and now I'm winding up on the University of Washington's? wait, am I being traded?
October 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
a few months back, I fell off the GC's alumni email list, and now I'm winding up on the University of Washington's? wait, am I being traded?
whenever I see such news, my brain goes on autopilot and starts formulating exam questions. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
An Adapted Harry Potter Fanfic Is the Season's Most Anticipated Novel
Author SenLinYu explains the process they undertook to adapt their popular fanfiction Manacled into their debut novel Alchemised.
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September 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
whenever I see such news, my brain goes on autopilot and starts formulating exam questions. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
it was a pleasure to attend the ESA RN23 Sexuality Mid-Term Conference in Palermo! Full of interesting panels and chatters over espresso & delicious Sicilian pastries. I will never forget how the guy at the supermarket checkout "lei non comprende l'italiano"-ed me. #arrivederci
September 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
it was a pleasure to attend the ESA RN23 Sexuality Mid-Term Conference in Palermo! Full of interesting panels and chatters over espresso & delicious Sicilian pastries. I will never forget how the guy at the supermarket checkout "lei non comprende l'italiano"-ed me. #arrivederci
had a great time at Lund, presenting my research, learning from others, and meeting other researchers. huge thanks to Magdalena and Dorota for creating this fantastic experience, and to Öykü, Durmuş, and Jonathan for their companionship and all the post-presentation laughs.
August 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
had a great time at Lund, presenting my research, learning from others, and meeting other researchers. huge thanks to Magdalena and Dorota for creating this fantastic experience, and to Öykü, Durmuş, and Jonathan for their companionship and all the post-presentation laughs.
I'm pleased to share that Seçil Dağtaş (Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Waterloo), one of the brightest minds to emerge from #BounSoc, has recently published her first monograph, "Under the Same Sky"! books.apple.com/at/book/unde...
Under the Same Sky
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August 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I'm pleased to share that Seçil Dağtaş (Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Waterloo), one of the brightest minds to emerge from #BounSoc, has recently published her first monograph, "Under the Same Sky"! books.apple.com/at/book/unde...
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Call for Full Papers
Sociology is looking for papers that engage with the question of normativity in sociology.
Deadline for full paper submission is 22 January 2026. Read the full CFP now.
www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26815/...
Sociology is looking for papers that engage with the question of normativity in sociology.
Deadline for full paper submission is 22 January 2026. Read the full CFP now.
www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26815/...
August 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Call for Full Papers
Sociology is looking for papers that engage with the question of normativity in sociology.
Deadline for full paper submission is 22 January 2026. Read the full CFP now.
www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26815/...
Sociology is looking for papers that engage with the question of normativity in sociology.
Deadline for full paper submission is 22 January 2026. Read the full CFP now.
www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26815/...
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"Birthright #Citizenship Works," a new piece by sociologist Philip Kasinitz (@cunygcsociology.bsky.social) explores a successful but threatened constitutional conferral. Free to read, download, and share through 8/11: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
#sociology
#sociology
July 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"Birthright #Citizenship Works," a new piece by sociologist Philip Kasinitz (@cunygcsociology.bsky.social) explores a successful but threatened constitutional conferral. Free to read, download, and share through 8/11: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
#sociology
#sociology
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Not a word about folks not making ai or finance bro salaries.
They came for the AI boom. They’re driving up the rent in a brutal market
The AI boom is creating a challenging rental market, with costs skyrocketing as professionals outbid each other.
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July 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Not a word about folks not making ai or finance bro salaries.
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The Graduate Center community deeply mourns the passing of Prof. Emeritus Richard Alba, a pathbreaking demographer who bucked conventional ideas about how immigrants assimilate into and impact mainstream U.S. culture www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Richard Alba
An eminent demographer and sociologist, he challenged conventional thinking on how immigrants integrate into U.S. society.
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June 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Graduate Center community deeply mourns the passing of Prof. Emeritus Richard Alba, a pathbreaking demographer who bucked conventional ideas about how immigrants assimilate into and impact mainstream U.S. culture www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
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Thank you 🙏 to Zeynep Selen Artan of Marmara Üniversites for this fabulous review of 📕Chinese Espresso: Contested Ice & Convivial Space in Contemporary Italy📕
Access at the link! 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
Access at the link! 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
Book Review: Chinese Espresso: Contested Race and Convivial Space in Contemporary Italy, by Grazia Ting Deng. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 2024. 288 pp. paperback $27.95. ISBN: 9780691245799
Click on the article title to read more.
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May 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Thank you 🙏 to Zeynep Selen Artan of Marmara Üniversites for this fabulous review of 📕Chinese Espresso: Contested Ice & Convivial Space in Contemporary Italy📕
Access at the link! 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
Access at the link! 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
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🗣"Since the late 2000s, the coffee bar business in Italy has been undergoing a massive transformation...Chinese Espresso: Contested Race and Convivial Space in Contemporary Italy...delves into the dynamics of the social space afforded by Chinese-run coffee bars in Italy."
May 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🗣"Since the late 2000s, the coffee bar business in Italy has been undergoing a massive transformation...Chinese Espresso: Contested Race and Convivial Space in Contemporary Italy...delves into the dynamics of the social space afforded by Chinese-run coffee bars in Italy."
will be taking my seminar students on a walking tour in Kadıköy next week. trying to come up with some fun games to play during this half-day trip. any suggestions?
a row of penguins are walking in the snow
ALT: a row of penguins are walking in the snow
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May 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
will be taking my seminar students on a walking tour in Kadıköy next week. trying to come up with some fun games to play during this half-day trip. any suggestions?
bugün tanıştığım bir polonyalı, "selena gomez gibi iyi şarkı söyleyebiliyor musun?" diye sordu. hayır diye geçiştirdim ama keşke "bir tane söyleyeyim de sen karar ver" deseydim.
May 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
bugün tanıştığım bir polonyalı, "selena gomez gibi iyi şarkı söyleyebiliyor musun?" diye sordu. hayır diye geçiştirdim ama keşke "bir tane söyleyeyim de sen karar ver" deseydim.
Great advice published in the Writing Center's (Graduate Center, CUNY) newsletter «Revise and Resubmit.»
May 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Great advice published in the Writing Center's (Graduate Center, CUNY) newsletter «Revise and Resubmit.»
perhaps I should start assigning stars to these rejections based on the level of emotional turmoil they stir up.
Another day, another rejection in the books. 👻
April 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
perhaps I should start assigning stars to these rejections based on the level of emotional turmoil they stir up.
Another day, another rejection in the books. 👻
April 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Another day, another rejection in the books. 👻
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Herbert J. Gans, groundbreaking sociologist and the 78th President of the American Sociological Association, passed away on April 21. His work included unpacking misconceptions about poverty, class, urban renewal, & suburban malaise. bit.ly/42rxgXq
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April 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Herbert J. Gans, groundbreaking sociologist and the 78th President of the American Sociological Association, passed away on April 21. His work included unpacking misconceptions about poverty, class, urban renewal, & suburban malaise. bit.ly/42rxgXq
not Loïc ending a zoom meeting without bringing Bourdieu into the debate.
April 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
not Loïc ending a zoom meeting without bringing Bourdieu into the debate.
how can running a tiny research project take up so much time? I lost count of the emails I've written since we started in October.
April 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
how can running a tiny research project take up so much time? I lost count of the emails I've written since we started in October.
re-reading Fortified Enclaves more than 20 years after first reading it in Keyder's urban sociology course.
April 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
re-reading Fortified Enclaves more than 20 years after first reading it in Keyder's urban sociology course.