Prof. AteÅŸ USLU, Ph.D
Professor in Political Thought
ates.uslu@istanbul.edu.tr    ates.uslu@gmail.com    atesuslu.com/en
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Education
| BA 2000-2005 | GALATASARAY UNIVERSITY (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, French-Turkish bilingual curriculum | |
| Graduation paper: Hungarian Intellectuals in the 1956 Revolution | |
| Advisor: Alexandre Toumarkine, PhD | |
| BA degree obtained in 2005 summa cum laude, 1st
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| MA 2005-2006 Â | PARIS I PANTHEON-SORBONNE UNIVERSITY |
| HISTORY FACULTY, Pierre Renouvin Institute of Modern History | |
| French Government (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Scholarship, 12 months | |
| Thesis Title: Mihály Károlyi and France (1908-1918) | |
| Thesis Advisor: Prof. Antoine Marès | |
| MA degree obtained in 2006, magna cum laude
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| INALCO – Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales | |
| Minor in Polish Language
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| PHD 2006-2010 Â | PARIS I PANTHEON-SORBONNE UNIVERSITY |
| HISTORY FACULTY, Pierre Renouvin Institute of Modern History | |
| EÖTVÖS LORAND UNIVERSITY (Budapest, Hungary) | |
| FACULTY OF LETTERS, Department of Modern World History | |
| Joint PhD program
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| French Government (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Scholarship, 18 months | |
| Hungarian Government (Ministry of Education) Scholarship, 12 months | |
| Thesis Title: Les voies lyriques de la nation : l’opéra et l’identité nationale hongroise (1790- 1884) | |
| Thesis Advisors: Prof. Catherine Horel (Paris I – CNRS) & Prof. István Majoros (ELTE) | |
| Doctoral degree obtained in 2010, summa cum laude | |
| Prix Hungarica 2010: Thesis prize awarded by the Hungarian Institute of Paris for the best thesis in Hungarian Studies. |
Employment
| Part-time lecturer 2011 | GALATASARAY UNIVERSITY (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE | |
| Two undergraduate courses taught in French: History of Nationalism, History of Socialist Thought
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| Assistant Professor 2011-2014 | ISTANBUL AYDIN UNIVERSITY |
| DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |
| Several undergraduate courses taught in English, including: World History (Ancient & Medieval), World History (Modern), History of Modern Turkey, History of Nationalism. | |
| Administrative tasks: *Vice-head of department (2012)
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| Assistant Professor 2014-2016 | ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY |
| FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCES | |
| Undergraduate courses taught in Turkish: History of Political Thought (Ancient & Medieval), Democratic Theory, Islamic Political Thought | |
| MA courses in Turkish: Political Thought in 20th-Century Turkey, Themes in Political Theory
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| Two research visits funded by Istanbul University Board of Research Projects: | |
| * Humboldt University, Berlin, summer 2014 (40 days). Theme: Early 19th century socialist thought | |
| * India (Mumbai University & University of Calcutta, 15 days). Theme: Legitimacy in ancient Indian political thought
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| Habilitation degree in Political Thought, awarded in 2016, with unanimity of votes of the board members
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| Associate Professor 2016-2023 | ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY |
| FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCES | |
| Undergraduate courses taught in Turkish: History of Political Thought (Ancient & Medieval), History of Political Thought (Early Modern), Islamic Political Thought | |
| MA Course taught in English: Islam, Politics and Society | |
| PhD Seminars in Turkish: Hegel and Dialectics, Critical Theory. | |
| Research visit: | |
| * Humboldt University, Berlin, Chair of Social Philosophy (Prof. Dr. Rahel Jaeggi) summer 2018 (2 months). Theme: Social history of political thought.
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| Professor 2023- | ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY |
| FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCES | |
| Undergraduate courses taught in Turkish: History of Political Thought (Ancient & Medieval), History of Political Thought (Early Modern), Modern Political Thought Undergraduate courses taught in English: History of Political Thought (Ancient & Medieval) | |
| MA Course taught in English: Readings in International Political Thought | |
| PhD Seminar in Turkish: Hegel and Dialectics | |
| Administrative tasks: *Vice-head of Department of Political Science and International Relations (January 2023-June 2023) * Head of the Department of Political Science and International Relations (July 2023-June 2024) * Chair of Political Science (July 2023-June 2024)
On sabbatical: * October 2024-September 2025 * Sabbatical research visit to: Humboldt University, Berlin, Chair of Social Philosophy (Prof. Dr. Rahel Jaeggi). * Sabbatical research project funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) Theme: Georg Lukács’s political thought in his later works (1956-1971).
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Research Focuses
- Global intellectual history
- Special focus on class, gender and race in the history of political thought
- Marxist philosophy (special focus on Marxist philosophers in Central Europe)
- Social and political ontology (classical & contemporary)
- Social and political history of 19th-century music
Languages
| Native | Turkish |
| Fluent in speaking and reading | English, French, Hungarian |
| Fluent in reading | German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Intermediate in reading | Polish, Greek (Modern) |
| Pre-Intermediate in eeading | Greek (Ancient), Latin |