Pınar BEDİRHANOĞLU


Title:

Assist. Prof.
Date & Place of Birth:

25/02/1967, Ankara
Address:
 
 

Middle East Technical University,
Department of International Relations,
06531, Ankara / TURKEY
Phone:
 

+90-312-2103092 (Dept)

Fax:

+90-312-2107983
E-mail: eflani@metu.edu.tr



EDUCATION AND DEGREES EARNED

2002

D.Phil, in International Relations, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex. Thesis Topic: Predicaments of Transnationalised Passive Revolutions: Transformation of the Russian Nomenklatura in the Neoliberal Era.

1992-1993

M.A., in European Studies, The Graduate School of European and International Studies, University of Reading. Thesis Topic: The Debate over Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in the US.

1985-1989

B.A., in International Relations, Ankara University.



SCHOLARSHIPS:

1998

KORA-TIKA Scholarship, Fieldwork for D.Phil. research in Russia.

1995-1996

Jean Monnet Scholarship of the European Commission, D.Phil. research in England.

1992-1993

FCO Scholarship of the British Government, MA research in England.



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2002-

Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations,
Middle East Technical University.
1999-2002

Lecturer, Department of International Relations,
Middle East Technical University.

1994-1999

Research Assistant, Department of International Relations,
Middle East Technical University.

1990-1994

Attaché, Turkish Foreign Ministry, Department of Economic Relations with the Middle East, Department of Political Relations with the Balkan Countries.

1989-1990

Chief Manager, Turkish Agricultural Bank.



RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Globalisation, neoliberalism, state, corruption, capitalist transformation in Russia, critique of the 'transition' discourse, neo-Gramscian perspective in IR, political, economic and social transformation in Turkey.




PUBLICATIONS:

  • Pınar Bedirhanoğlu (forthcoming) "Gorbaçov'dan Yeltsin'e Rusya'da Farklı Reform Pratikleri ve Neoliberalizm" (Different Reform Practices in Russia from Gorbachev to Yeltsin and Neoliberalism), Saniye Dedeoğlu ve Turan Subaşat (ed.) Kalkınma ve Küreselleşme, Bağlam Yayınları.

  • Pınar Bedirhanoğlu (2004) "The Nomenklatura's Passive Revolution in Russia in the Neoliberal Era" in Leo McCann (ed.), Russian Transformations: Challenging the Global Narrative, RoutledgeCurzon.

  • Pınar Bedirhanoğlu (2002) "Rusya'da Kapitalist Dönüsüm Süreci, Yolsuzluk ve Neoliberalizm" (Capitalist Transformation in Russia, Corruption and Neoliberalism), Toplum ve Bilim, Vol.92., pp.217-233 (in Turkish).

  • Galip L. Yalman ve Pınar Bedirhanoğlu (2002) "Neoliberalizmin Açmazlari ya da Arjantin Fiyaskosunu Tartismanin Önemi" (Impasses of Neoliberalism or the Importance of Discussing the Argentine Fiasco), Birikim, Vol.154, February 2002, pp.18-23 (in Turkish).

  • Pınar Bedirhanoğlu (1999) "Asya Krizinden Rusya'ya..." (From the Asian Crisis to Russia...), Birikim, Vol.119, March 1999, pp.81-7 (in Turkish).




CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS:

  • Russian-Turkish Research Centre (RUTAM), "Moscow-Ankara 2004: Current State of Affairs and Prospects of Turkish-Russian Relations", Moscow, Russia, 29 April 2004. Paper Title: "Küreselleşme Sürecinde Türkiye ve Rusya'daki Siyasi-İktisadi Gelişmelere Karşılaştırmalı Bir Bakış" (A Comparative Look at the Political Economic Developments in Turkey and Russia in the Globalisation Process).

  • British International Studies Association, 28th Annual Conference, Birmingham, 15-17 December 2003. Paper Title: "Neoliberal Agenda on Corruption and Struggle for Hegemony".

  • Workshop on "State and Globalisation: Perspectives from Germany and Turkey", Frankfurt University, Germany, 9-11 July 2003. Paper Topic: "The Transformation of the Russian State in the Neoliberal Era".

  • British International Studies Association, 26th Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 17-19 December 2001. Paper Title: "The IMF and the Russian 'Project'"(in English)

  • Conference on "The Global Constitution of 'Failed States': the Consequences of a New Imperialism?", The University of Sussex, Brighton, 18-20 April 2001. Paper Title: "The 'Opportunities' Russia 'Missed'" (in English)

  • British International Studies Association, 25th Annual Conference, Bradford, 18-20 December 2000. Roundtable participant. Roundtable Title: "Capital, State and World Economy: Marxist Perspectives on International Political Economy" (in English)

  • British International Studies Association, 24th Annual Conference, Manchester, 20-22 December 1999. Paper Title: "Understanding Hegemonic Practices within the Framework of 'IMF-Russia Relations': The Deadlocks of Neo-Gramscian Conception of 'Global Hegemony'"(in English)

  • Department of International Relations and Centre for Regional Studies Seminars, METU, Ankara, 2 June 1999. Paper Title: "Limits and Implications of Shock Therapy vs. Institutionalist/Evolutionary Theory Debate in the Light of the Russian Experience"(in English)

  • 5. National Congress of Social Sciences, Session on "The Debate on Transition Process in the 1990s", Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 13 November 1997. Paper Title: "Rusya'da Geçis Süreci Tartismalari"(in Turkish)

  • Conference on the Direction of Contemporary Capitalism: Residencies Programme, Colloquium on "The Future of National Sovereignty", University of Sussex, Brighton, England, 2 May 1996. Paper Title: "Global Hegemony and Contemporary Russia" (in English)

  • IR Seminar, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex, Brighton, England, 10 February 1996. Paper Title: "Hegemonic Struggle in Contemporary Russia" (in English)



TRANSLATIONS:

Robert Brenner, "Dünya Kapitalizminin Yaklasan Krizi: Neoliberalizmden Buhrana mi?", Birikim, Vol.119, March 1999, pp.88-95 (from English to Turkish).



REPORTS:

Pınar Bedirhanoğlu (1998), "Rusya'da Liberal Partilerce Savunulan Iktisadi Politikalarin Politik-Ekonomik Bir Degerlendirmesi", report prepared for KORA-TIKA after the research visit made to Moscow in June 1998 (in Turkish).



COURSES:

  • IR.101 World History I

  • IR.102 World History II

  • IR.316 Politics of International Economic Relations

  • IR.471 Political Economy of Russian Social Transformation

  • IR.576 State in Global Capitalism

  • IR.676 Globalisation, Neoliberalism and Social Transformations



    LANGUAGES:

    English (Fluent), Russian (Elementary), and German (Intermediate).