Yeliz Teber
Supervisor: Associate Professor Zeynep Yürekli-Görkay
College Affiliation: Blackfriars Hall
Email: yeliz.teber@orinst.ox.ac.uk
Project Researcher (2017 - 2018)
Advisor: Associate ProfessorZeynep Yürekli-Görkay
‘Clash of civilizations’ in late medieval Southwest Asia: Interfaith transference of sacred sites and shrines in Anatolia/Thrace and the Indian subcontinent.
Funded by the John Fell Fund
Education:
2016 – Present: DPhil / Oriental Studies / University of Oxford
Working Thesis Title: Closing Ranks, Breaking Ranks: The Institutionalisation of Bektashism in the Ottoman Empire between circa 1600 and 1826
2014 – 2016: MPhil / Islamic Art and Archaeology / Khalili Research Centre / Wolfson College / University of Oxford (Distinction)
Supervisor: Associate Professor Zeynep Yürekli-Görkay
Dissertation Title: Legend and Architectural Patronage in the Balkans: Sarı Saltuk in the Ottoman Political Context
2006 – 2010: MA / Cinema / University of Bahçeşehir (Distinction)
2003 – 2006: BA Double Major / Visual Communication Design / University of Bahçeşehir (First-class honours)
2001 – 2006: BA Major / Cinema and Television / University of Bahçeşehir (First-class honours)
Scholarships & Grants:
Gibb Centenary Scholarship, 2018
Barakat Oxford Studentship, 2017 - 2018
Vangelis Kechriotis Memorial Travel Grant, 2017
Barakat Doctoral Student Grant, 2017
Khalili Research Centre Scholarship, 2016 - 2017
Barakat Junior Scholarship, 2014 - 2016
Oxford Wolfson College Grant, 2015
Oxford Oriental Institute Grant, 2015
Bahçeşehir Scholarship (MA), 2006 - 2010
Bahçeşehir Scholarship (BA Double Major), 2003 - 2006
Bahçeşehir Scholarship (BA Major), 2001 - 2006
Research Interests:
Islam in Eastern Europe;
Sufi shrines, material and visual culture;
Abdals, Bektashis and Kızılbaş/Alevis in Anatolia and the Balkans;
Hagiography and poetry;
Ottoman historiography.
Teaching Experience:
2006 – 2012: Teaching Assistant / Cinema Department / University of Bahçeşehir
Fall Term, 2011: Introduction to Film & TV I / University of Bahçeşehir
