Sanem Guvenc-Salgirli
Bio
Dr. Sanem Guvenc is a sociologist, historian of medicine, social and political theorist and psychoanalyst who lived and taught on two continents before landing on the unceded, ancestral and traditional lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. She was an adjunct professor in the Sociology Department of SUNY Binghamton, NY, and an Associate Professor of Sociology at Marmara University, Istanbul. She has been teaching in the Faculty of Culture and Community since 2017.
Research Interests
Sanem's research interest is to explore the points where art, science, psychoanalysis, social-political theory and social movements intersect and enter into conversation. She uses queer and feminist theory as her main compass, but the undercurrent of research where her questions stem from are psychoanalytic. Formations of subjecthood, contemporary forms of social bond, images and imaginations of the individual and society are part of her broader curiosities. She has published extensively in refereed academic journals, co-authored a book in Turkish on history and sociology of science, and authored catalog entries. She participated in the "Leaning Out of Windows" project, phase II onwards, as a scholar. She is currently completing her first monograph, "Void, its Ventriloquists, and their Encounters."
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