“Race,
Religion, and Conversion” keynote lecture at the Practical Wisdom, Mediated
Performance, and Everyday Reality Conference, Utrecth University, June 2014.
“Conversion to Islam in the New Germany” keynote lecture at the Muslims in UK and
Europe Symposium. Center of Islamic Studies, Cambrdige University, May 2014.
“Being German, Becoming Muslim: Conversion, Islamophobia, and Belonging in Germany”
Department of Anthropology, University of California at Irvine, April 2013.
“Changing Belief When Religion is Racialized” Workshop on Belief and Disbelief, Davis
Center for Historical Studies, Princeton University, April 2013.
“Geneologies of Guilt: Debating Turkish Anti-Semitism in Germany” Center for Middle
East Studies, New York University, April 2013.
“German Converts to Islam and Racialization of Religion in Germany” Kroc Center for
Peace Studies, Notre Dame University, April 2013.
“Creating Parallel Communities of Perpetrators: Muslim-only Holocaust Education and
Anti-Semitism Prevention Programs in Germany” Center for Jewish Studies, University of Illinois, March 2013.
“Being German, Becoming Muslim: Conversion, Islamophobia, and Belonging in Germany”
Keynote Speech for Sandrizona Conference on Linguistic Anthropology, University of Arizona, February 2013.
“Being German, Becoming Muslim: Why is Salafism so Attractive for German Converts to
Islam” Abbasid Center for Islamic Studies, Stanford University, February 2012.
“Remaining German while Joining the Ummah: Why are Salafi mosques most attractive to
German converts to Islam?” Religion in the European Union Workshop. University of Toronto, November 2011.
“Religious Conversion as a Challenge to European Nationalism” Department of
Anthropology, University of Michigan, February 2011.
“Turkish and Christian: Challenging Turkish Secularism and Nationalism” Walsch School of
Foreign Service, Georgetown University, February 2011.
“Making Germans out of Muslims: Holocaust Education and anti-Semitism Trainings for
Immigrants.” Anti-Semitism Research Center, Technical University, Berlin, November 2010.
“Religious Pluralism, Immigration, and Politics.’ Navigating Religion and World Affairs: An
Atlantic Forum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Berlin, June 2010.
“Ethnically German and Muslim: Religious Conversion and the Formation of Indigenous
Islamic Communities in Europe” Islamophobia/Islamophilia Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend Workshop. University of Michigan, October 2007.
“Converted German Muslims and Prospects for a German Islam” German Studies
Association Annual Conference, San Diego, October 2007.
“Turkish Christians and German Muslims: New Religious Minorities of the New Europe”
Thinking through Turkey: Theorizing the Political Workshop. CRASSH, Cambridge University, June 2007.
“Turkish Christians: Nationalism and Memory in the Making of a New Religious
Community” Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, May 2007.
“German Muslims and Turkish Christians: Conversion and the Creation of New Religious
Minorities in the New Europe” Sabanci University, Istanbul, May 2007.
“Islam in the New Europe” American Academy in Berlin, November 2006.
“Islamaphobia in the New Europe” Council of European Studies Meetings, Chicago, April
2006.
“Alevi Muslim Identity between Europe and Turkey” Religions: History, Theory, and
Practice Conference, University of California Irvine, March 18, 2006.
“Beyond Integration and Recognition: Dialgoic Construction of Alevi Muslim Identity in the
New Europe” Colloqium at Anthropology Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, March 13, 2006.
“Nostalgic Kemalists and Privatization of Politics in Turkey” States of Welfare Conference,
University of Illionis, Urbana-Champaign, March 10-11, 2006.
“Private” Keywords Roundtable Series organized by Women’s Studies Department, UC
Irvine, March 8, 2006.
“Nostalgia for the Modern: State Secularism and Everyday Politics in Turkey” Colloqium at
Anthropology Department, UC Irvine, March 2, 2006.
“Enchanting the Deceased Body of the Founding Father in Turkey” American
Association Meetings, Washington DC, November 2005.
“Nature, State, and Global Connection During the 2001 Economic Crisis” Middle East
Studies Association, San Franciso, November 2004.
“The Headscarf Issue in the Turkish Parliament: Reflections on Center of Power in a Democracy”
Cultural Anthropology Society Meeting, Portland, April 2004.
“ ‘It Felt Just Like an Earthquake’: Nature, State, and Citizenship During the 2001 Economic
Crisis in Turkey” American Ethnological Society Meeting, Atlanta, April 2004.
“Wedded to the Republic: Intimacy Oriented Publics in Turkey” American Ethnological
Society Meeting, Rhode Island, Providence, April 2003.
“Nostalgia for the Modern and Privatization of Atatürk’s Cult in Turkey” American
Anthropological Association Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 2001.
“Atatürk as a Souvenir: Privatization of the Cult and Nostalgia for a Patriarchal State”
Middle East Visiting Lecture, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, April, 2001.
“Hand in Hand with the Republic: Political Culture in Turkey” American Anthropological
Association Meeting, San Francisco, November 2000.
“Civil Society and Political Symbolism during the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Turkish
Republic” Middle East Studies Association Meetings, Orlando, November 2000.
“Exhibiting the Republic and Creating a Citizen during the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the
Turkish Republic” Cultural Politics in Eastern Europe and the Middle East Workshop, Nowy Wisnicz, Poland, May 2000.
“Entangled Stories: Life History Narratives of the Elderly Turkish Republicans,” University of Michigan and University
of Chicago Annual Graduate Student Conference in Linguistic
Anthropology, “Anthropologies and Histories of Language” Chicago, April 2000.
“His Eyes are Full of Tears : Language and Belief in a Turkish Islamist Group,’’ University
of California, Berkeley Women and Language Conference, Berkeley, California, May 1996.
“From Elifba to Alfabe: From Ottoman to Modern Turk’’ at the Middle East Studies
Association Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, November 1994.
Performance, and Everyday Reality Conference, Utrecth University, June 2014.
“Conversion to Islam in the New Germany” keynote lecture at the Muslims in UK and
Europe Symposium. Center of Islamic Studies, Cambrdige University, May 2014.
“Being German, Becoming Muslim: Conversion, Islamophobia, and Belonging in Germany”
Department of Anthropology, University of California at Irvine, April 2013.
“Changing Belief When Religion is Racialized” Workshop on Belief and Disbelief, Davis
Center for Historical Studies, Princeton University, April 2013.
“Geneologies of Guilt: Debating Turkish Anti-Semitism in Germany” Center for Middle
East Studies, New York University, April 2013.
“German Converts to Islam and Racialization of Religion in Germany” Kroc Center for
Peace Studies, Notre Dame University, April 2013.
“Creating Parallel Communities of Perpetrators: Muslim-only Holocaust Education and
Anti-Semitism Prevention Programs in Germany” Center for Jewish Studies, University of Illinois, March 2013.
“Being German, Becoming Muslim: Conversion, Islamophobia, and Belonging in Germany”
Keynote Speech for Sandrizona Conference on Linguistic Anthropology, University of Arizona, February 2013.
“Being German, Becoming Muslim: Why is Salafism so Attractive for German Converts to
Islam” Abbasid Center for Islamic Studies, Stanford University, February 2012.
“Remaining German while Joining the Ummah: Why are Salafi mosques most attractive to
German converts to Islam?” Religion in the European Union Workshop. University of Toronto, November 2011.
“Religious Conversion as a Challenge to European Nationalism” Department of
Anthropology, University of Michigan, February 2011.
“Turkish and Christian: Challenging Turkish Secularism and Nationalism” Walsch School of
Foreign Service, Georgetown University, February 2011.
“Making Germans out of Muslims: Holocaust Education and anti-Semitism Trainings for
Immigrants.” Anti-Semitism Research Center, Technical University, Berlin, November 2010.
“Religious Pluralism, Immigration, and Politics.’ Navigating Religion and World Affairs: An
Atlantic Forum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Berlin, June 2010.
“Ethnically German and Muslim: Religious Conversion and the Formation of Indigenous
Islamic Communities in Europe” Islamophobia/Islamophilia Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend Workshop. University of Michigan, October 2007.
“Converted German Muslims and Prospects for a German Islam” German Studies
Association Annual Conference, San Diego, October 2007.
“Turkish Christians and German Muslims: New Religious Minorities of the New Europe”
Thinking through Turkey: Theorizing the Political Workshop. CRASSH, Cambridge University, June 2007.
“Turkish Christians: Nationalism and Memory in the Making of a New Religious
Community” Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, May 2007.
“German Muslims and Turkish Christians: Conversion and the Creation of New Religious
Minorities in the New Europe” Sabanci University, Istanbul, May 2007.
“Islam in the New Europe” American Academy in Berlin, November 2006.
“Islamaphobia in the New Europe” Council of European Studies Meetings, Chicago, April
2006.
“Alevi Muslim Identity between Europe and Turkey” Religions: History, Theory, and
Practice Conference, University of California Irvine, March 18, 2006.
“Beyond Integration and Recognition: Dialgoic Construction of Alevi Muslim Identity in the
New Europe” Colloqium at Anthropology Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, March 13, 2006.
“Nostalgic Kemalists and Privatization of Politics in Turkey” States of Welfare Conference,
University of Illionis, Urbana-Champaign, March 10-11, 2006.
“Private” Keywords Roundtable Series organized by Women’s Studies Department, UC
Irvine, March 8, 2006.
“Nostalgia for the Modern: State Secularism and Everyday Politics in Turkey” Colloqium at
Anthropology Department, UC Irvine, March 2, 2006.
“Enchanting the Deceased Body of the Founding Father in Turkey” American
Association Meetings, Washington DC, November 2005.
“Nature, State, and Global Connection During the 2001 Economic Crisis” Middle East
Studies Association, San Franciso, November 2004.
“The Headscarf Issue in the Turkish Parliament: Reflections on Center of Power in a Democracy”
Cultural Anthropology Society Meeting, Portland, April 2004.
“ ‘It Felt Just Like an Earthquake’: Nature, State, and Citizenship During the 2001 Economic
Crisis in Turkey” American Ethnological Society Meeting, Atlanta, April 2004.
“Wedded to the Republic: Intimacy Oriented Publics in Turkey” American Ethnological
Society Meeting, Rhode Island, Providence, April 2003.
“Nostalgia for the Modern and Privatization of Atatürk’s Cult in Turkey” American
Anthropological Association Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 2001.
“Atatürk as a Souvenir: Privatization of the Cult and Nostalgia for a Patriarchal State”
Middle East Visiting Lecture, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, April, 2001.
“Hand in Hand with the Republic: Political Culture in Turkey” American Anthropological
Association Meeting, San Francisco, November 2000.
“Civil Society and Political Symbolism during the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Turkish
Republic” Middle East Studies Association Meetings, Orlando, November 2000.
“Exhibiting the Republic and Creating a Citizen during the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the
Turkish Republic” Cultural Politics in Eastern Europe and the Middle East Workshop, Nowy Wisnicz, Poland, May 2000.
“Entangled Stories: Life History Narratives of the Elderly Turkish Republicans,” University of Michigan and University
of Chicago Annual Graduate Student Conference in Linguistic
Anthropology, “Anthropologies and Histories of Language” Chicago, April 2000.
“His Eyes are Full of Tears : Language and Belief in a Turkish Islamist Group,’’ University
of California, Berkeley Women and Language Conference, Berkeley, California, May 1996.
“From Elifba to Alfabe: From Ottoman to Modern Turk’’ at the Middle East Studies
Association Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, November 1994.