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Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at European University Institute & Incoming Assistant Professor at Fordham University Working on cities, heritage, disaster, and war in SWANA

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ronaybakan.bsky.social @ronaybakan.bsky.social · 27d

We talked about methods and methodologies of care in crises times at #APSA2025

Very excited to see this agenda grow into the future!

mneesha-gellman.bsky.social @mneesha-gellman.bsky.social · 27d

photos.app.goo.gl/cYNrL5Vcqa8k... So lovely to talk about the ethics of care in scholarship with the amazing Dr. Ronay Bakkan and Dr. Maria Mendez on our Interpretive Methodologies and Methods panel at APSA 2025! They are so inspiring!

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ronaybakan.bsky.social @ronaybakan.bsky.social · Sep 10

You deserve all of this and more! 💜

ronaybakan.bsky.social @ronaybakan.bsky.social · Sep 9

This is such a well-deserved recognition of a wonderful colleague and friend! To many more!

APSA @apsa.bsky.social · Sep 9

Angie Torres-Beltran receives the 2025 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for Mentoring of Graduate Students

The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award is presented annually by the APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession to recognize the exemplary mentoring of Latino y…

Angie Torres-Beltran receives the 2025 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for Mentoring of Graduate Students

The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award is presented annually by the APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession to recognize the exemplary mentoring of Latino y Latina students and junior faculty each year. The award is named in honor of Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell, the first Latina to earn a PhD in political science. Dr. Betina Cutaia Wilkinson was awarded for exemplary mentoring of undergraduate students.

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ronaybakan.bsky.social @ronaybakan.bsky.social · Aug 27

Selam Fatmanur, öğleden sonra Belmelora’da olacağım. Bir sonraki kahve arasında buluşabiliriz

ronaybakan.bsky.social @ronaybakan.bsky.social · Aug 25

Tomorrow I am going to be at EISA PEC at Bologna. Is there anyone I know who’s also attending? Hit me up if you are up for grabbing a coffee!

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ronaybakan.bsky.social @ronaybakan.bsky.social · Jul 11

For people who grew up with and witnessed the violence of decades long civil war, this is a HUGE milestone. “The day after” is still a long way but it now seems closer than ever

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Jul 11

PKK fighters burn weapons in landmark disarmament ceremony - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pkk-fighters-burn-weapons-landmark-disarmament-ceremony

PKK fighters burn weapons in landmark disarmament ceremony

Kurds attending the event in Iraq welcomed the event as the first step towards peace and freedom

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ronaybakan.bsky.social @ronaybakan.bsky.social · Jul 9

PKK shifted away from national liberation two decades ago. The interesting claim here is that “the recognition of Kurdish existence” by the Turkish state which is yet to be secured by the constitution. More importantly, what Kurdish existence refers to has become ambiguous even among the constituent

PKK no longer seeks independent Kurdistan, Ocalan says in rare video

The PKK's jailed leader says in video address that his movement no longer seeks a nation state ahead of ceremony to lay down arms