CURRICULUM VITAE
B. Şebnem Toplu, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Ege University, Faculty of Letters
Department of English Language and Literature
Bornova 35100
Izmir- Turkey
Phone: +90 232 3884000/ext.1976
Fax: +90 232 3881102
Email: sebnem.toplu@ege.edu.tr
EDUCATION
B.A., Bogazici University, English Linguistics & Literature, 1979;
M.A. Ege University, 1992
PhD Ege University, 1995
PREVIOUS POSITIONS HELD
Visiting Professor, Department of European Languages and Cultures, Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2004-06
LLP Erasmus rep. Faculty of Letters and Dept. of English, since 2003
Editor, Interactions Journal, since 2002
Visiting Professor, Department of European Languages and Cultures, Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2000-01
Assistant Professor, PhD, Department of English Language & Literature, Ege University, 1996-2006
Research Assistant, Ege University, 1992-95
English Instructor, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Ege University, 1986-1992
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Cultural Materialism Text and Context Relation in Jane Austen’s Novels. Modena: Il Fiorino, March 2001. ISBN:88-900660-0-8
Diverse Aspects of Italy and Italians in Contemporary British Literature. Modena: Il Fiorino, October 2001. ISBN: 88-900660-1-6
Articles
“Adoption and Reconstitution of Lives: Jackie Kay’s The Adoption Papers”. Interactions. Vol.17.1 (Spring 2008), Ege UP, Izmir, 2008. 113-126
“Relocating Chinese-Jewish-British Identity in The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith” (Mati Turyel). Imperium, Luton, Vol.5, University of Luton, England, 2006.
“Home(land) or ‘Motherland’: Translational Identities in Andrea Levy’s Fruit of the Lemon”. Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal, Vol.3, Issue 1, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, Spring 2005.
http://scholar.library.miami.edu/anthurium/index.html
“‘Where are you from, originally?’: Race and Gender in Bernardine Evaristo’s Lara”, InterCulture, Tallahassee, Florida, Vol.1, Florida State University, Florida, December 2004. http://www.fsu.edu/%7Eproghum/interculture/Race%20and%20Gender%20in%20Bernardine%20Evaristo%27s%20Lara.htm
“Intercultural Marriage: Contemporary Expressions of Displacement/Emplacement in British Fiction”, Imperium, Luton, Vol.4, University of Luton, Luton, 2004.
http://www.imperiumjournal.com/0pages/40004.html
“Socially Structured Emotions: Infusion of Religion Through Senses in Joyce’s A Portrait”, In-between, Vol. 12 [1& 2], New Delhi, University of Delhi, 2003. 73- 82
“Reconstructing the Fractured Self: Sarah Woodhouse’s Meeting Lily”, Interactions,Vol.12, no.12, Izmir: Ege University, 2003. 103-113
“Can One Find a Passage to India?”, Journal of English Literature and British Culture, 8, Ankara: Hacettepe University, 1999-2000. 186-201,
“Could Modest Jane Have Been Writing as a Rebel?” Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, No.1. Ankara: Çankaya University, 2000. 90-98
“Faultlines in Mansfield Park”. Ege İngiliz ve Amerikan İncelemeleri Dergisi. no. 11. İzmir: Ege University, 1998. 189-198
“Kültürel Materyalist Bakış Açısıyla Duygu ve Sağduyu”. Ege İngiliz ve Amerikan İncelemeleri Dergisi. no. 11. İzmir: Ege University, 1998. 185-188
“Pride and Prejudice By A Dissident Lady” Journal of English Literature and British Culture. No.6 Ankara: Hacettepe University, 1997. 55-62
“Değişen Dil İngilizce” . Ana Dili Dergisi. no:3 . Izmir: Ankara University, Tömer Izmir, February 1997. 31-35
“A Structural Analysis of Graham Greene’s The Human Factor”. Ege İngiliz ve Amerikan İncelemeleri Dergisi. no:10. İzmir: Ege University, 1995. 243-256
Proceedings
“Fluidity of the City and Solid Individual Dramas: Jon McGregor’s If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things”. Proceedings, Ninth Cultural Studies Symposium, [City In (Culture ] in City), Eds. Ayşe Lahur Kırtunç, Eleftheria Arapoglou, Murat Erdem. Ege University, Izmir, May 2004. 107-119
“Intercultural Marriage: Contemporary Expressions of Displacement/Emplacement in British Fiction”. Proceedings, Seventh Cultural Studies Symposium, Ege University, Izmir, May 2002. Ege University, Publication of Faculty of Letters, 2003. 193-199
“Socially Structured Emotions: Infusion of Religion Through Senses”. Porceedings Eighth International Cultural Studies Symposium Inside Outside In. Izmir, Ege University: May 21-23, 2003
“Ottoman and British Women: Gender in the Eighteenth Century”. In Dialogue and Difference. Proceedings of the Fourth Cultural Studies Seminar, Ege University, İzmir. Eds. Laurence Raw and Ayşe Lahur Kırtunç. The British Council, 2000. 61-82
“English Kings vs. The Ottoman Sultans: Life in the Eighteenth to Nineteenth Century Britain and the Ottoman Empire” The History of Culture: The Culture of History. Proceedings of the Second Cultural Studies Seminar, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, May 1997. Published by The British Council in association with the American Studies Association of Turkey and Ege University 1998. 99-103
Pete Remington. “Text and Textuality: English Literature in Drama”. Book of Proceedings. Drama in English Literature. 18th All-Turkey Eng. Lit. Con. 9-11 April 1997, Bilkent University. Ankara: Bilkent University, Nov. 1997. 93-103
Part in Books
“A Quest for a Slice of Life: Muriel Spark’s Curriculum Vitae”. The Language of Autobiography. ed. Eleonora Chiavetta. Rome: XL edizioni, 2007. 163-184
“Love or Pride byJane ‘Austin’?: Jane Austen’s Reception in Turkey”, Re-Drawing Austen: Picturesque Travels in Austenland. Eds. Beatrice Battaglia and Diego Saglia. Napoli: Liguori Editore, 2004. 377-382
“Jane Austen’s Married Couples: A Cultural Materialistic Perspective”, Jane Austen Oggi e ieri. A Cura di Beatrice Battaglia. Ravenna: Longo Editore, 2002. 163-170
Conferences
"Gendered Transnational Spaces: Only in London by Hanan Al-Shaykh” (co-convener of the Panel : Transnational Identity Politics in British Literature. ESSE-9 (European Society for the Studies of English) Aarhus, Denmark: University of Aarhus, August 22-26, 2008.
“Woman’s Third Age: The Seven Sisters by Margaret Drabble” 8th International Language, Literature and Stylistics Symposium. Izmir University of Economics, May 14-16, 2008.
“Hybridity and Womanhood in Meera Syal’s Life isn’t all ha ha hee hee” 3rd International IDEA Conference: Studies in English. Ege University, April 16-18 2008.
“Kaleidoscopic Memories: Memories of Rain and The Glassblower’s Breath by Sunetra Gupta”. 11th International Cultural Studies Symposium Memory and Nostalgia. Culture Symposium Ege University, May 9-11 2007.
“Interrogating and Re-forming the Self: Jackie Kay’s The Adoption Papers”. 2nd International IDEA Conference: Studies in English. Hacettepe University April 17-19 2007.
“Conception of Identity Through Difference”. The Role of Female Voices in Constructing Fictional Maps of Multicultural Britain (co-convener). ESSE-8 (European Society for the Studies of English) London: University of London: 29 August – 2 September 2006.
“Fluidity of the City and Solid Individual Dramas: Jon McGregor’s If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things”.9th International Cultural Studies Symposium: City [in Culture] in City. Izmir: Ege University, May 5-7, 2004
“ ‘Where are you from, originally?’: Race and Gender in Bernardine Evaristo’s Lara”. Le donne intrecciano le culture. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena/Italy, March 4-7 2004.
“Socially Structured Emotions: Infusion of Religion Through Senses”. 8th International Cultural Studies Symposium: Inside Outside In, Izmir, Ege University: May 21-23, 2003.
Round Table Invited Address. Jane Austen Oggi e Ieri Now and Then. Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna Dipartimento di Lingue e lettereture Straniere Moderne Centro Interdisciplinare di Studi Romantici, October 18, 2002.
“Women Depicting Women: Sarah Woodhouse’s Meeting Lily”. Le Donne intrecciano le culture. Universita degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena/Italy: 24 May- 1 June 2002.
“Intercultural Marriage: Contemporary Expressions of Displacement/Emplacement in British Fiction” 7th International Cultural Studies Symposium Selves at Home, Selves in Exile Stories of Emplacement and Displacement. Izmir, Ege University: May 8-10, 2002.
“Feminine Subjectivities and Patriarchal Constructions in Fanny Burney's Evelina” (Nevin Koyuncu) Exploring the Romantic-era Novel Conference University of Groningen, Holland: November 17-19, 1999.
“Ottoman and British Women: Gender in the Eighteenth Century” Cultural Studies Seminar Dialogue and Difference. İzmir: Ege University, 12-14 May 1999.
“Cumhuriyetimizin 75. Kuruluş Yıldönümünde Ülkemizde İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümlerinin Gelişimi” (Reşit Küçükboyacı) 75. Yılında Cumhuriyet ve Sosyal Bilimler Sempozyumu. Izmir: Ege University. 19-21 October 1998.
“English Kings vs The Ottoman Sultans: Life in the Eighteenth to Nineteenth Century Britain and Ottoman Empire”. The History of Culture The Culture of History Seminar. Izmir: Ege University, 7-9 May 1997.
“Text and Textuality: English Literature in Drama”. (Pete Remington). 18th All-Turkey English Literature Conference. Drama in English Literature. Ankara: Bilkent University. 9-11 April 1997.
Quoted in
“Bittersweet (Be) longing: Filling the Void of History in Andrea Levy’s Fruit of the Lemon” by Elena Machado Sáez. Published in Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal 4.1 (Spring 2006)
Quoted work: Toplu, Şebnem. “Home (land) or ‘Motherland’: Transnational Identities in Andrea Levy’s Fruit of the Lemon.” Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal 3.1 (Spring 2005): 21 pars. Accessed 11/6/05.
“Passion Play” by Laurence Raw. Interactions. Vol.17.1 (Spring 2008), Ege University Press,
Izmir, 2008 153-155
Quoted work : “Queer Mythologies The Original Stageplays of Pam Gems”. Interactions Ege Journal of British and American Studies. 16.2 ( Fall 2007): 139-140
The University of Warwick, English and Comparative Literary Studies, EN246 Feminist Perspectives on Literature, Term Two Bibliography, Contemporary Black and Asian British Writing.
Quoted work: Toplu, Şebnem. “Home (land) or ‘Motherland’: Transnational Identities in Andrea Levy’s Fruit of the Lemon.” Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal 3.1 (Spring 2005)
Book Reviews
“Queer Mythologies The Original Stageplays of Pam Gems”. Interactions Ege Journal of British and American Studies. 16.2 (Fall 2007): 139-140
Cyberculture, Cyborgs and Science Fiction: Consciousness and the Posthuman by William S, Haney II”. Interactions Ege Journal of British and American Studies 15.1 (Spring 2006): 181-185
“Walter Jost’s Rhetorical Investigations”. Interactions Ege Journal of British and American Studies. 14.1 (Spring 2005): 299-301
“John McGregor’s If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things”. Interactions Ege Journal of British and American Studies. 12.13 (Fall 2003): 125-129
Undergraduate Courses Taught
Topics in Multiculturalism I & II (4th year)
Contemporary British Fiction I & II (4th year)
18th Century Life and Literature (3rd year)
The Short Story I (3rd year)
Graduate Courses
Studies in Multiculturalism I & II (MA)
Conceptions of Identity I & II (PhD)
Courses taught in University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Multiculturalism in Contemporary Britain Through Literature (4th year)
Aspects of Italian Life: From the Perspectives of the 20th Century British Writers (4th year)
Multiculturalism: Assimilation/Recognition Dilemma Reflected in Bicultural Writers’ Works (4thyear)
The Impact of Multiculturalism on British Literature I & II (3rd year)
The Short Story (3rd year)
British Studies (2nd year)
Invited Doctorate Lectures
“The Impact of Multiculturalism on British Literature”. Feb. 28, 2006. Alma Mater Studiorum-Università Degli Studi di Bologna.
“The Impact of Multiculturalism on British Literature”. April 3, 2006. Università Degli Studi di Palermo.
LLP Erasmus courses
“A General Introduction to Multiculturalism in British Literature” (2nd year) in Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy, 5 May 2008.
“Conceptions of Identity: Variations on ‘I’ ” (doctorate students) in Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy 6 May 2008.
Theses Supervised
Savioli, Federica. “Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Black British Women's Literature”, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia/ Italy, 2005.
Savioli, Enrica. “Real and Imagined Women in Postcolonial Indian Fiction in English”, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia/ Italy, 2005.
Bellini, Elisa. “Images of the North-South Divide in Twentieth-Century England Through Travel Writing”, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia/ Italy, 2005.
Gülşah Yağlıdağ. “The Concept of Otherness: Arundathi Roy, Ruth Prower Jhabvala and Deborah Moggah in the Postcolonial Context”. MA thesis 10 Ekim 2003, Ege U.
Francesca Bulgarelli. U of Modena e Reggio Emilia “Metaphor, Prejudice and Reality: Alteration in British Writers’ Perspective on Italy and Italians during the Twentieth Century”Laurea Degree (MA) thesis. July 14, 2003.
Atalay Gündüz . “The Reflection of Industrial Revolution in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary Barton and Charles Dickens’s Hard Times” MA thesis Sept. 2002 Ege University.
Elisabetta Rupil “Male Characters in Jane Austen’s Novels”. Laurea degree (MA) thesis. University of Bologna Italy, November 2001. |
