Pinar Kadioglu
Room: 13, United Colleges
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Email: pk23@st-andrews.ac.uk
Biography
Pınar holds a B.A. degree in International Relations from the Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus (2007), and a M.Sc. degree in International Relations from Middle East Technical University in Turkey (2010).
Her M.Sc. research aimed to inquire the origins of the Cyprus Conflict by analyzing the historical developments that laid the ground for the inter-communal dispute during the British Rule in the island.
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She also attended the Political Science Ph.D. programme of Middle East Technical University for a year (2010-2011), where she completed modules on Cultural Politics and Human Rights.
Between 2004 and 2009, she had internships at the Republic of Turkey Undersecretariat for Maritimes Affairs and The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, European Union Harmonization Commission and in the International Peace Research Institute Oslo, (PRIO) Cyprus Center. Her main research was on the Turkish- Greek Relations and the Cyprus Issue.
She worked as a researcher at the Cyprus International University, Center for Social and Strategic Research in 2009 in a project on the Turkish Decision Makers regarding their positions in Cyprus Problem. And in 2010-2011 she was a project assistant of the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)’s project on the Functional and Institutional Revision on the TRNC Government.
She also taught a module on Human Rights in Near East University- Department of International Relations in the Summer Term 2010-2011.
Pinar is currently a Ph.D. student in International Relations in the University of St. Andrews. Her further research focuses on the in-group and inter-group relations, the identity formation and representation of the other among Cypriots in relation to antagonistic Turkish and Greek nationalisms.
Supervisor
Jeffrey Murer
Research Interests
Ethno-Nationalism, Identity Politics, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Turkish-Greek Relations, Cyprus Issue.
Publications
Kadioglu, P. (2010), “Otherization in the Course of Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot Identity Building Processes: Historical Framework”, Eastern Mediterranean University, Center for Cyprus Studies, 7th International Congress on Cyprus Studies Conference Proceedings.
Kadioglu, P. (2009), Book Review of Kıbrıslılık (Cypriotism), Hasgüler, M. (Ed. 2008), Journal of Cyprus Studies’ Volume 15, Issue 37.
Conferences
Kadioglu, P. (2011), “Reconciliation in Cyprus: The Turkish Cypriot Dilemma on the Probability of Peaceful Coexistence in the Island”, 16th Annual ASN World Convention: Charting the Nation between State and Society, 14-16 April, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, NewYork, USA.
Kadioglu, P. (2010), “The Contemporary Out-Group Perceptions of Turkish Cypriots towards Greek Cypriots”, 9th METU Conference on International Relations, The Mediterranean In The World System: Structures And Processes, 20-22 May, Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus. Güzelyurt.
Kadioglu, P. (2010) “Kuresellesme Surecinde Kimlik Algisinin Yapisal Donusumu” (The Structural Transformation of Identity Perception in the Globalization Process), VII. Ulusal Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yonetimi Ogrencileri Kongresi (7th National Political Science and Public Administration Student Congress), 30 April, 1-2 May, Abant Izzet Baysal University. Bolu, Turkey.
Kadioglu, P. (2009), “Otherization in the Course of Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot Identity Building Processes: Historical Framework”, 7th International Congress on Cyprus Studies, 4-6 November, Center for Cyprus Studies, Eastern Mediterranean University. Famagusta.
Kadioglu, P. (2009) “Avrupalılık Kimliğinin Tarihsel Gelişimi” (The Historical Evolution of the European Identity), International Relations Student Congress: The Perception of Identity in 21st Century and Micro-Nationalism, 11-13 May, Ege University. İzmir, Turkey.
Grants
March 2011- The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)- Scientific Activities Support Programme-Full Scholarship.
2005-2007 Cyprus International University High Honour Scholarship Programme- Full Scholarship.
