About Me
DERYA AGIS, Ph.D.
Full name in Turkish:
FAZILA DERYA AGIS (I use Derya as my first name)
(Everything on this website are all rights reserved: (copyright) F. Derya Agis)
Areas of interest: Romance Languages, Jewish Languages, Language and Culture, Cognitive Linguistics, Semiotics, Cognitive Poetics, Pragmatics, Forensic Anthropology and Linguistics, Anthropological Linguistics, Cognitive Anthropology, Cognitive Approaches to Language Acquisition, Anthropology of Religion, Performance Anthropology, Political Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Trauma Education, Environmental Humanities, etc.
2014 - 2018 Ph.D. Ankara University, Western Literatures and Languages (Italian Literature and Language), Ankara, Turkey.
Ph.D. Dissertation: The Perception of the Environment and the Traces of Today's Nature Devastation in Amerigo Vespucci's Letters
2010 - 2012 M.S. Middle East Technical University, Social Anthropology, Ankara, Turkey.
M.S. Thesis: Pink Angels: Cultural Reproduction through the Therapies Provided by a Jewish Women’s Organization in Or-Ahayim Hospital in Istanbul
2005 - 2007 M.A. Hacettepe University, Department of English Linguistics, Ankara, Turkey.
M.A. Thesis: A Comparative Cognitive Pragmatic Approach to the Judeo-Spanish and Turkish Proverbs and Idioms That Express Emotions.
2001 - 2002 Graduate Certificate (Corso di Perfezionamento) in Translation Studies (literary translation techniques: French / Italian - Italian / French), University of Bari, Italy.
1995 - 1999 B.A. Ankara University, Italian Language and Literature (magna cum laude, valedictorian of the department).
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2012 - 2014 RESEARCH ASSOCIATE - HADASSAH-BRANDEIS INSTITUTE, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, WALTHAM, MA, U.S.A. (RESEARCH ON THE GAMES PLAYED BY JEWISH FEMALE CHILDREN ALL AROUND THE WORLD)
SUMMER 2010 VISITING SCHOLAR, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, WALTHAM, MA, U.S.A.
2007 - 2008 SENIOR LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING, GIRNE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, KYRENIA).
Full name in Turkish:
FAZILA DERYA AGIS (I use Derya as my first name)
(Everything on this website are all rights reserved: (copyright) F. Derya Agis)
Areas of interest: Romance Languages, Jewish Languages, Language and Culture, Cognitive Linguistics, Semiotics, Cognitive Poetics, Pragmatics, Forensic Anthropology and Linguistics, Anthropological Linguistics, Cognitive Anthropology, Cognitive Approaches to Language Acquisition, Anthropology of Religion, Performance Anthropology, Political Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Trauma Education, Environmental Humanities, etc.
2014 - 2018 Ph.D. Ankara University, Western Literatures and Languages (Italian Literature and Language), Ankara, Turkey.
Ph.D. Dissertation: The Perception of the Environment and the Traces of Today's Nature Devastation in Amerigo Vespucci's Letters
2010 - 2012 M.S. Middle East Technical University, Social Anthropology, Ankara, Turkey.
M.S. Thesis: Pink Angels: Cultural Reproduction through the Therapies Provided by a Jewish Women’s Organization in Or-Ahayim Hospital in Istanbul
2005 - 2007 M.A. Hacettepe University, Department of English Linguistics, Ankara, Turkey.
M.A. Thesis: A Comparative Cognitive Pragmatic Approach to the Judeo-Spanish and Turkish Proverbs and Idioms That Express Emotions.
2001 - 2002 Graduate Certificate (Corso di Perfezionamento) in Translation Studies (literary translation techniques: French / Italian - Italian / French), University of Bari, Italy.
1995 - 1999 B.A. Ankara University, Italian Language and Literature (magna cum laude, valedictorian of the department).
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2012 - 2014 RESEARCH ASSOCIATE - HADASSAH-BRANDEIS INSTITUTE, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, WALTHAM, MA, U.S.A. (RESEARCH ON THE GAMES PLAYED BY JEWISH FEMALE CHILDREN ALL AROUND THE WORLD)
SUMMER 2010 VISITING SCHOLAR, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, WALTHAM, MA, U.S.A.
2007 - 2008 SENIOR LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING, GIRNE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, KYRENIA).
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My WorkI am a researcher, writer, nature and animal lover, and an instructor!
I am an anthropologist, linguist, literary scholar, and a devoted historian. I am an environmental humanist and an ecocritic! |
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