Betul Cihan Artun (fcihanar)

Betul Cihan Artun

Teaching Assistant Professor

School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Peirce 107
(201) 216-8245

Education

  • PhD (2016) University of Massachusetts-Amherst (Comparative Literature)
  • MA (2011) University of Massachusetts--Amherst (Comparative Literature)
  • MA (2006) Bogazici University (History)
  • BA (2003) Bogazici University (English)

Institutional Service

  • College of Arts and Letters Curriculum Committee Member
  • Undergraduate Studies Committee Member
  • First year Experience and Humanities Faculty Search Committee Member
  • Thoughts on Bots Conference Member
  • "Thoughts on Bots" Conference Committee Member
  • CAL 103 Reader Committee Member
  • Literature Faculty Search Committee Member
  • Freshman Experience Lecturer Search Committee Member
  • Honor Board Council Member
  • CAL 103 Reader Committee Member
  • MTS Faculty Search Committee Member

Professional Societies

  • GTOT – The Society of Turkic, Ottoman and Turkish Studies (Gesellschaft für Turkologie, Osmanistik und Türkeiforschung) Member
  • ICLA – International Comparative Literature Association Member
  • Middle Eastern Studies Association Member
  • ACLA – American Comparative Literature Association Member

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Cihan Artun, B. (2023). "Americanization of Rumi: The Impact of Coleman Barks's Appropriative Translations". Arizona Quarterly (4 Winter 2023 ed., vol. 79, pp. 71-97).
  2. Cihan Artun, B. (2017). "The Inonu Era Translation Movement: Classics in the Service of Turkish Nationalism". Middle Eastern Studies (5 ed., vol. 53, pp. 747-761).