{"id":10330,"date":"2021-08-03T13:38:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T17:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/?p=10330"},"modified":"2021-08-03T18:35:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T22:35:43","slug":"elizabethtown-college-professor-named-visiting-scholar-at-harvard-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2021\/08\/03\/elizabethtown-college-professor-named-visiting-scholar-at-harvard-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Professor Named Visiting Scholar at Harvard University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Professor of Political Science Oya Dursun-\u00d6zkanca will be on sabbatical for the fall 2021 semester, serving as a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University&#8217;s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dursun-\u00d6zkanca\u2019s research in this prestigious position will focus on regional peace and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThis research fosters theoretical debate on emerging regional competition and intra-alliance opposition, holds policy relevance, and appeals to broad audiences due to both an increased spotlight the Eastern Mediterranean region receives in the media and the policymaking world, and the changes in the international and regional balance of power,\u201d said Dursun-\u00d6zkanca, who was named the inaugural recipient of the<a href=\"http:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2015\/04\/23\/first-kreider-prize-for-teaching-excellence-awarded\/\"> Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence in 2015<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During her time at Harvard, Dursun-\u00d6zkanca will also be working on her third solo-authored book manuscript. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dursun-\u00d6zkanca\u2019s first solo-authored book,\u00a0 \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/turkeywest-relations\/B7BA02FDC15C2178EB211D5BB51648AA#fndtn-information\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Turkey\u2013West Relations: The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was published in 2019, while her second book,<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubiquitypress.com\/site\/books\/m\/10.5334\/bcm\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cThe Nexus Between Security Sector Governance\/Reform and Sustainable Development Goal-16,\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was published earlier in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI look forward to exchanging ideas and collaborating with the experts at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and other scholars that work on my research topics at Harvard University,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said Dursun-\u00d6zkanca.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Harvard&#8217;s <span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wcfia.harvard.edu\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Weatherhead Center for International Affairs<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor of Political Science Oya Dursun-\u00d6zkanca will be on sabbatical for the fall 2021 semester, serving as a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University&#8217;s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. 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