Balam Nedim Kenter

balam.kenter@concordia.ca

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2019-

Humanities PhD Program (HUMA), The Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC), Concordia University.

Fields: Philosophy (major), Critical Disability Studies, Critical Animal Studies

Tentative dissertation title: Capitalism, Animals, and Disability: A Materialist Intersectional Paradigm of Domination

Candidacy, August 2023

2018

M.A., in Philosophy, Boğaziçi University.

Thesis Title: Understanding Oppression and Exploitation Through Disability: Intersectionality, Surplus Populations, and Radical Needs

2010

M.A., in Culture and Performance, World Arts and Cultures Program (WAC), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

Thesis Title: Dessert on an Empty Stomach: A Consideration of Alimentary Ethics

2001

B.A., in History of Art, Cornell University.

2020

Universal Design for Learning for University Teaching (GPTK 756), Concordia University Graduate and Professional Skills Program (GradProSkills) Workshop, (2 hrs), 25 September (online).

Decolonizing the Academy: Implications for Concordia’s Community (GPTK765), GradProSkills Workshop, (1.5 hrs), 23 September, (online).

Graduate Seminar in University Teaching (GPTK703), GradProSkills Seminar, (35 hrs), 16 January-25 February. (Certificate Awarded). Skills & Tasks: Teaching Philosophy Statement, Concept Mapping, Lesson Planning, Syllabus Writing, 10-minute Mini Lesson.

Best Practices: Grading/Feedback (GPTK705), GradProSkills Workshop, (2hrs), 20 February.

Perspectives on University Teaching for Neurodiverse Learners (GPTK702), GradProSkills Workshop, (2hrs), 17 January.

2023-2024

Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC)[Quebec Research Fund – Society and Culture] Doctoral Research Scholarship (B2Z)

2021-2022

Concordia University Social Justice Centre Fellowship

2019-2023

Concordia International Tuition Award of Excellence

2019-2023

Faculty of Arts & Sciences Graduate Fellowship

2019

Miriam Aaron Roland Fellowship in PhD Humanities

Concordia Merit Scholarship

Faculty of Arts and Sciences Graduate Fellowship in Ethnic Studies and Social Diversity

2018

Masters Thesis Award in Disability Studies, Raoul Wallenberg Institute & Bogazici University Social Politics Forum

2002-2006

MA Fellowships, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

2021

Contested Imaginaries: Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Conference, Centre for Studies in Society and Culture, Humanities PhD Program, Concordia University. Co-organized 3-day international graduate conference attended by 60 participants, with 12 papers organized into four panels, 5 interactive workshops, as well as a poetry event. Online platforms (Zoom, Discord, Gathertown). June 17-18-19.

2022

“Rendering Surplus, Rendering Flesh: Capitalism, Animals, Disability.” Paper presented at the Research Group in Environmental and Animal ethics (GRÉEA), Montreal. Virtual Talk, May 25. 

“A Prelude to a Philosophy of the Margin: Foucault and Marx on Disability and Animality.” Paper presented at The Social Justice Centre Graduate Fellows Lunchtime Seminar Series, Concordia University, Montréal. Hybrid Event, May 13.

2021

“Exploitation That Doesn’t Look Like Exploitation: Superfluity, Disability, Animality”. Paper presented at the 12th Braga Summer School in Political Philosophy and Public Policy (The Workings of Capital: Perspectives on Exploitation in Law, Labor, and Distribution), University of Minho, Braga – Portugal, Online Zoom Meetings, July 15-16-17.

“Access & Excess: Queering & Cripping Towards Pervtopia“. Paper presented at the Looking Forward in Hope and Despair: Critical Approaches to Utopia and Dystopia in Philosophy and the Arts Conference, Centre for Ethics, Pardubice University, Czech Republic, April 14-15-16.

2020

“Complicating Global North Disability Models: Disability Experience in Turkey.” Paper presented at the Alternative Explanations: Disability Research in the Global South Postgraduate Webinar, Disability and Inclusion Africa Network & Lancaster University, Online Zoom Conference, 6 November.

“Triaj Etiğinde Yaşlı ve Engelli Ayrımcılığı: Faydacılığın Ötesinde Bir Alternatif” [Ageism and Ableism in Triage Ethics: An Alternative Beyond Utilitarianism]. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Discrimination, Association for Monitoring Equal Rights (AMER), Online Zoom Conference, 31 October.

“Marx ve Spinoza’da Yabancılaşma ve Hayvanlar” [Alienation and Animals in Marx and Spinoza]. Paper presented at 1. Pratik Felsefe Lisansüstü Araştırmacı Konferansı [Practical Philosophy Graduate Research Conference], Online Zoom Conference, 7-8 August.

2018

“Special Needs as Radical Needs: Towards A Revolutionary Theory of Need that Centralizes Disability and Dependency.” Paper presented at International Conference on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Association for Monitoring Equal Rights (AMER), Novotel, Istanbul, Turkey, 15-16 December.

“Engellilik Çalışmaları ve Felsefe Neden ve Nasıl Bir Araya Gelmeli” [How and Why Should Disability Studies and Philosophy Come Together]. Paper presented at Disability Studies Conference: Disability From Past to Present, Istanbul University, Turkey, 15-16, November.

“Understanding Oppression and Exploitation Through Disability:Intersectionality, Surplus Populations, and Radical Needs.” MA research presented at Autumn School in Disability Studies, Boğaziçi University Social Politics Forum & Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Istanbul, Turkey, 20-22 September. (Certificate Awarded.)

“Autism as a Prelude Rather Than a Post-Script: Towards a Phenomenology of Difference.” Paper presented at Summer School in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 13-17, August. (4 ECT credits and Certificate Awarded).

2020

Invited as speaker and co-facilitator of a 90-minute workshop titled “Access & Excess” for Moving Across Thresholds, an experiential philosophy lab based in Berlin. Socratic method of questioning and creative exercises combined to engage with the concept of access as well as a 20-minute slide presentation on the Social Model of Disability. Zoom meeting, 12 December.

2019

Delivered guest lecture titled “What is Oppression?” in a graduate-level philosophy course session (PHIL 543: Philosophical Approaches to Issues in Feminism) at the invitation of instructor Prof. Yıldız Silier, Department of Philosophy, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 26 March. 

2023

“This is about Face—A Study of Internalization and Shame.” Co-authored paper with Dr. Jing Iris Hu. Submitted to Hypatia and under peer review since May 2023.

2020

“Triaj Etiğinde Yaşlı ve Engelli Ayrımcılığı: Faydacılığın Ötesinde Bir Alternatif” [Ageism and Ableism in Triage Ethics: An Alternative Beyond Utilitarianism]. Conference paper published in the proceedings of Association for Monitoring Equal Rights (AMER), II. International Conference on Discrimination.

2018

“Radikal İhtiyaçlar Olarak Özel İhtiyaçlar: Engelliliği ve Bağımlılığı Merkezileştiren Devrimci bir İhtiyaç Kuramına Doğru” [Special Needs as Radical Needs: Towards A Revolutionary Theory of Need that Centralizes Disability and Dependency]. Turkish version of conference paper published in the proceedings of Association for Monitoring Equal Rights (AMER) International Conference on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

2018

“Engellilik Çalışmaları ve Felsefe” [Disability Studies and Philosophy]. Abstract of presentation published in the proceedings of Disability Studies Conference: Disability From Past to Present, Istanbul University.

2022

“Marx and Foucault Go to the Movies: Horror as Method in Understanding Anthropocentrism and Ableism.” Commissioned essay on Moving Across Thresholds website.

2021

“Hello, Good Evening, and Welcome to The Middle of the Film!” Commissioned essay on Moving Across Thresholds website.

2013

Yiyen Kadınlar, Etik Bedenler, Sindirilemeyen Pratikler [Eating Women, Ethical Bodies, Indigestible Practices] Amargi 27, pp. 55-59.

2023

Research Assistant. Department of Philosophy, Concordia University, Montréal. Research and review work to finalize Emilia Angelova’s monograph on French philosopher Julia Kristeva. Project Supervisor: Professor Emilia Angelova. April-May.

2022

Research Assistant. Society, Politics, Animals, and Materialities (SPAM) Working Group, Concordia University, Montréal. Disseminating information to the public via the SPAM website on research related to the supervisor’s FRQ grant. Project Supervisor: Assistant Professor Jesse Arseneault. 01-31 March.

2022

Research Assistant. Department of Philosophy, Concordia University, Montréal. Research and literature review for “Stigma Project”. Project Supervisor: Assistant Professor Jing Iris Hu. February-March. 

2021

Research Assistant. Department of Philosophy, Concordia University, Montréal. Work on Insight Grant application: drafting sections, creating bibliographies, copy-editing, and proof-reading content. Project Supervisor: Assistant Professor Jing Iris Hu. September-October.

2020-2021

Research Assistant. Department of Philosophy, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada. 1 June – Present. “Moral Progress and Community Resilience: A Self-cultivating and Community-empowering Perspective on Shame.” Project Supervisor: Assistant Professor Jing Iris Hu.

2004

Graduate Researcher. Department of World Arts and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, January-April. Research conducted for Professor Susan Foster for book on kinesthesia and choreographic literature.

Graduate Researcher. Wayland Hand Folklore Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, January-March.

2024

Instructor. WSDB 398 – Selected Topics in Women’s Studies Reserve Course – Feminism and Disability: Intersections and Critical Encounters. Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, Montréal, January-April.

2023

Teaching Assistant. Philosophy 275 – From Modern to Postmodern: Philosophical Thought and Cultural Critique. Department of Philosophy, Concordia University, Montréal, January-April. (Instructor: Dr. Natalie Helberg)

2022

Teaching Assistant. Philosophy 210 – Critical Thinking. Department of Philosophy, Concordia University, Montréal, September-December. (Instructor: Dr. Olivia Sultanescu)

2022

Teaching Assistant. Philosophy 235 – Biomedical Ethics. Department of Philosophy, Concordia University, Montréal, January-April. (Instructor: Dr. Jing Iris Hu)

2021

Teaching Assistant. Philosophy 235 – Biomedical Ethics. Department of Philosophy, Concordia University, Montréal, September-December. (Instructor: Dr. Jing Iris Hu)

2003

Teaching Assistant. Introductory Course in LGBT Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, September-December.

2002-2003

Student Coordinator. Undergraduate course in Arts Practice and Community Service, CEESL (Center for Experiential Education and Service Learning), University of California, Los Angeles, CA, September-March.

2009-2020

General Manager. Kenter Theater, Istanbul, Turkey.

2014-2018

Freelance Translator and Editor. Nonviolent Education and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey.

2009-2011

Performer, Guide, and Interpreter. Istanbul International Puppet Festival, Istanbul, Turkey.

2008-2015

Co-Founder and Puppeteer. The Clockwork Snail Marionette Troupe, Istanbul, Turkey.

2008-2009

Freelance Translator. INDIVIDEOS, Portugal. Translated interviews for documentary “The Road Less Traveled” about conscientious objection in Turkey.

2007-2008

Freelance Translator. Zed Books, UK. Translated part of the proceedings of Conscientious Objection Conference, Istanbul Bilgi University (2007) for the book Conscientious Objection: Resisting Militarized Society published April 2009.

2007-2008

Freelance Translator. Iletisim Yayinlari (Publishing House), Istanbul, Turkey. Translated part of the proceedings of Conscientious Objection Conference, Istanbul Bilgi University (2007) for the book Çarklardaki Kum: Vicdani Red published February 2008.

2004-2008

Freelance Translator. NTV Dubbing Studios, Istanbul, Turkey.

2004

Freelance Translator. Nokta Yayınları (Nokta Publishing House), Istanbul, Turkey. Garrett Wald Sheldon, Jefferson and Ataturk: Political Philosophies (English-Turkish), published in 2005 as Atatürk ve Jefferson: Siyasi Felsefeleri.