• Degree: Began PhD program in 2021
• Concentration: Film and Screen Studies
• Advisor: Roger Hallas

Oz is a PhD candidate whose project explores how queer and trans people in Turkey perceive and reimagine the aesthetics of 60’s-70’s-80’s nightlife cultures in the face of systemic and social negation under authoritarianism. By focusing specifically on arabesque music and now-out-of-use entertainment venues called “gazino” that are often represented in classical Turkish cinema, Arda explores popular entertainment and nightlife as sites of queer dissent in the SWANA region. Arda has served as a teaching assistant for film, literature and gender, game, and writing classes. They will teach World Cinema in Fall 2024.

M.A. Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College
B.A. English Literature, Bogazici University