Interview with Deniz Gunce Demirhisar

Deniz holds a PhD in sociology from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales. Originally from Turkey, she works as an associate researcher at the French Institute of Anatolian Studies in Istanbul. While in France for her post-doctoral research thanks to the Thémis program, within the framework of her project: "The political imaginary and the relationship to the State of minority diasporas from the Ottoman Empire in the region of Marseille", she agreed to share with us her testimony on her project, her path and the obstacles she encounters as a researcher in her country. See her interview (in french)

Deniz Günce DEMIRHISAR is a doctorate in sociology from EHESS. After her BA and MA in Political Philosophy at the University of Paris IV Sorbonne and her MA in Sociology at EHESS, she defended her thesis entitled "Protestant Actors in Contemporary Turkey (2004-2007) Memory, Marginality, Utopia" in 2019 at EHESS. She is an associate researcher at L'IFEA (French Institute of Anatolian Studies) and CETOBaC since 2019, and qualified for the position of lecturer in Sociology since 2020.

• Which project has been selected by the ATLAS program ? 01'36"
• What obstacles do you encounter in your research ? 01'59"
• You have recently arrived in France, what do you expect from this mobility program ? 01'43"
• What advice would you give to researchers interested in the ATLAS program ? 01'59"
• How do you see this collaboration continuing ? 00'47"
• Why is research necessary in our societies ? 00'46"