Academics
Hasan Kosebalaban
Assistant Professor
Politics
Phone 847-735-5125
E-mail kosebalaban@lakeforest.edu
Web http://campus.lakeforest.edu/kosebalaban/
Specialization
International Relations
Comparative Politics
Middle East Politics
Education
Post-doctoral research
2006 - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Ph.D. in Political Science
9/1998 - 12/2006 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Dissertation: “Contested National Identity and Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey and Japan.”
Research Fellow
4/1998 - 9/1998 University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
MA in International Relations
9/1995 - 6/1997 International University of Japan, Niigata, Japan
BA in Political Science
9/1991 - 6/1995 International Islamic University, K. Lumpur, Malaysia
Publications
Books
Muhammad Ayoob and Hasan Kosebalaban, eds., Religion and Politics in Saudi Arabia, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2008.
Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia, (in Turkish) Istanbul: Ilke Yayincilik, 1998.
Journal Articles in English
“Torn Identities and Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey and Japan,” Insight Turkey, 10: 1, Summer 2008.
“Turkey and the Question of European Identity,” Mediterranean Quarterly, Fall 2007.
“The Rise of Anatolian Cities and the Crisis of Modernization Paradigm,” Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies, Fall 2007.
“The Impact of Globalization on Islamic Political Identity: The Case of Turkey,” World Affairs, 168:1, Summer 2005.
“Turkish Media and Sports Coverage: Marking the Boundaries of National Identity”, Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies, 13:1, Spring 2004.
“Turkey’s EU Membership: A Clash of Security Cultures”, Middle East Policy, 9:2, June 2002.
Book Chapters
“The Making of Enemy and Friend: Fethullah Gulen's National Security Identity” in Turkish Islam and the Secular State edited by M. Hakan Yavuz and John Esposito, Syracuse: Syracuse UP, 2003.
Book Reviews
“Review of The Emergence of a New Turkey: Democracy and the AK Parti, edited by M. Hakan Yavuz, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2006. Middle East Policy. Fall 2007.
“Review of Turkish Islam and Europe, Europe and Christianity as Reflected in Turkish Muslim Discourse and Turkish Muslim Life in the Diaspora, edited by Günter Seufert And Jacques Waardenburg, Istanbul: Orient Institut, 1999." Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 21:1, 2001.
“Review of Stratejik Derinlik by Ahmet Davutoglu, Istanbul: Küre Yayinlari, 2001” Middle East Journal, 55:4, 2001.
“Review of Suits and Uniforms: Turkish Foreign Policy since the Cold War,” by Philip Robins, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Spring 2004.
Publications in Turkish (abridged list)
“Religious Discourse in American Foreign Policy towards the Middle East,” Islamiyât, 6:2, Spring 2003.
"Change and Continuity in the 20th Century Japanese Foreign Policy,” Divan, no. 2, 1998.
“Democracy and Economic Crisis: A Comparison of East Asia and Turkey,” Liberal Düsünce Dergisi, no. 23, 2001.
“Fight for Oil in the Caspian Sea,” Anlayis, September 2003.
“Changing Strategic Balance in the Middle East,” Anlayis, February 2004.
“Is Iran a US Target?,” Anlayi", September 2004.
“Globalization and the Muslim World,” Anlayis, September 2004.
“Saudi-Iranian Competition in the Middle East,” Anlayis, September 2006.
Conference Papers
American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting
08/2007 Chicago, IL
“Secularism and Islam in Turkey: Perspectives on Globalization”
The 5th Utah Middle East & Central Asia: Politics, Economics, and Society Conference
09/2007 Salt Lake City
“The Conflict of Two Models of Modernizations: Secularism and Islam”
International Studies Association (ISA) Convention
03/2007 Chicago
“Turkey’s Torn Identity and Foreign Policy: A Comparison with Japan”
American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting
09/2006 Philadelphia
“Contested National Identity and Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey and Japan.”
International Studies Association (ISA) Convention
03/2006 San Diego
Paper: “Defining Europe’s Civilizational Boundaries: The Politics of Turkish Membership”
Conference on the Global Fethullah Gülen Movement, Indiana University
Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies
03/2006 Bloomington, Indiana
“Foreign Policy Vision of Fethullah Gülen”
American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting
09/2004 Chicago
“Transformative Impact of Globalization on Islamic Political Identity”
Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Conference
11/2004 San Francisco
“Democracy, Globalization and Turkish Islamist Discourse”
Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Conference
11/2003 Anchorage, AK
“Identity and Foreign Policy: The Case of AKP Government in Turkey”
International Studies Association (ISA) Convention
06/2003 Budapest, Hungary
“The Influence of EU Membership Process on the Devolution of Turkish Politics”
Teaching Experience
Third World Politics (Spring 2009)
Introduction to Politics (Fall 2008, Spring 2009)
Middle East Politics (Fall 2008)
International Relations I (Fall 2007)
US Foreign Policy (Summer 2007)
International Relations I (Fall 2006)
Advanced Seminar: East and Southeast Asian Politics (Fall 2006)
Comparative Analysis of Foreign Policy (Spring 2007)
Japanese Foreign Policy (Spring 2007)
Introduction to Comparative Politics (Fall 2005)
Terrorism and Political Violence (Fall 2005)
Third World Politics (Fall 2005)
Introduction to International Relations (Spring 2006)
Politics of East Asia (Spring 2006)
Politics of the Middle East (Spring 2006)
Introduction to International Relations (Fall 2003; Spring 2003; Spring 2002)
Introduction to Comparative Politics (Spring 2005; Spring 2004; Fall 2002)
Terrorism and Political Violence (Summer 2004; Spring 2004; Summer 2003; Spring 2003)
Media and Foreign Policy (Summer 2004; Fall 2003; Summer 2003)
International Relations of the Middle East (Summer 2001)
European Integration (Spring 2005; Summer 2005)
International Relations of East Asia (Summer 2002)
Awards and Fellowships
Dissertation Research Fellowship
Fall 2004 Political Science Department, University of Utah
University Research Fellowship
2002-2003 Graduate School, University of Utah
Honor Roll Scholarship
2002-2003 Dean’s Office, College of Social and Beh. Sciences, Univ. of Utah
Governor Scott M. Matheson Graduate Fellowship
1998-2000 Political Science Department, University of Utah
Media Debates
Debate on Iraq Study Group Report, QTV, Michigan state PBS channel. December 12, 2006.
“Party With Islamist Roots Set to Modernize Turkey,” Yale Global, 28 August 2007
Service
Manuscript Reviewer for: Oxford UP; Longman; Routledge; Political Studies (LSE)
Member of the Organizing Committee, Middle East and Central Asia
International Conference, the University of Utah, 2002, 2003, and 2004.