Article2026
Against the Currents of History: Affect and the Ethics of Witnessing in Julia Alvarez's Travel Writing
To be published soon
Hi, I'm Esen!
Where Literature Meets the City
Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at Yaşar University. My research explores the intersections of comparative literature, memory studies, ecocriticism, and critical urban theory. I'm passionate about understanding how literature imagines and reimagines urban spaces, ecological relations, and collective memory.
Latest Publications
Recent articles, books, and book chapters.
Article2026
Cosmopolitan Encounters and Everyday Exclusions: Izmir in Early Nineteenth Century American Travelogues
Çankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
with Ayşegül Avcı
Article2025
Ecological Imagination and Women's Memory in Contemporary Turkish Literature
Interventions: Journal of Postcolonial Studies