Esra Akkaya

Esra Akkaya

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Dr.
Esra
Akkaya
Comparative Literature

Women’s Writing
Jewish Literatures
French, Portuguese & Turkish Literatures
Cultural and Literary History

 

Current Project

My current research is dedicated to the writings of Beki L. Bahar (1926–2011), a prolific Sephardic Turkish writer. This project is part of a larger research in which I am examining 20th century Jewish women’s writing.

Curriculum Vitae 

Fellowships and Grants (selection)

2022-23 Ursula Lachnit-Fixon Research Fellow

2019-22 Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk Research Fellow 

Education

2019–2023 – PhD, Romance Philology, Freie Universität Berlin

2014-2016 – M.A., Joint Degree in Philosophy and Comparative Literature, at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia and The University of Sheffield

2010-2014 –B.A., Philosophy, English & American Studies, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Publications (selection)

Books

Bewegtes Schreiben. Sarah Kofmans literarisches Werk. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2024.

Peer-reviewed articles

“Sarah Kofman's Literary Writing Facing Historical Revisionism“, in: Dubnow Institute Yearbook, Vol. 20. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2024.

Textual Palimpsests: Unfolding Becoming in Más antes en los ranchos”, in: Marília  Jöhnk / Elena von Ohlen (eds.), La actualidad de Gloria Anzaldúa. Nuevas lecturas de Borderlands/La Frontera. The New Mestiza. HeLix. Dossiers zur Romanischen Literaturwissenschaft, 2023.
           
“Poetic Objection in Sarah Kofman’s Shoah (ou la Dis-Grâce)”, in: Laura Schmitz-Justen / Hanna Luise Kroll / Laura Wittmann / Laura Zander (eds.), Feminist Perspectives on Law and Literature. Berlin: de Gruyter 2023. 
 
“Textual Intervention during the Spanish Civil War: Voices of Solidarity from Turkey”, in: Raanan Rein / Susanne Zepp-Zwirner (eds.), Untold Stories of the Spanish Civil War. London: Routledge 2023.