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Personal profile
Biography
Eylem Atakav is Professor of Film, Gender and Public Engagement at the University of East Anglia where she teaches courses on women and world cinema; gender and Middle Eastern media, and documentary. She is the author of Women and Turkish Cinema: Gender Politics, Cultural Identity and Representation (2012) and editor of Directory of World Cinema: Turkey (Intellect, 2013). She is the director of Growing Up Married – an internationally acclaimed documentary about forced marriage and child brides in Turkey; and co-director of Lifeline, a documentary that reveals the reality of working in the frontline of the domestic abuse sector in the UK during the pandemic. She is currently completing a new documentary about migrant victims/survivors of domestic violence in England.
Key Research Interests
Gender politics and Middle Eastern media; feminist documentary practice; religion and cultural identity; public engagement with research
Teaching Interests
Documentary; World Cinemas; Women, Islam and media; Middle Eastern cinemas; Women and Film
Academic Background
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BA (Hons) Film, Television and Radio Studies (Ankara University, 2003)
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MA Media Studies (Southampton Solent University, 2004)
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PhD Film, Media and Cultural Studies, 'Representation of Women in Turkish Cinema in the 1980s' (Nottingham Trent University, 2009)
Administrative Posts
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Associate Pro Vice Chancellor - Global Engagement (August 2022 - ongoing)
- Aurora Network - Institutional Coordinator (August 2022 - ongoing)
- Chair, International Executive (August 2022 - ongoing)
- Chair, Institute of Volunteering Research Delivery Group (September 2022 - ongoing)
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Associate Dean - International, Faculty of Arts and Humanities (July 2017 - July 2021)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
External Examiner - Film Studies, King's College London
2021 → …
Member of the Board of Trustees , Balik Arts
2020 → …
Member of the Academic Advisory Council, Harlaxton College, University of Evansville
Jul 2019 → …
Chair of Teaching, Learning and Scholarship Knowledge Community, NAFSA: Association of International Educators
1 Feb 2019 → 1 Feb 2022
External Examiner - Film Studies, University of Exeter
2019 → …
External Examiner - Film and Media Studies, Anglia Ruskin University
2014 → 2018
Media Expertise
- Gender politics
- Media studies
- Intersectionality
- Politics
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British Muslim Values
Jarvis, L., Atakav, E. & Marsden, L.
Arts and Humanities Research Council
31/10/16 → 16/01/18
Project: Research
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'That still goes on, doesn't it, in their religion?' British values, Islam and vernacular discourse
Marsden, L., Jarvis, L. & Atakav, E., Jan 2023, In: Nations and Nationalism. 29, 1, p. 229-245 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Approaches to creative actuality: Documentary pedagogy in the contemporary university environment
Atakav, E. & Hand, R. J., 18 Aug 2022, In: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. SummerResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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'You can't go home because you are at home': Critical reflections on capturing and reflecting the trauma of domestic violence work during COVID-19
Atakav, E., Pelikan, K. & Cann, V., Oct 2022, In: Journal of Gender-Based Violence. 6, 3, p. 483–491 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Where is I? Autoethnography in Collaborative Research
Jarvis, L., Marsden, L., Atakav, E. & Goodall, Q., 2021, What Political Science can Learn from the Humanities: Blurring Genres. Rhodes, R. A. W. & Hodgett, S. (eds.). PalgraveResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Against the Grain: Women Film Practitioners and Theorists Talk Creative Practice and Theory
Atakav, E., Velody, R. & Daniels, J., 22 Jul 2020, Creative Practice Research in the Age of Neoliberal Hopelessness. Piotrowska, A. (ed.). Edinburgh University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Distinguished Scholar/Academic Achievement Award
Atakav, Eylem (Recipient), 2021
Prize: National/international honour
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Engagement Awards 2021- Project Award Winner
Atakav, Eylem (Recipient), 9 Jun 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Atakav, Eylem (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Outstanding Social and Cultural Impact Award
Atakav, Eylem (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 2 Research and teaching at external organisation
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Culver-Stockton College
Eylem Atakav (Visiting researcher)
Jan 2021 → May 2021Activity: Visiting an external institution › Research and teaching at external organisation
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Walsh University
Eylem Atakav (Visiting researcher)
Jul 2018 → Aug 2018Activity: Visiting an external institution › Research and teaching at external organisation