Faculty
Roberta Micallef


Faculty Member

Master Lecturer in Turkish

micallef@bu.edu

718 Commonwealth Ave.
Room 502 A
Boston, MA 02215

Phone: 617-353-6208
Interests:
  • Turkish Language and Culture
  • Transnational Feminisms (Central Asia and Middle East)

Courses:

LT 111: First-Semester Turkish
LT 112: Second-Semester Turkish
LT 211: Third-Semester Turkish
LT 212: Fourth-Semester Turkish
LT 281: Istanbul

WS 305: Identities in Motion: Turkish and British Women Write One Another

Publications:

"Cultural Encounters in Turkish Children's Literature," in Vol. IV of Literature in a Global Perspective, De Gruyter Press (2006).

"The Genesis of a Turkish Position," Spring issue of the AATT Bulletin (2006).

“Khomeini’s More Palatable Fatwa: How it Turned out that Caviar is Halal,” Gastronomica, forthcoming. 

“Turkish Women Write War,” in The Role of the State in West Asian Cultures and Socieities. Annika Rabo and Bo Utas (eds.) Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, I.B. Tauris: London distributor. (2005).

"Performing Identities in a Transnational Setting: Turkish Americans," Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. (2004).

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