After starting off the PhD program in the Fall 2003 semester, I completed my course work and passed my field exams in the Summer 2006. I am now doing my research on “the political development of the Central Asian republics” so as first to defend my prospectus and then to complete my dissertation. My brief biography is shown below:
Kent State University, Kent – Ohio
Ph.D. student (expected 2007) Political Science: 2003–Present.
Marmara University, Istanbul - Turkey
M.A., International Relations & Political History: 1996–1999.
Thesis Title: The Caspian Oil and Its Role on Regional Politics (in Turkish).
Middle East Technical University, Ankara – Turkey
B.Sc., Political Science & Public Administration, 1990–1994.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor – Michigan
ICPSR Four Week Competitive Summer Workshop: June 27-July 23, 2004
Coursework in Quantitative Research Methods and the Study of Russia and Eastern Europe, Regression Analysis III, Math For Social Scientists II.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville – Virginia
Social Change Workshop by Institute for Humane Studies of George Mason University: June 19-25, 2004.
Publication
Book Review: Journal of Peace Research, May 2004 (41).
Unspeakable Truths: Facing the Challenge of Truth Commissions by Priscilla B. Hayner. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2002.
Conference Participation
Aslan, Kursad: "US Foreign Policy towards Central Asia: Institutions Matter" paper will be presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, Feb-March 2007.
Aslan, Kursad and Sezgin, Erkan: "Ethnocentrism, Universalism and Turkey's Membership to the European Union" paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, March 2006.
Aslan, Kursad and Aslan, Murat: "Institutional Factors that Shape Regionalization in the Central Asia" paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, March 2006.
Aslan, Kursad and Aslan, Murat: "The Role of External Actors on the Domestic Regulation: A Case Study of the Turkish Banking Industry" paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, March 2006.
Aslan, Kursad: “Turkish Foreign Policy: A Case Study to Understand Instable Identities” paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association-Mid West, San Louis, MO, October 2005.
Aslan, Kursad: “Russian Trade Policy after the Soviet Union” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2005.
Aslan, Kursad: “Russian National Identity: A Constructivist Approach.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-West, Las Vegas, October 2004.
Aslan, Kursad: “Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation Process in the Crimea: Crimean Tatars.” Presented at the 4th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, University of California, Los Angeles, July 2004.
e-mail: kaslan@kent.edu, kursadaslan@gmail.com