Cüneyt Çakırlar

My current research practice focuses on gender/sexuality studies, global visual cultures, and transnational horror studies. I have taught on queer arts and film theory at University College London (UK), Boğaziçi University (Turkey), Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkey), and Koç University. My articles appeared in various peer-reviewed academic journals including Critical Arts, Cineaction, New Review of Film and Television Studies, [in]Transition, and Screen. I co-edited a volume about cultures of sexual dissidence in contemporary Turkey, namely Cinsellik Muamması: Türkiye’de Queer Kültür ve Muhalefet /The Sexuality Conundrum: Queer Culture and Dissidence in Turkey (Metis, 2012), co-translated Judith Butler’s Bodies That Matter (1993) into Turkish (Pinhan Press, 2014), and co-authored Mustang: Translating Willful Youth (Routledge, 2023). Having authored exhibition catalogues for internationally acclaimed LGBTQ artists (e.g. Soufiane Ababri and Erinç Seymen), I have also worked with various arts institutions in Turkey (Arter, The PILL, and Zilberman Gallery), USA (Paul Kasmin Gallery), UK (Nottingham Contemporary), and Germany. I am the principal investigator for the project Transnational Horror, Folklore, and Cultural Politics, funded by the British Academy Small Research Grants scheme.