Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism, and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond

About this episode

Nora Fisher Onar discusses the intersections of Islamism, liberalism, and nationalism in Turkey and beyond.

Nora Fisher Onar is Associate Professor and Chair of Global Studies at the University of San Francisco. Her research interests include international relations theory, diplomacy, comparative politics / area studies (Turkey/Middle East; Europe; Eurasia), political ideologies, gender, and history/memory. She is also increasingly interested in the impact of technological change on international affairs. She received her doctorate from the University of Oxford and holds master’s and undergraduate degrees from Johns Hopkins (SAIS) and Georgetown universities, respectively. She speaks five languages, has traveled to over 80 countries, and lived in eight. Fisher-Onar is the author of Contesting Pluralism(s): Islam, Liberalism and Nationalism in Turkey, with Cambridge University Press, and lead editor of the volume, Istanbul: Living With Difference in a Global City (co-edited with Susan C. Pearce and E. Fuat Keyman). She is also the editor of special issues of major scholarly journals like: the Journal of Common Market Studies; International Affairs, and Global Studies Quarterly, among others. Fisher-Onar speaks often at policy fora like Brookings, Carnegie, and the German Marshall Fund…

People in this episode

Hosts: Erman Ermihan, Senem Görür

Guest: Nora Fisher Onar

Topics covered

• Islamism
• Liberalism
• Nationalism
• Turkey
• International Relations
• Political Ideologies
• Technological Change

Keywords

• pluralism
• Turkey
• Islamism
• Liberalism
• Nationalism
• International Relations
• Political Ideologies
• Gender
• Technological Change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of San Francisco, Cambridge University Press, Journal of Common Market Studies, International Affairs, Global Studies Quarterly, Brookings, Carnegie, German Marshall Fund, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs

Places: Turkey, Europe, Eurasia

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