LSE Fellow in Race and Gender, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science
Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies
E-mail: h.h.sandal-wilson@lse.ac.uk
Twitter: hakan sandal-wilson
University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies, PhD
Dissertation: The Kurdish LGBTI+ Movement: Strategies and Tactics towards Radical Democracy
Supervisor: Dr Ayşe Zarakol (Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge)
Examiners: Professor Seyla Benhabib (Yale University) and Professor Yael Navaro (University of Cambridge)
Academic Appointments
LSE Fellow in Race and Gender, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2022 -
Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies, 2021 -
College Teaching Associate in Sociology at Downing College, University of Cambridge, 2021 - 2022
Teaching Assistant, Centre for Gender Studies, University of Cambridge, 2020-2021
Research Interests
My research interests, in addition to Gender and Sexuality Studies, Social and Political Theory, Human Rights, and Postcolonial Studies
Awards
- 2020: St Catharine’s Prize for Distinction in Research, St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge
- 2020: Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Awards, University of Cambridge
Commended in both ‘Innovative Practice’ and ‘Access and Outreach’ categories
Peer-reviewed Publications
Conference, Seminar and Workshop Papers (selected)
- 2023 November: ‘Feminist and Queer Political Interventions in the Middle East’, Middle East Studies Association, Montreal
- 2022 November: '‘Democracy, Ethnicity, and Sexuality: Histories of Social Justice Struggles and their Afterlives in Turkey’, Queer Anti-Fascism Workshop, King’s College London
- 2021 June: ‘Communicative Self-defence: LGBT+ politics, Anti-racism, and Ethnic Conflict’, Keyman Conference: Queer Conditions/Kuir Haller, Northwestern University, United States
- 2018 April: ‘Queer Imagination of the Middle East: Kurdish Diaspora, Sexuality and Politics’, Interdisciplinary Conference on Kurdish Politics and Societies, Yale University, New Haven, United States
- 2017 June: ‘The Politics of Rights and Belonging in the UK: The Case of Kurdish LGBT+ Diaspora’, International Kurdish Migration Conference, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom
- 2014: ‘Clash of Emotions - The Case of Roboskî’, Turkish Migration Conference 2014, Regents University, London, United Kingdom
- 2013: ‘The Construction of the Sanctity of Death - Roboskî Case’, Turkey's Human Rights Agenda Conference, Istanbul, Turkey
Research Reports
- 2016 March: 'The two faces of the destruction of Sur: Urban Transformation and Siege in Diyarbakır', ZAN Institute for Social, Political and Economic Studies
Teaching and Student Supervision
(London School of Economics and Political Science)
Undergraduate Teaching
- The Sociology of Race and Empire (Course convenor/Lecturer)
- Gender and Society (Course Convenor/Lecturer)
- Key Concepts in Sociology: An Introduction to Sociological Theory (Lecturer)
- Key concepts: Advanced Social Theory (Course Co-convenor/Lecturer)
- Power, Inequality, and Difference: Contemporary Themes in Sociology (Lecturer)
MSc Supervision
- The MSc Human Rights and Politics programme
(University of Cambridge)
MPhil Teaching
- Theory, Controversy and Methodology Lecture Series, Centre for Gender Studies (Lecturer)
- MPhil Weekly Discussion Groups, Centre for Gender Studies (Convenor)
Undergraduate Teaching and Student Supervision
- ‘Politics and Gender’, Department of Politics and International Studies
- ‘Politics of the Middle East’, Department of Politics and International Studies
- 'Introduction to Sociology', Department of Sociology
- ‘Global Social Problems and Dynamics of Resistance’, Department of Sociology
- ‘Social Problems in Modern Britain’, Department of Sociology
- ’Sexual Inequalities and the Lived Experience of LGBT People in Britain’
Invited Talks (selected)
- March 2021: ‘Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Justice in the Middle East’, Abrahamic Programs, University of Connecticut
- September 2020: ‘Diversity, Inclusion, and LGBTQ+ Researchers at Cambridge University’, 30th Alumni Festival, University of Cambridge
- October 2019: ‘Report as Method: Intersectionality and the Queer Future of the University in the UK’ at the ‘Out at Cambridge’ Report Launch, lgbtQ+@cam, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- October 2019: ‘LGBTI+ Movements, Human Rights, and Radical Democracy’, Festival of Ideas, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- May 2018: ‘The LGBTI+ ban in Turkey and the rise of new forms of resistance’, Centre for Feminist Research, Goldsmiths – University of London, United Kingdom
- May 2018: 'Sexuality, Race, and Memory: Queer Resistance in the Middle East’, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
- March 2018: ‘LGBTI+ and Kurdish Press Under Siege in Turkey’, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- September 2017: ‘States of Emergency in the Middle East: Turkey’s Kurdish Question and the LGBTI+ Struggle’, Amnesty International Cambridge City Group, United Kingdom
Professional service and public involvement (selected)
- January - June 2022: Acting co-director, lgbtQ+@cam, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
- February 2020: Chair, ‘Global LGBTQ+ Rights Movements and Authoritarian States’, Cam Queer History, Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge
- June 2019: Chair, ‘Challenging Norms of Gender and Sexuality’, Muslims in the UK and Europe Postgraduate Symposium 2019, Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge
- 2018 - present: Convenor, ‘Methods in Question: Epistemologies of Gender and Sexuality’ seminar series, Centre for Gender Studies, University of Cambridge https://methodsinquestion.co.uk
- 2018 - present: Campaigns Officer and Lead for the East Anglia Region, Amnesty UK LGBTI Network
- 2016 - 2017: Black and Minority Ethnic Representative, Cambridge University Student Union LGBT+ Campaign
Online Publications (selected)
Other Activities
I previously served in the committees of Amnesty UK’s LGBTI Network as Campaigns officer; the Cambridge University Student Union LGBT+ campaign as Black and Minority Ethnic representative and the Cambridge University Mindfulness Society. I write about human rights, LGBTI+ rights, and social justice in various newspapers and journals, including Jadaliyya and openDemocracy.