Experience

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  Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi

  • Istanbul, Turquie

  • Assistant Professor

    • Sep 2019 - Present
    • Istanbul, Turquie

    A full-time member of the Law Faculty, I create teaching materials, I evaluate and mentor students, I manage academic projects, and stay up to date with the current research in my area of specialisation (gender studies, postcolonial studies, critical legal studies). More specifically: - I co-created and direct the Gender Law Clinic, the first of its kind in Turkey;- I teach Women's Rights from a critical perspective, with the help of local experts;- I teach Legal English from a critical perspective, looking at issues of conceptual and linguistic translation; - I coach students for international moot court competitions;- I organize public events such as panels or lectures;- the only non-Turkish staff on the Law Faculty, I am used to navigating a professional and social culture which is different from the ones I grew up in or have previously worked in.

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  OLYMPE - Feminist Francophone Studies in International Law

  • Co Executive Director

    • Apr 2014 - Present

    I co-chair and coordinate with Emmanuelle Tourme Jouannet this research program and network founded in January 2014. More specifically:- I have designed and convened workshops on critical feminist approaches to international law (Black feminisms, postcolonial feminisms, queer theory);- I have edited a newsletter for our members where I showcased some of their profiles;- I have assisted in the edition of a collective volume on feminist approaches to international law;- I have edited a collective volume on queer approaches to international law;- I have promoted multilinguistic research as a way to foster a more diverse science;- I have built OLYMPE's website and Facebook page.

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  United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

  • Genève, Suisse

  • Expert Consultant

    • Sep 2020 - Present
    • Genève, Suisse

    I teach online workshops on the Rule of Law and the Human Rights Council for participants across the world (including Honorary Consuls).More specifically: - I design interactive learning modules (group exercises, surveys);- I address non-international law specialists of various ages, nationalities, professional backgrounds;- I challenge status quo notions and understandings of institutions and justice;- I designed my courses on demand (fitting specific requests, language, or timelines).

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  Institute of International Law – Institut de droit international

  • Secretary | Secrétaire-rédactrice

    • Aug 2017 - Present

    As a staff member of the Institute of International Law's Secretariat, I am tasked with taking minutes (in French and English) of the Institute's members' deliberations at their biennial meeting, for future publication in the Institute's yearbook. I worked at the 2017 Hyderabad, 2019 The Hague, and 2021 Beijing Sessions.More specifically:- I synthesize high-level conceptual debates for future reproduction;- I respect extremely specific language and formatting codes;- I abide by tight deadlines; - I work both in tandem and autonomously and in cross-functional collaboration with other members of the Secretariat, all of different nationalities;

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  UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal

  • Région de Montréal, Canada

  • Researcher at 'Centre pour l'étude du droit international et de la mondialisation (CÉDIM)'

    • Sep 2016 - Sep 2019
    • Région de Montréal, Canada

    I worked on my research project on post/de-colonial feminist epistemology of international law.More specifically: - I taught feminist and queer legal theory; - I participated in international conferences on critical legal studies (gender, postcoloniality, queer, posthumanism etc.);- I published my research; - I contributed to scientific exchange across linguistic and thematic areas.

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  SOAS University of London

  • Researcher at 'Center for Gender Studies'

    • Sep 2015 - Sep 2019

    I worked on my research project on post/de-colonial feminist epistemology of international law.More specifically: - I taught feminist and queer legal theory; - I participated in international conferences on critical legal studies (gender, postcoloniality, queer, posthumanism etc.);- I published my research; - I contributed to scientific exchange across linguistic and thematic areas.

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  Université de Genève

  • Région de Genève, Suisse

  • Postdoc and Teaching Assistant

    • Apr 2015 - Aug 2015
    • Région de Genève, Suisse

    I worked on my personal publications and assisted Prof. Makane Moïse Mbengue with his course entitled "Current Issues of International Law through the Caselaw of International Courts and Tribunals".

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  Smith College

  • Geneva

  • Independent Study Mentor

    • Sep 2013 - May 2015
    • Geneva

    I mentored Smith College exchange students. More specifically:- I supervised their research paper;- I provided constructive feedback in order of helping them improve their academic skills (analysis, expression, formatting);- I coached them for the oral presentation; - I evaluated their work (both written and oral).

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  International Labour Organization

  • Geneva

  • Junior Legal Officer at 'Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization (ILOAT)'

    • Feb 2012 - Sep 2014
    • Geneva

    I drafted summary notes with relevant jurisprudence of future cases as well as the facts sections of future judgments, and carried out research jurisprudence as requested by the Registrar.

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  L'​ Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement

  • Teaching Assistant

    • Sep 2009 - Aug 2013

    I provided a logistical and academic assistance to professors on their course convening activities. In particular, I researched readings, proposed exam questions and graded exams. I assisted Eric Wyler (Histoire et philosophie du droit international; Droit diplomatique), Prof. M. G. Kohen, (Les conflits territoriaux en droit international contemporain; La délimitation maritime en droit international; The Israeli-Palestinian conflict), Gian Luca Burci (International Health Law) and Prof. Jorge Viñuales (Principles of International Law).