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Necef forsker i de følgende problemstillinger: (ny)racisme i Danmark, diskrimination, "de fremmede" i dansk film, kultur- og kulturmøde teori, konflikten omkring Muhammedtegningerne, anti-racisme i Danmark, teorier og metoder i dansk indvandrerforskning.

Curriculum

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personlige oplysninger

Navn M. Ümit Necef
Arbejde Lektor, ph.d. ved Center for Mellemøst-studier på Odense Universitet.


Uddannelsesmæssige og faglige kvalifikationer

2000-2011 Lektor ved Syddansk Universitet

1997 Ph.d. forelæsning og erhvervelsen af ph.d. -graden.

1997 1.1. 1997 adjunkt ved Odense Universitet.

1993-1996 Ph.d.-studie ved Odense Universitet, finanseret af Det socialvidenskabelige Forskningsrådsstipendiat på Odense Universitet.

1992 9. januar: Magisterkonferensforelæsning i kultursociologi.

1991 oktober: Afslutter mine studier i kultursociologi og afleverer min
magisterkonferensspeciale Etnisk kitsch. (Post)Moderne fortællinger om "de andre".







Undervisningsarfaring


1997-2011 Underviser ved Indvandrerstudier, Master i Globalisering og Integration, Mediterran Studier, Mellemøststudier, Institut for Historie, Kandidat i Mellemøststudier (MA).

1996 Undervisningsassistent ved Indvandrerstudier—Åbent Universitet i indvandrerforskning i efterårssemester.





Konference virksomhed


2011 Conference on Dialogue Between Worldviews and the Gülen Movement (Medarrangør), 25-03-2011

2010 Konferensen Muhammed-krisen 5 år efter – Hvad har vi lært? (Medarrangør), 24-09-2010.
2010 Workshoppen Indvandreren i dansk film og litteratur : Racisme og anti-racisme i dansk film,
(Medarrangører), 03-03-2010.
2002 Workshop-director (Political Participation of immigrants in post-war Europe) ved ECPR konferencen i Torino.

1994 Den 1. december arrangerede jeg en international konference med titlen "Multikulturelt samfund og etnisk identitet" på Odense Universitet, hvor jeg også holdt et foredrag med titlen "Are Immigrants being Assimilated/ Integrated or Are They Assimilating/Integrating?".


Konference deltagelse

2011 Aid and Genocide - Scandinavian Relief Work among the Christian Minorities in the Ottoman Empire (Deltager), 26-09-2011.
2011 The 25th Nordic Sociological Conference 2011: Power and Participation (Taler), 4.-7. august.

2010 Transnationalism and the global city. (Taler), 28-06-2010.
2010 Re-mapping divides and interactions : The Fusion of horizons in Middle Eastern-European intellectual encounters. (taler), 06-05-2010 → 09-05-2010.
2010 Multicultural and transnational Utopia realized: The Pleasures of Orientalization
(Foredragsholder), 22-01-2010.
2010 Orgiasm in the 21. Century. : Maffesolian approaches to sex, drugs and alcohol
(Deltager), 25-05-2009 → 27-05-2009.


Erhvervserfaring

2000-2011 Lektor ved Center for Mellemøststtudier.

1996-1999 Adjunkt ved Center for Mellemøststtudier.

1993-1996 Ph.d. studerende.

1991-1992 1. november 1992: ansat som videnskabelig medarbejder ved
Mellemøst-Information. På redaktionspanelet på Mellemøst Månedsoversigt.









Videnskabelige og andre publikationer

Videnskabelige publikationer

2011
”Tørklædet i Tyrkiet” i: Degn, Inge & Søholm, Kirsten Molly (red.): Tørklædet som tegn. Tilsløring og demokrati i en globaliseret verden, Aarhus Universitetsforlag.

2010
”Det handler kun, udelukkende eller hovedsageligt, om racisme”, Grænser for solidaritet: Indvandrerpolitik i dansk og europæisk perspektiv. Bak, T. (red.). Anis s. 355-365. 10 s.


2009
”Skrækken for kulturel forskellighed: Inspiration fra Edward Said i dansk indvandrerforskning”, Dansk Sociologi. 20, 3, s. 51-76. 25 s.

2008
”At læse Pamuk imod Said”, I: Seeberg P, Valbjørn M. (red.): Et andet Mellemøsten. Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag. s. 209-234.

Forskellige fortællinger om danskere og indvandrere. In: Gundelach, Peter et al. (eds) 2008: I hjertet af Danmark. København: Hans Reitzels Forlag, 249-254.

2007
”Minaretterne er vores bayonetter”, Babylon. Tidsskrift om Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika. 14, 6, s. 44-49.

”Sex og orientalisme: med Gustave Flaubert i hamam”, Dansk Sociologi. 18, 1, s. 35-52. 18 s.








Formidlingsartikler


2011
Tyrkerne går til folkeafstemning, Videncenter om det moderne Mellemøsten,10-09-2011, 7 s.


2010
Danskernes racisme Videnscenter om det moderne Mellemøsten, 01-01-2010, 13 s.

Danskernes racisme 10-01-Videnscenter om det moderne Mellemøsten. 2010 13 s.

Er de veluddannede mere tolerant? Dagbladet Information, 10-06-2010

Tørklædets trekant: Æstetik, etik og politik Videnscenter om det moderne Mellemøsten. 01-02-2010.

Tyrkiet store prøve på demokrati, Dagbladet Information, 11-09-2010

Tyrkisk skridt i rigtig retning, Politiken, 19-10-2010.


2009
"Æresdrab skyldes ikke kultur" 04-03-2009 Videnscenter om det moderne Mellemøsten.

Danimarka Halk Partisi'nin (DF) özlemi, Zaman, 27-05-2009

Den skønne destruktion 01-06-2009 Videnscenter om det moderne Mellemøsten. Kommentar

Diskriminations forskellige ansiger 01-02-2009 Videnscenter om det moderne Mellemøsten.

Eliten - i Danmark og Tyrkiet, Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, 30-06-2009

En film for børn og enfoldige voksne 01-09-2009 Videncenter. 5 s.

Er arbejdsgivere og konsulenter irrationelle? 2009 Videnscenter om det moderne Mellemøsten.

Hvidbog: Militæret må pottetræne folket Weekendavisen12-06-2009

Kategorisk og statistisk diskrimination 14-04-2009 Videnscenter om det moderne Mellemøsten. 7 s.

Voldskultur, Weekendavisen, 21-08-2009 .

2008
Gå med fred Jamil og anti-racismen, Videnscenter om det moderne Mellemøsten. 01-10-2008 7 s.

Æresmord: Forklaringer og bortforklaringer Videnscenter om det moderne Mellemøsten. 01-06-2008 6 s.

Æresmord i Tyrkiet og i Danmark Information om Indvandrere. 12, 1, s. 10-13. 3 s. 01-01-2008

Er indvandrere mere kriminelle? Information om Indvandrere. 12, 2, s. 17-20. 3 s. 01-01-2008

Islamisk Chique Videnscenter om det moderne Mellemøsten. 01-05-2008

Omskæringens omkostninger Videnscenter om det moderne Mellemøsten. 01-12-2008 5 s.

Tørklædet og den postkoloniale teori Videnscenter om det moderne Mellemøsten. 01-11-2008 8 s.

Research information

M. Ümit Necef is an associate professor at SDU (University of Southern Denmark). He works together with prof. Malin Åkerström og Henriette Esholt (both from Lund University) on a 4-year project financed by the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE) on the motivations of young Swedish and Danish Muslims to join Islamic State (IS) and other jihadist groups. Short description of the projects is as follows:The appeal of violence-promoting Islamic extremism. An investigation of masculinity and femininity.In international research on the motivations of young Muslims to sympathize with Islamic State (IS) and similar organizations there is an ongoing debate on, whether it is the “push” or the “pull factors” which play the most important role? Researchers who focus on the “push factors” refer to a number of negative phenomena such as racism, Islamophobia, socio-economic marginalization, unemployment and discrimination especially in liberal democratic Western and claim that they are the culprits which “push” some young Muslims to the arms of IS. The “pull factors” mostly mentioned by the subscribers of the alternative approach are the fascination of being a part of a new state project (the caliphate), taking revenge from the West for its colonial history, exploitation and humiliation of the Muslim lands, discontent with a number of principles of late modern society such as gender equality, democracy and secularism, the ecstasy and warmth of being together with the like-minded around a religious and political project.This project investigates why young people are attracted to violence-promoting Islamist extremist environments (e.g. IS/Daesh) with a focus on how these groups construct masculinity and femininity in contrast to late-modern gender cultures.Focusing on how IS and similar violent jihadist organizations construct femininity and masculinity, which we see as a component in “pull factors”, challenges the narrative that involvement in violence-promoting Islamist extremism is mainly based on the poor integration of young Muslims. Instead, this emphasis points to an understanding of the phenomenon as a "counterculture" which opposes existing traditions and norms and is formed around an aesthetic and affective community.However, there is a lack of research that uses cultural sociological concepts to seek a deeper understanding of violence-promoting Islamist extremism as an aesthetic and affective community, just as there is a lack of research that further concretizes what jihadism as a "counterculture" is a rebellion against. In this context, this project puts the focus on masculinity and femininity as relevant perspectives in the understanding of the attraction of violence-promoting Islamist extremist environments for young people.Empirical data is collected through "go-alongs" and observations of the meetings between key people in prevention work and young people who are at risk of becoming, involved in violence-promoting Islamist extremism, interviews with these key people and the relatives of these groups of young people. There is also an analysis of IS propaganda material, both written and visual.The project contributes to an understanding of the attractions to violence-promoting Islamist extremism from a gender perspective.

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