Yıldız Aşar, M.A.

Academic Career
Work Experience

since 10/2021 – Research Assistant and Lecturer at the American Studies section of the University of Bamberg

since 10/2022 – PhD Candidate at the American Studies Section of the University of Bamberg
10/2017 – 09/2021 – M.A. European Joint Master’s Degree in English and American Studies, University of Bamberg, Germany
09/2013 – 06/2017 – B.A. English Language and Literature, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkiye

09–11/2024 – Research Stay at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA (funded by the Bavarian American Academy & Harvard Club of Munich e.V.)
06/2023 – Ph.D. Course "LIT606 Ecocritical Theory: Literature, Culture and Environment" at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway
09/2018 – 02/2019 – Erasmus semester abroad at the University of Graz, Austria (as part of the European Joint Master's Degree)
03–07/2016 – Erasmus semester abroad at the University of Marburg, Germany

10/2024 – Thematic Certificate for Inclusive Teaching in Higher Education of the Bavarian Universities, University of Augsburg
04/2024 – The Bavarian American Academy (BAA) 2024 Post-Graduate Research Fellowship at Harvard University
02/2023 – Certificate for Teaching in Higher Education of the Bavarian Universities Advanced Level, University of Bamberg
12/2023 – Bettina Paetzold Award for Good Gender Education, University of Bamberg
09/2023 – Certificate for Teaching in Higher Education of the Bavarian Universities Basic Level, University of Bamberg
06/2023 – FNK Travel Grant for a Project Presentation at the Ph.D. Course "LIT606 Ecocritical Theory: Literature, Culture and Environment" at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway, University of Bamberg
11/2021 – DAAD Prize for Outstanding International Student, University of Bamberg, Germany
06/2017 – B.A. Honors Certificate, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkiye
02-06/2017 – Türk Petrol Foundation Scholarship for Students, Istanbul, Türkiye
2015 – TUSED Foundation Scholarship for Students, Istanbul, Türkiye
02/2015-06/2017 – Accommodation and Canteen Scholarship, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkiye