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Biography
Dr Can Yalcinkaya is an academic program manager at Macquarie University College, where he is the course authority for the Diploma of Arts Media and Communications, along with other Diploma and Undergraduate Certificate courses. He is a researcher, multidisciplinary artist, editor, curator, translator, and musician, whose work is placed at the intersection of scholarship, art and activism. He is a member of Centre for Media History and the Art-Ethnography Lab at Macquarie University. Along with Dr Safdar Ahmed, he founded the anti-racist Muslim metal band, Hazeen and performed in art venues such as the Museum of Contemporary Art and Cement Fondu. Hazeen was featured in an ABC Arts Documentary titled "You See Monsters" (dir. Tony Jackson, 2017). Most recently, Can participated in the world-renowned art exhibition Documenta in Germany in 2022 and was interviewed by Germany's national broadcaster 3SAT.
Key Research and Teaching Areas: transnational media, diaspora studies, film studies, critical and cultural theory, gender studies, multimodal storytelling, arts-based research, comics and graphic novels.
Education/Academic qualification
Media , PhD, 'Wounds of Difference': Melancholy in Turkish Film and Popular Music, Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies
30 Jul 2007 → 30 Apr 2013
Award Date: 30 Apr 2013
Media and Cultural Studies, Master of Science, A Shift in the Tradition of Humour Magazines in Turkey: The Case of L-Manyak and Lombak , Middle East Technical University
15 Sept 2003 → 21 Dec 2006
Award Date: 21 Dec 2006
American Culture and Literature, Bachelor of Arts, Hacettepe University
15 Sept 1999 → 30 Jun 2003
Award Date: 30 Jun 2003
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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ART-Ethnography Research Lab
Hermkens, A., Davis, R., Yalcinkaya, C., McLauchlan, L., Simpson, A., Decottigny, L., Lloyd, J. & McLean, J.
7/09/22 → …
Project: Research
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Graphic politics: resistance and community building through comics activism among Turkey’s diaspora(s)
Yalcinkaya, C., 2025, Routledge handbook of Turkey's diasporas. Arkilic, A. & Senay, B. (eds.). London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 428-445 18 p. (Routledge Handbooks).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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'Making friends' as labour: the political economy of the Lumbung in Documenta 15
Yalçınkaya, C. T., 13 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art. 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Autographics as autoethnography: comic book adventures of a migrant academic
Yalçınkaya, C. T., 2023, In: Continuum. 36, 6 (2022), p. 902-920 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Alien Citizen
Ahmed, S., Yalcinkaya, C. & Kazemi, K., 18 Jun 2022Research output: Non-traditional research output › Exhibition
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Border Farce
Ahmed, S., Ardon, A., Kazemi, K. & Yalcinkaya, C., 18 Jun 2022Research output: Non-traditional research output › Exhibition
Prizes
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Fair Australia Prize 2019 Best NTEU Member Entry Shortlist
Yalcinkaya, Can (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Bundanon Artists in Residence with Comic Art Workshop
Can Yalcinkaya (Participant)
30 Sept 2024 → 13 Oct 2024Activity: Other
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ART-Ethnography LAB workshop
Anna-Karina Hermkens (Organiser) & Can Yalcinkaya (Organiser)
19 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop or event series
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Lines of Resistance
Justine Lloyd (Organiser) & Can Yalcinkaya (Organiser)
2 Nov 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series
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Virtual Gallery 'Panels that Transform' Exhibition
Justine Lloyd (Participant) & Can Yalcinkaya (Participant)
Dec 2021Activity: Other
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Comic Art Workshop
Can Yalcinkaya (Organiser)
14 Nov 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series
Press/Media
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The Zombie Death Metal Duo Thrashing Away Islamophobia
Safdar Ahmed & Can Yalcinkaya
3/11/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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Muslim Zombies And Death Metal Jihad: The Aussie Band Making Islamophobes’ Nightmares Come True
23/10/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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This Aussie Muslim Band Are Calling Out Bigots With Their “Death Metal Jihad”
23/10/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities