Janroj Keles
Position
Research Fellow
Qualifications
- PhD-candidate, Brunel University London
- Sociology and IT (1 year), Technical University, Berlin/Germany
- B.A. in Film and Television, University of Istanbul
- Video and sound design, Academy for digital media, Berlin/ Munich
Background/Career
Janroj joined the WLRI institute in 2007 to work on a project on ‘Influences of identity, community and social networks on ethnic minority representation at work’ (with Dr. Jane Holgate and Prof. Anna Pollert). He has previously been part of a research team at Sussex Centre for Migration Research conducting fieldwork with Kurdish, Turkish and Turkish Cypriots migrants for the MIGSYS Research Project in the
UK . He also has been part of a research team at City
University conducting field work on young undocumented migrants and worked for Harvard University in
London on the political participation and religious integration of Muslims in Europe after 9/11 and he has also been part of a research team to research on ‘Legitimising the discourses of radicalisation: Political violence in the new media ecology’ for University of Warwick . He is a PhD candidate at Brunel University (London), where he is undertaking a study of how Kurdish and Turkish migrants in Europe (Sweden, Germany and UK) view the Turkish and Kurdish ethno-nationalist conflict in Turkey through the media.
Janroj has experience of working in Turkey , Germany and the
UK . He speaks Kurdish, Turkish, German and English. Before coming to academia he worked in media, film and in social and community work.
Research interests
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Media, identity and representation, minority attitudes to use of information/communication technologies, trans-national migrant communities, transnational media and transmigrants (Kurds and Turks in Germany, the UK and Sweden), media and ethnic conflicts, Kurdish - Turkish ethno-national conflict , religious identities, asylum and refugee issues, industrial relations and ME groups in the UK and visual research
Contact details
Janroj Keles
Research Fellow
Working Lives Research Institute
London Metropolitan University
31 Jewry Street, London EC3N 2EY
j.Keles@londonmet.ac.uk
Tel (w) 020 7320 1371
Tel (m) 0787 5149068
Awards
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SSS PhD Studentship 2005
Brunel
University, UK
- Kurt Tucholsky Stipendium, Germany
Publications
Journal Articles (published)
- Holgate, J. Pollert, A and Keles, J (2009) Union decline, minority ethnic workers and employment advice in local communities. Industrial Law Journal 38:3. 412-416.
- King R, Thomson M, Mai N, and Keles J.Y. ‘Turks’ in the UK: Problems of Definition and the Partial Relevance of Policy, Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Volume 6, Issue 3 October 2008 , pages 423 - 434
- Keles, J. Bi Nihêrînek Gelemperî Sînema (An overview of development of film art) Kovara Zende 1, 2006
- Keles, J. Gorsel Tumceler (Visual Semiotics), Iskenderiye Yazilari, 1994
Working Papers
- Holgate, J. Pollert, A and Keles, J. (2009) Ethnic minority representation at work: An initial review of literature and concepts
- Holgate, J. Pollert, A and Keles, J. (2009) To whom do I turn when I am invisible?: The experience of Kurdish workers who have problems at work?
- Holgate, J. Pollert, A and Keles, J. (2009) The influence of identity, 'community' and social networks on how workers access support for work-based problems
- Holgate, J. Pollert, A and Keles, J. (2009) Union decline and the lack of employment advice for minority ethnic workers in the UK: can community support organisations help to fill the gap?
- King R, Thomson M, Mai N, and Keles J.Y. (2008) ‘Turks’ in
London : Shades of Invisibility and the Shifting Relevance of Policy in the Migration Process. Working Paper, Sussex Centre for Migration Research,
University of
Sussex
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Academic conference papers
- Keles, J. Kumarappan, L. Holgate, J. Pollert, A. (2010) Visualising ‘community’: an experiment in participatory photograpy among Kurdish Diaspora in the UK. Paper presented at Visual Sociology Study Group, BSA Annual Conference, Glasgow, 7-9 April 2010.
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Holgate, J, Pollert, P, Keles, J.(2009) Union decline and the lack of employment advice for minority ethnic workers in the
UK : can community support organisations help to fill the gap? Paper to be presented at the international Industrial Relationships association Annual Conference,
Sidney , 24-27 August 2009
- Keles, J, Holgate,J, Pollert, P. (2009) To whom do I turn when I am invisible? The experiences of Kurdish workers who have problems at work. Paper presented at the British Sociological Association Annual Conference,
Cardiff , 15017 April 2009
- Holgate,J, Pollert, P, Keles, J. (2009) The influence of identity, 'community' and social networks on how workers access support for work-based problems. Paper presented at the International Labour Process conference,
Edinburgh , 6-8 April 2009
- 2008: Banal Nationalism in Turkish media. Paper presented to "British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES)" organised by
London
School of Economics, London, 3rd - 4th September 2009
- 2008: The representation of Turkish and Kurdish ethno-national conflict in the media, Paper presented to "Summer School in Media & Nationalism" organised by Universitat de Vic (UVic),
Barcelona /
Catalonia , 07 July 2008
- 2007 The Turkish and Kurdish ethno-nationalist conflict and the role of Turkish and Kurdish media in the conflict. Paper presented to "Communication and Conflict: Propaganda, Spin and Lobbying in the Global Age" organised by
University of
Strathclyde n Glasgow /
UK on 7-9 September 2007
- 2007: The Development of Kurdish media in Diaspora. Paper presented to "KSSO seminar series", SOAS, London/UK, 14 May 07
Media Dissemination
- 2010 Telgraf Newspaper on HEFCE budget cuts and universities
- 2009 Telgraf Newspaper on EMRAW research fundings on BME workers
- 2007 Swedish Radio: interview on Kurdish audience and their media use and consumption (1/8)
- 2007 Yeni Ozgur Poitika newspaper on Kurdish Language (02.07)
- 2007 Telgraf Newspaper on Kurdish community (03.07)
- 1996 Aksiyon Dergisi on Habitat II conference in Turkey(78/06.96)
- 1996 Express newspaper on Turkey's human rights record(4/06.96)
Teaching
- since 2008: Teaching IT and Society at L
ondon
Metropolitan
University
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2005-2008: Teaching assistant at
Brunel
University for 3 years teaching "Media, Identity and Representation" and "Main Currents in the Human Sciences-Communications & Media/Psychology/Social Anthropology/Sociology for undergraduate to "convey an understanding of some contemporary issues and debates [these are specified] from the viewpoints of psychology, sociology, media and communications, and social anthropology."
Invited
- ‘Understanding Diaspora: The Case of Kurds in London’ BSA Theory Study Group Symposium, organized in association with the Department of Sociology, University of Leicester
- Debating integration policy: Danish and British perspectives, organized by H.E. Ambassador Birgir Riis-Jorgensen, Embassy of Denmark and the British Equality and Human Rights Commission, London (03.09)
Seminars organised
Janroj has been organizing seminars since 2007 on identity, ethnicity, nationalism, gender, forced migration, racism, citizenship, human rights and minority rights and transnational media in the context of Kurds and Kurdistan, Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria.
Some of them are listed below
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Defining the Nation: Kurdish Historiography in Turkey in the 1990s. speaker: Dr Konrad Hirschler of School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 4th May
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Kurdistan in Iraq – progress and challenges, speaker Ms. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman of Kurdistan Regional Government’s High Representative to the UK, chair: Dr. Konrad Hirschler, Senior Lecturer in the History of the Near and Middle East, SOAS, 20th March
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Green Movement and national minorities in Iran, speaker: Dr. Said Sharm, 26th Febrary 2010,
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Gender, Memory, and Political Discourse: The case of Anfal surviving women, speaker: Dr.Choman Hardi, Date, time and venue: 21rst January 2010
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Presences and absences in stories about racism and disadvantage, speaker: Dr. Maja Cederberg of Oxford Brookes University, chair:Dr. Umut Erel of Open University, 22nd Oct, 2009
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Citizenship and stateless Kurds in Syria. Mr. Robert Lowe of Chatham House, Dr. Amed Shamo, Independent Researcher, chair: Janroj Keles, 8th Oct, 2009
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New communication technologies and Kurdish language and culture. speakers: Dr. Amir Hassanpour, Associate Professor of University of Toronto, Mr. Hassan Ghazi, independent researcher, Dr. Jaffer Sheyholislami, Assistant Professor of Carleton University, chair: Janroj Keles, 4 Apr, 09
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The obstacles and options for a political and peaceful solution of Turkey’s Kurdish Question by former Kurdish Democracy Party MP and former political prisoner Mrs Leyla Zana, and Prof. Mary Davis, SOAS University, May 2008
Professional membership
Filmography
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And the Clock Is Ticking, This documentary film gives an account of the situation of refugees in Germany, 2000
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The Turkish Wedding Makers, documentary, Assistant Director for Christof Weinert, Prod. Arte broadcast December 02 Documentary about the Kurdish and Turkish Minorities' wedding celebrations.
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Das Ufer, short film, 03 Abstract video
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CuandoTeVi, short film, 03 Abstract video
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•Keles, J. Kumarappan, L. Holgate, J. Pollert, A. (2010) Visualising ‘community’: an experiment in participatory photograpy among Kurdish Diaspora in the UK. Paper presented at Visual Sociology Study Group, BSA Annual Conference, Glasgow, 7-9 April 2010.
•Holgate, J. (2009) Adapt or decline: a trade union future for black workers? Paper presented at Critical Labour Studies Symposium. School of African and Oriental Studies. 21-22 November 2009.
•Holgate, J. Pollert, P. Keles, J. (2009) Union decline and the lack of employment advice for minority ethnic workers in the UK: can community support organisations help to fill the gap? Paper presented at the International Industrial Relations Association Annual Conference, Sydney, 24-27 August 2009.
•Keles, J. Holgate, J. Pollert, P. (2009) To whom do I turn when I am invisible? The experiences of Kurdish workers who have problems at work. Paper presented at the British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Cardiff, 15-17 April 2009.
•Holgate, J. Pollert, P. Keles, J. (2009) The influence of identity, ‘community’ and social networks on how workers access support for work-based problems. Paper presented at the International Labour Process Conference, Edinburgh, 6-8 April 2009.
