Prof. Dr. DİLEK LATİF

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Office GE225

E-mail dlatif@ciu.edu.tr

Telephone number +90 392 671 11 11

Extension 2249

Other information

Education

Middle East Technical University (M.E.T.U.) Ankara / Turkey. International Relations (PhD, 2005)
Middle East Technical University (M.E.T.U.) Ankara / Turkey. International Relations (Master, 1999)
Eastern Mediterranean University (E.M.U) International Relations (Undergraduate, 1996)

Publications

Articles published in other peer reviewed international journals

Reconsidering ‘EU Actorness’ in Changing Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean Region - 2022

Articles published in peer reviewed international journals (SCI,SSCI,Arts and Humanities)

Dilemmas of Religious Education, Freedom of Religion and Education in Cyprus - 2022
‘Different than us’? Reciprocal perceptions of the societies in Turkey and North Cyprus - 2022
Beyond secular? AKP’s religious policies and societal polarization in North Cyprus - 2021
Considering religious education in context: politics, reform and debates among Turkish Cypriots - 2019
A challenging educational reform: politics of history textbook revision in North Cyprus - 2019

Papers presented in international conferences and printed as proceedings

“Gender and Peace in Cyprus: The Role of Women in Reconciliation”, 4th December 2021 Virtual Symposium on Cyprus- “Cyprus: From Crises to Solutions”, Ege University. - 2022

Books and books chapters published internationally

Islamic Religious Education in Cypriot State Schools”. Edited by Leni Franken, Bill Gent, Islamic Religious Education in Europe A Comparative Study. Routledge, 2021 - 2021

Thesis Supervision

Master Thesis Supervised

Omotosho Funsho Anuoluwa, student number 22016040, titled “Impact of Terrorism on Nigerian Foreign Policy".. - 2023
Tobias Ifeanyichukwu Nnadi, student number 22002334 titled “The EU-Africa Relations in the 21st Century: Could the EU Reposition its Relationship with Africa as a True Partnership of Equals?” - 2023
Samuel Akinwale Akinbami, student number 21912100 titled “The Rise of China: Could the Rise of China Be a threat to the Hegemony of the United States?” - 2023

Projects

International Expert for the Council of Europe Project - Observatory on History Teaching in Europe’s (OHTE) Regular Report on the State of History Teaching in Europe

Awards

Scholarship for participation- Balkan Summer School on Religion and Public Life (BSSRPL), “Shared Past-Contested Heritage”, CEDAR and Plovdiv University, Bulgaria. (2021)
National Trainer Award- of National Trainer International Training Course “Sharing European Histories”, EUROCLIO& EVENS Foundation, Netherlands. (2020)
Fulbright Short-Term Training Award, Cyprus-America Scholarship Program, Project theme: “Societal Reconciliation and Peace Education: New Approaches to Teach a Contested History”, Research fellow, Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA), Boston University and US Institute of Peace (USIP), Washington DC/USA, July-August 2012 (2012)

Research Areas

Administrative Duties