https://edagunaydin.com edagunaydin Sun, 19 Dec 2021 06:50:20 +0000 https://edagunaydin.com en https://edagunaydin.com/Home Sun, 19 Dec 2021 06:50:20 +0000 edagunaydin https://edagunaydin.com/Home https://edagunaydin.com/Research Sat, 18 Dec 2021 22:09:44 +0000 edagunaydin https://edagunaydin.com/Research Research My key research interests are in the intersections of gender, race and violence; representations of the Middle East; and post-structuralist theory and methods, particularly discourse theory.&nbsp; PhD (‘Un-stating order: the autonomous administration of north and east Syria’) awarded 2023 at the University of Sydney.&nbsp; Lecturer in International Studies at the University of Wollongong. Publications Eda Gunaydin and Susan Park. ‘Accountability enablers? The role of transnational activism in the use of the multilateral development bank grievance mechanisms’, Policy &amp; Society, 2023. Jordan McSwiney, Eda Gunaydin and Harry Maher. ‘Discourses of western civilisation in the Australian federal parliament’, in&nbsp;Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Australia, edited by Evan Smith, Jayne Persian, and Vashti Jane Fox, 218-234. London: Routledge. Eda Gunaydin. ‘The writers’ room’, Journal of Narrative Politics, 2022. Eda Gunaydin. ‘Saving the YPJ, saved by the YPJ: ambivalent agency and the legitimation of intervention in Syria’, International Feminist Journal of Politics, 2022. Megan MacKenzie and Eda Gunaydin. ‘Does Raising the Combat Exclusion Lead to Equality? Measuring the recruitment, retention and promotion of women in Canada and New Zealand’s defence forces’, Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 2022. Harry Maher, Eda Gunaydin and Jordan McSwiney. ‘Western civilizationism and white supremacy: the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation’, Patterns of Prejudice, 2022.&nbsp; Eda Gunaydin. ‘Learn from Kurdish Women’s Liberation Movements to Imagine the Dissolution of the Nation-state System’,&nbsp; in Feminist Solutions for Ending War, edited by Nicole Wegner and Megan MacKenzie, 73–88. London: Pluto Press. Megan MacKenzie, Eda Gunaydin, and Umeya Chaudhuri. ‘Illicit military behaviour as exceptional and inevitable: media coverage of military sexual violence and the ‘bad apples’ paradox’. International Studies Quarterly, 2020. Eda Gunaydin. Review of Complaint!&nbsp;by Sara Ahmed (Durham: Duke University Press, 2021) for the Sydney Review of Books, 2021. Eda Gunaydin. Review of Why Race Still Matters by Alana Lentin (London: Polity, 2019) for the Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam, 2021. Eda Gunaydin. ‘No Struggling Alone,’ a review of Jodi Dean’s Comrade (Verso 2019), for the Sydney Review of Books, 2020. Scholarship, Grants &amp; Awards 2022 International Studies Association Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2019 Dean’s Citation for Excellence in Tutorials ISA, Women’s Caucus Graduate Student Best Paper Award ISA, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies section Best Paper Award London Critical Theory Summer School, Open Society Foundations: fully funded position. 2018 Research Training Program (RTP), Australian Government 3.5 years, scholarship 2016 The Michael W Jackson Prize for Study in Government, for the student who attains the highest results in Honours and in courses during the BA program The University of Sydney University Medal for Government 2015 GS Caird Scholarship in Third Year Government Mayer Prize in Political Theory, for the best piece of writing on political theory &nbsp;Writing︎︎︎ https://edagunaydin.com/Writing Sat, 18 Dec 2021 22:40:11 +0000 edagunaydin https://edagunaydin.com/Writing Writing Root &amp; Branch is my first book of collected essays. It won the 2023 Victoria Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year at the ABIAs.&nbsp; You can order a copy here. <img width="640" height="986" width_o="640" height_o="986" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39f6f0faaee21cf5eb9d3cda79a0c1317fc45d8fb29f9c8a73ddd4f57105f3c1/9781742237312_mqzYJzt.width-640.jpg" data-mid="183844182" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/39f6f0faaee21cf5eb9d3cda79a0c1317fc45d8fb29f9c8a73ddd4f57105f3c1/9781742237312_mqzYJzt.width-640.jpg" /> Reviews of Root &amp; Branch “Gunaydin is a gifted essayist driven by an honest desire to see society transformed, “to alter the conditions of everyday existence, so that there’s nothing that we need to be saved from”. Gunaydin’s ability to combine a searing intellect with wit and ingenuity is breathtaking.” Books + Publishing “All of this is related with Gunaydin’s unflinching honesty. Her talent lies in her ability to weave together the personal and the political.” Ruth Balint for The Conversation “Exuberant writing that is at turns funny, sarcastic and dark.” May Ngo for Meanjin&nbsp; “Gunaydin’s essays are multifaceted and engrossing, combining sharp wit and insightful commentary in a depiction of modern life.” Elena Perse for ArtsHub“Sharply observed and intimate, drenched in the awkward, ugly, banal and beautiful materiality of the everyday.” Dženana Vucic for Kill Your Darlings“Readers who enjoy the work of Ellena Savage, Maria Tumarkin, Maxine Beneba Clarke and Behrouz Boochani will be absorbed and impressed.” Clare Millar for Readings “The writing is both forthright and vulnerable; Gunaydin offers a compassionate take on humanity and reveals a witty and powerful intellect.” Sister Zai Zanda for The Big Issue“Important and significant. Much more so than most other books, Root &amp; Branch has the potential to leave a unique, lasting impression on the reader.” Roland Leikauf for Signals magazine Upcoming Events Essays you can find online&nbsp; ‘Saved by Books’, a review of Shannon Burns’ Childhood for&nbsp;The Sydney Review of Books ‘Pedestrian’, The Sydney Review of Books. Part of The Commute: Essays about getting around. ‘This Email May Contain Information’, on Toby Fitch. Liminal Mag series in collaboration with Cordite Poetry Review. ‘Holding Ground’, The Sydney Review of Books. Part of Writing Gender.‘Street as Studio’, in Being Together: Parramatta Yearbook‘Why Am I Like This’, on Hanif Kureishi in Liminal Mag‘Loss Statement’, The Sydney Review of Books ‘Handmade Transcendence: On fashioning presence through process’, a response to Shireen Taweel in the Griffith Review Online ‘No Struggling Alone’, a review of Jodi Dean’s Comrade (Verso 2019), for The Sydney Review of Books. ‘Shit-Eating’, Liminal Mag publication with the theme of Taste. You can see various authors read from the publication here. ‘Tell All’, The Sydney Review of Books ‘Born’, Footscray Arts Centre ‘Your Life’s Work’, The Lifted Brow Online. I discussed this piece on RRR.‘Gothic Body’, Voiceworks&nbsp; ‘Only So Much’, Meanjin Quarterly , longlisted for the Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers ‘Second City’, The Sydney Review of Books Media Appearances 2023 ‘Eda Gunaydin reflects on family and history in award winning essay collection’ for University of Wollongong Article in the Sydney Morning Herald featuring Root &amp; Branch’s VPLA win.‘Meet the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award winners’, for the Wheeler Centre 2022 ‘I was young and so ambitious in made me sick. I’m not alone’, a reflection on how my relationship with work and ambition have changed for The Age. The Writers: Eda Gunaydin for ABC Radio Podcast interview about Root &amp; Branch with Bede Haines for the New Books Network. 5 Questions for Liminal Mag Ten Terrifying Questions for Booktopia‘Cultural Ambassador’, a reflection on our last Mardi Gras pre-pandemic for Queerstories. 2021 ‘House Music: What Made Eda Gunaydin Happy During the Great Confinement’, an interview about my lockdown listening habits with Bernard Zuel. 2019 ‘What I’m Reading’ for Meanjin Quarterly Editing As Contributing Editor at The Sydney Review of Books, commissioned and&nbsp;edited: ‘Better Nature’, by Stuart Rollo, a review of Crimes Against Nature by Jeff Sparrow ‘You Have To Believe Me’, by Ellen O’Brien, a review of Witness by Louise Milligan‘Skin in the Game’, by Mykaela Saunders, a review of Another Day in the Colony by Chelsea Watego‘More Than Black and Blue: A Confession’, by Tabitha Lean, a review of Black and Blue by Veronica Gorrie‘Sighting Wallman’, by Pat Grant, a review of Our Members Be Unlimited by Sam Wallman‘Holding the Line: Against the Pornography of Deterrence’, by Suvendrini Perera, a review of Still Alive by Safdar Ahmed‘Who Deserves To Be Boycotted’, by Antony Loewenstein, a review of Dateline Jerusalem by John Lyons‘KSP’s Bolshevik Gown’, by Elena Gomez, a review of The Red Witch: A Biography of Katharine Susannah Prichard by Nathan Hobby‘Consolations’, by André Dao, a review of Four Years in A Red Coat by Miyakatsu Koike, Hiroko Cockerill, Peter Monteath, Yuriko Nagata&nbsp; Editor for&nbsp;‘I’m Not Hungry Anymore’ by Hasib Hourani, Liminal Mag Editor for Overland’s Speculative Futures edition Awards 2023 Winner, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, Non-Fiction for Root &amp; Branch: Essays on Inheritance Shortlisted,&nbsp;The ABIA's Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year 2023 2022 Shortlisted, Woollahra Digital Literary Award, Non-Fiction 2022 2021 UTS Library Creative in Residence: Finishing School Collective 2020 Australia Council for the Arts, Projects for Individuals 2019 Writing NSW Early Career Writer Grant Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre residency &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Shortlisted, 2019 Queensland Literary Award, QUT Digital Literature Award Longlisted, Liminal Fiction Award Varuna, The Writers’ House, Rising in the West Fellowship recipient Shortlisted, Woollahra Digital Literary Award, Non-Fiction 2019 2018 Dinny O’Hearn Fellowship, Australian Centre, University of Melbourne 2017 Writers’ Victoria Neilma Sidney Travel Fund grant Beauchamp Prize for Literature, winner, University of Sydney 2016 Monash University Undergraduate Creative Writing Prize, shortlist WestWords CAL Western Sydney Emerging Writers’ Fellowship 2015 Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers, longlist Adrian Consett Stephen Memorial Prize for Prose, winner, University of Sydney &nbsp;Research︎︎︎