Cultural Anthropology, University of Wisconsin,­ Madison, 2012

Cultural Anthropology, University of Wisconsin,­ Madison, 2006

Comparative Religion, Cornell University, 2001

Anthropology of ethics, anthropology of food, anthropology of belonging, qualitative research methods, migration, transnationalism, gender, ethnicity, film, human rights, religion and politics, Europe and the Middle East

Susan Rottmann is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology. She obtained her B.A. degree in Comparative Religion from Cornell University in 2001, her M.A. degree in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006, and her Ph.D. degree in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012.  She has received several major grants for her research, including a Fulbright-Hays DDRA and grants from the Social Science Research Council, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, the American Research Institute in Turkey and the Institute of Turkish Studies.

Between 2017-2021, she was a Primary Investigator for the European Commission funded HORIZON 2020 project, RESPOND- Multilevel Governance of Mass Migration in Europe and Beyond. Currently, she is a cooperation partner on the project “Inequalities, Community Resilience and New Governance Modalities in a Post-Pandemic World” as part of the Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities (T-AP) (2022-2025). She is also the Project Coordinator for a TÜBİTAK 1001 (The Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program of Turkey) grant for the project: “Food, Homemaking and Social Integration for Syrian Women in Istanbul, Gaziantep and Hatay” / “İstanbul, Gaziantep Ve Hatay'daki Suriyeli Kadınların Yemek, Ev-Yapımı Ve Sosyal Uyumu” (Project ID: 122K209; 2022-2025).

Rottmann has published in a wide variety of international peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Refugee Studies, Migration Studies and Critical Sociology. Her recent book, In Pursuit of Belonging: Forging an Ethical Life in European-Turkish Spaces (Berghahn Books - 2019) draws on an established tradition of life story writing in anthropology to convey the struggle to forge an ethical life as a Muslim woman in transnational space.

Recent Publications (selected)

1. Sezingalp Ozcetin, P. & S.B. Rottmann. 2022. (Lived) Spaces of Belonging, Culture and Gender: Spatial Practices of Home for Syrian Women in Istanbul. Space and Culture. https://doi.org/10.1177/12063312221089213.
2. Rottmann, S.B. & M. Nimer. 2021. “We always open our doors for visitors”- Hospitality as Home-making Strategy for Refugee Women in Istanbul. Migration Studies 9(3): 1380–1398.
3. Kaya, A., S.B. Rottmann, N. Ela Gökalp-Aras, Zeynep Şahin-Mencütek. 2021. Türkiye’de Mültecilik: Koruma, Kabul ve Entegrasyon. Istanbul: Bilgi University Press.  E-ISBN: 978-605-399-571-5.
4. Rottmann, Susan and Ayhan Kaya. (2020). “We can’t integrate in Europe. We will pay a high price if we go there.” Culture, Time and Migration Aspirations for Syrian Refugees in Istanbul. Journal of Refugee Studies.
5. Rottmann, S.B. 2020. Cultivating membership abroad: Analyzing German pre-integration courses for Turkish marriage migrants. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1070289X.2020.1851004.

Web of Science Researcher ID: AAH-1047-2020
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0680-6999
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Susan-Rottmann-3

Blog Posts, Online Courses and Media Appearances

1. 2021. Migration Agenda #58 - Integration of People Under Temporary Protection - Dr. Susan Beth Rottmann. IGAMTV Göç Gündemi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOZb-BoSrzs.
2. 2021. Cultivating German Membership. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Blog.
3. 2021. What about Belonging?: Analyzing the New Pact’s Impact on Migrant Social Attachments. Bridge Network Blog
4. 2021. Belonging in Fatih. A Kino-Eye video made in collaboration with Syrian women.
5. 2020. The European Union: Crisis and Recovery. Future Learn – Dublin City University. (Online open-access MOOC course videos on the CEAS, COVID-19 and Migration and Migration Crisis)
6. 2020. Refugee Integration in Europe: Does Belonging Matter? Discover Society
7. 2020. Textures of Hospitality in Homes of Refugee Women in Istanbul: Tactile and Affective Dimensions of Sociality and Agency. The Sociological Review
8. 2020. A “Quick-Fix” Migration Solution Ends in Tragedy at the Greek-Turkish Border. Bridge Network Blog
9. 2019. Leyla and Eman. Connecting German-Turkish and Syrian-Turkish Stories. Berghahn Books Blog
10. 2019. Turkish Migration Stories Then and Now: Connecting the German-Turkish and Syrian-Turkish Experience. RESPOND
11. 2019. Theorizing Hospitality and Integration: Preliminary Insights from Research with Syrian Women in Istanbul. RESPOND
12. 2018. How are Syrian Families in Turkey Affected by Legal Regimes? Preliminary Insights from Fieldwork in Istanbul. RESPOND

Teaching

Dr. Rottmann teaches the following courses at Ozyegin University: