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- About
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- Email Address
- r01uk18@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Room G07, The School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen, Edward Wright Annexe, Dunbar Street, Aberdeen, AB24 3QY
- School/Department
- Combined Studies
Biography
Umur is a doctoral researcher in the Department of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. His current research looks into the early years of the British Mandate for Palestine and is focused on the socio-spatial conflicts over the sacred status of Jerusalem's Western Wall during the Mandate period.
Umur completed his Master's in Sociology at the University of Glasgow in 2017 and earned his BA (Hon) degree in Sociology from Akdeniz University in 2012. To get a more in-depth insight into the difference between sociological and theological approaches to studying religion, he also studied the philosophy of religion in the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at Dokuz Eylul University between 2013-2015.
Latest Publications
Why Religion Matters: Social Scientific Insights on the Role of Religion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Granite Journal: The University of Aberdeen Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 9, no. 1Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSociety, Spatiality, and the Sacred: A Methodological Proposal
Bulletin for the Study of Religion, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 53-60Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Western Wall during the British Mandate of Palestine: Politics, strategies, struggles
Granite Journal: The University of Aberdeen Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-10Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInterpreting the world with world-systems theory: Its significance, strengths, and weaknesses as an alternative approach in social science
Akademik Bakış, no. 67, pp. 41-50Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] Journal website
- Research
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Research Overview
- Social/sociological theory and philosophy and methodology of social sciences.
- Historical Sociology; social transformation and cultural studies
- Sociology of Religion (especially with reference to culture, politics and social conflicts)
- Sociology of Space/Place (especially in relation to history, religion, and politics)
Current Research
Umur's current research investigates the socio-spatial conflicts over the sacred status of Jerusalem's Western Wall during the British Mandate for Palestine. Focusing on such a specific historical and spatial context, he aims to provide a conceptual frame of the sacred within which the historical and empirical aspects of the sacred places can be discussed from a sociological point of view. This research is supervised by Dr Andrew McKinnon and Dr Marta Trzebiatowska, both of the sociology department at the University of Aberdeen.
Funding and Grants
MEB 2014 YLSY
- Publications
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Why Religion Matters: Social Scientific Insights on the Role of Religion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Granite Journal: The University of Aberdeen Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 9, no. 1Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSociety, Spatiality, and the Sacred: A Methodological Proposal
Bulletin for the Study of Religion, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 53-60Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Western Wall during the British Mandate of Palestine: Politics, strategies, struggles
Granite Journal: The University of Aberdeen Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-10Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInterpreting the world with world-systems theory: Its significance, strengths, and weaknesses as an alternative approach in social science
Akademik Bakış, no. 67, pp. 41-50Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] Journal website