Assoc. Prof. AYSUN KIRAN


Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Translation and Interpretation

Department of Translation and Interpreting (English)


WoS Research Areas: Social Sciences (Soc)


Avesis Research Areas: Social Sciences and Humanities, Philology, Interpreting and Translating, English Interpreting and Translating

Metrics

Publication

29

Publication (WoS)

3

Publication (Scopus)

2

Citation (Scopus)

2

H-Index (Scopus)

1

Citation (Sobiad)

33

H-Index (Sobiad)

2

Citation (Sum Other)

2

Project

1
UN Sustainable Development Goals

Education

2012 - 2019

2012 - 2019

Doctorate

University of London-University College London, Centre For Multidisciplinary And Intercultural Inquiry (Cmıı), Translation and Intercultural Studies, United Kingdom

2007 - 2009

2007 - 2009

Postgraduate

Bogazici University, Instıtute Of Ataturk Prıncıples And Hıstory Of Reforms, Department Of Ataturk's Prıncıples And Turkısh Revolutıon Hıstory, Turkey

2002 - 2007

2002 - 2007

Undergraduate

Bogazici University, Faculty Of Arts And Scıences, Department Of Translatıon Studıes, Turkey

Dissertations

2019

2019

Doctorate

Re-presenting the Conflict: Multilingualism, Intertextuality and Non-Translation in New Turkish Cinema

University of London-University College London, Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry, Translation and Intercultural Studies

2009

2009

Postgraduate

The phenomenon of free-floating violence in post-1990s Turkey through two films By Serdar Akar: Gemide and Barda Sustainable Development

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Atatürk İlkeleri Ve İnkılap Tarihi Enstitüsü

Foreign Languages

C1 Advanced

C1 Advanced

English

B2 Upper Intermediate

B2 Upper Intermediate

German

Research Areas

Social Sciences and Humanities

Philology

Interpreting and Translating

English Interpreting and Translating

Research Areas Based on Academic Activities

Avesis Research Areas

    WoS Research Areas

      Scopus Research Areas

        Academic Positions

        2022 - Continues

        2022 - Continues

        Assistant Professor

        Marmara University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Translation and Interpreting

        2009 - 2022

        2009 - 2022

        Research Assistant

        Marmara University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Translation and Interpreting

        Managerial Experience

        2017 - Continues

        2017 - Continues

        Erasmus Program Institutional Coordinator

        Marmara University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Translation and Interpreting

        Courses

        Undergraduate

        Undergraduate

        IMT4106 Graduation Thesis

        IMT1104 English Written Communication Skills II

        TRI204 Media and Advertisement Translation

        IMT2102 Translation Theories II

        IMT2101 Translation Theories I

        IMT4105 Research Methods

        IMT3123 Special Topics in Translation: Introduction to Cultural Studies

        IMT1103 English Written Communication Skills I

        IMT4152 Language and Translation in Film

        Articles

        All (10)
        SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI (2)
        SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI (3)
        ESCI (1)
        Scopus (2)
        TRDizin (7)
        Other Publications (1)

        Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences

        2025

        2025

        1. From adaptations to non-translations : re-presenting difference in Turkish cinema

        KIRAN A.

        Adaptation, Restoration, Rebirth : 20th Annual Association of Adaptation Studies Conference, İstanbul, Turkey, 1 - 04 June 2025, pp.80, (Summary Text)

        2024

        2024

        2. Reimagining Frankenstein in the Ottoman-Turkish context: Netflix’s Creature (2023) as a case of multimodal retranslation

        KIRAN A.

        Retranslation in Context VI Conference, İzmir, Turkey, 29 October - 01 November 2024, (Summary Text)

        2023

        2023

        3. Rethinking Translation Through Silence: Male Interpreters vs. Female Survivors in War Films of Turkish Cinema

        KIRAN A.

        Interpreting, Translation, and Gender in Conflict-affected situations, Bari, Italy, 24 - 25 October 2023, (Summary Text)

        2023

        2023

        4. The Reception of Translation in Netflix Türkiye’s Promotional Paratexts: The Case of “In 7 Languages”

        KIRAN A.

        9th International KTUDELL Conference on Language, Literature, and Translation, Trabzon, Turkey, 25 - 26 September 2023, pp.6, (Summary Text)

        2022

        2022

        5. Media paratexts and translation: the case of Netflix Turkey

        KIRAN A.

        The International Congress on Academic Studies in Translation and Interpreting Studies (ICASTIS), Bolu, Turkey, 29 September - 01 October 2022, (Summary Text)

        2022

        2022

        6. Mediation and Subversion in The Club: Translating the Minorities of Turkey

        KIRAN A.

        Audiovisual Translation and Minority Cultures, Pescara, Italy, 3 - 04 June 2022, (Summary Text)

        2019

        2019

        7. Translating Ece Temelkuran: The Insane and the Melancholy

        KIRAN A.

        Translating Women: breaking borders and building bridges in the English-language book industry, Londrina, Brazil, 31 October - 01 November 2019

        2018

        2018

        8. “Linguistic Representations of the ‘Other’ in Multilingual Films of Turkey”

        Kıran A.

        The 6th IATIS Conference, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 3 - 06 July 2018, pp.15, (Summary Text)

        2017

        2017

        9. “Linguistic Diversity and Translation (or Non-Translation) in Turkish Cinema”

        Kıran A.

        The Trafilm Conference: Multilingualism and Audiovisual Translation, Barcelona, Spain, 30 November - 01 December 2017, pp.49, (Summary Text)

        2016

        2016

        10. Re Framing Multilingualism in the New Cinema of Turkey

        Kıran A.

        Beyond linguistic plurality: The trajectories of multilingualism in translation, İstanbul, Turkey, 11 - 12 May 2016, pp.35, (Summary Text)

        Books

        2025

        2025

        1. Mediation and Subversion in The Club: Translating the Minorities of Turkey

        KIRAN A.

        in: Minority Languages and Cultures in Audiovisual Translation, Sasso Eleonora, Editor, Routledge, pp.65-83, 2025

        2023

        2023

        2. Transfiction in Turkish war films: Turkish Ice Cream (2019) and Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017)

        KIRAN A.

        in: Contemporary Translation Studies: Bridging Cultures, Technologies, and Societies, BARUT, EVREN, Editor, Çizgi Kitabevi Publishing, pp.11-23, 2023

        2020

        2020

        3. The Arbitrariness Ring on the Chain of Free-Floating Violence

        KIRAN A.

        in: Exploring Violence in Families and Societies, RANA, SANTOSHI; FREDERICK, LYNN, Editor, Brill (Elektronik kitap olarak ilk basımı 2011 yılında Inter-disciplinary Press tarafından yapılmıştır.), Leiden, pp.81-88, 2020

        2017

        2017

        4. Re-Framing the Battle and Enemy in the Media Discourse of 1990s Turkey

        Kıran A.

        in: Media and Politics: Discourses, Cultures, and Practices, Bettina Mottura,Letizia Osti,Giorgia Riboni, Editor, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle Upon Tyne, pp.373-391, 2017

        2017

        2017

        5. Re-Framing the Battle and Enemy in the Media Discourse of 1990s Turkey

        KIRAN A.

        in: Media and Politics: Discourses, Cultures, and Practices, Mottura, Bettina; Osti, Letizia; Riboni, Giorgia, Editor, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, pp.373-391, 2017

        2016

        2016

        6. Rendering Visible or Blurring the Boundaries: Presence or Absenceof Subtitles in the Multilingual Post-1990s Films of Turkey

        Kıran A.

        in: Representing and (De)Constructing Borderlands, Moroz, Grzegorz; Partyka, Jacek, Editor, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle Upon Tyne, pp.137-148, 2016

        2010

        2010

        8. Türkiye’deki Sinema Emekçileri ve Sine-Sen

        KIRAN A.

        in: Sınıftan Sınıfa: Fabrika Dışında Çalışma Manzaraları, Buğra, Ayşe, Editor, İletişim, İstanbul, pp.69-88, 2010

        2006

        2006

        9. Adakale

        KIRAN A., Yıldırım O.

        Pan Kitabevi, 2006

        Funded Projects

        2014 - 2015

        2014 - 2015

        Media translation and accessibility in the EU

        Universities of Other Countries Supported Project

        Kıran A. (Executive), Mliczak R.(Executive), Kadiu S.(Executive)

        Peer Reviews in Scientific Publications

        April 2025

        April 2025

        İstanbul Üniversitesi Çeviribilim Dergisi

        Other Indexed Journal

        May 2024

        May 2024

        Çeviribilim ve Uygulamaları

        Other Indexed Journal

        March 2022

        March 2022

        SÖYLEM

        Other Indexed Journal

        

        Scholarships

        2017 - 2017

        2017 - 2017

        The Mary Trevelyan (MT) Fund

        Other International Organizations

        2017 - 2017

        2017 - 2017

        The Leche Trust grant

        Other International Organizations

        2012 - 2016

        2012 - 2016

        YÖK Doktora Bursu

        YOK