Dr. Begüm Adalet

Biography

Begüm Adalet is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University, where she focuses on political theory with a specific emphasis on infrastructures, ideologies, empire, racism, anti-colonialism, and transnationalism, particularly during the Cold War period. Her works interrogate the complexities of radical thought and internationalism, with her forthcoming book, 'Insurgent Mood: Black Radical Internationalism in the United States and the Middle East', further exploring these themes. Adalet's writings have appeared in prestigious journals such as the American Political Science Review and the Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy. In addition to her research, she has also served as an Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow at the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University and as an Instructor in the Politics Department at Ithaca College. Her scholarly contributions also include co-editing a special issue of the South Atlantic Quarterly and participating in discussions surrounding American political thought from a transnational perspective.

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