Beyazit AkmanVisiting Assistant ProfessorEnglish |
Welles Hall 218D 1 College Circle Geneseo, NY 14454 585-245-5244 akman@geneseo.edu |
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Beyazit Akman specializes on the image of Islam in the Western discourse. He teaches courses on Global Literature, Post-1700 British Literature, and Humanities sequences. He is also a published novelist of historical fiction.
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Faculty Information
Education
- Ph.D., Illinois State University, 2012
- M.A., Illinois State University, 2006 (Fulbright Scholarship)
- B.A., Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2003
My Classes
ENGL 233:
Top-Post-1700 Brit Lit:
- A study of selected works in British literature after 1700, seen within multiple contexts, such as themes, cultural issues, intellectual movements, nationhood, and genre. (May be taken for credit twice under different subtitles.) Offered spring, even years
ENGL 241:
World Literature:
- The comparative study of significant literary works from Western and other cultural traditions. (May be taken for credit twice under different subtitles.) Offered every fall, odd years
HUMN 220:
H/Western Humanities I
- A search for moral, social, and political alternatives and meaning embodied in the institutions, culture, and literature of Western Civilization from the beginnings to 1600. The course is factual as well as conceptual, including a narrative history of the period covered.