Nadav SOLOMONOVICH

Academic Year:
2021/2022

Field of Study:
History

Research Program:
N+N

Affiliation:
University of Haifa

Position:
Postdoctoral fellow

Country:
Israel

Research project: Celebrating the Nation: The Politics of National Celebrations in Post Atatürk Turkey (1938-2020)

Focusing on 20th century Turkey, this research investigates the role of national celebrations in redefining Turkish identity and statehood. It uses two case studies of Turkish national holidays, investigating the rationale for their introduction and the ensuing contestation of their meaning and practice by different societal actors, to illuminate a thus-far under-researched dimension of Turkish nationalism.