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İdil Galip

Writer, researcher, lecturer in new media and digital cultures.

Salutations dear visitor,

my name is İdil and I research the politics of digital cultures. I am currently a lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam and a dedicated scholar of what I’ve called ‘meme studies’.

Beyond my academic research and teaching duties, I also write and speak about algorithmic platform cultures, online communities and of course, memes. I also founded the Meme Studies Research Network in 2020 during my PhD studies and have been running it ever since.

I collaborate with artists, creatives, and museums giving workshops, organising events, experimenting with non-traditional publication forms and creating spaces for dialogue between academic and artistic approaches to digital culture. I am also on the board of The Hmm, a cultural organisation, where I contribute to strategic initiatives that support digital and new media arts in wider cultural contexts.

I am open to collaborations and projects - you can drop me a line at idilgalip.writing@gmail.com

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Education

PhD in Sociology - University of Edinburgh

MSc in Political Sociology - London School of Economics

BA in Political Science - Bilkent University

Academic roles

Lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture (BA + MA) - University of Amsterdam

Summer school coordinator for New Media and The Digitalisation of Everyday Life (MA) - University of Amsterdam

Tutor in Sociology (BA + MA) - University of Edinburgh

Other

Founder of Meme Studies Research Network (MSRN)

Board member - The Hmm