Education
Doctorate Ankara University
2016- 2021 Faculty of Languages History and Geography / Department of Sinology Thesis: Political Philosophy of Xunzi: In the Process of Establishing the Order: ‘Rituals’ and ‘Law’

Postgraduate Ankara University
2012-2015 Faculty of Languages History and Geography / Department of Sinology
Thesis: In the Western Han Dynasty of China, Western Regions Policy of the Emperor Han Wu Di (2015)

Undergraduate Ankara University
2006-2010 Faculty of Languages History and Geography / Department of Sinology

Undergraduate Hacettepe University
Since 2018 Faculty of Literature/ Department of Philosophy

Teaching Experience
Research Assistant RTE University/ Faculty of Science- Letters / Chinese Language and 2019- present Literature (Due to the faculty policy, my department now appears as Georgian Language and Literature Department officially, it is soon to be changed to ‘The Department of International Relations- Asian Studies’)
Please see: https://avesis.erdogan.edu.tr/burcin.bedel
Research Assistant Ankara University/Graduate School of Social Sciences/ Department of 2013- 2019 Sinology (6-year assigment)
Research Assistant RTE University / Faculty of Science- Letters / Chinese Language and 2012-2013 Literature



Publications
Articles published in internationally acclaimed journals:
BEDEL BURÇİN (2017). In The Period of Han Wu Di, The Policy Towards Western Regions. Aizonia Current Research in Social Sciences, 3(1), 35-49. (Publication No: 3425783)
Link: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/curesosc/issue/27471
BEDEL BURÇİN (2022). An Examination of The Character of The Law and Its Relation with The Rituals In Xunzi's System of Thought. Ankara University Journal of Social Sciences, 13(2), 34-45.
Link: http://sobild.ankara.edu.tr/index.php/sobild/article/view/1842/833
BEDEL BURCIN (2023). A Mou Zongsan Criticism of Xunzi: ‘Morality is External’. Asian Philosophy Taylor and Francis Publishing House, 1-14.
Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09552367.2022.2162194
Book Chapters:
1. BEDEL BURÇİN (2018). “Chinese Silk”. Chinese Civilization: History, Culture, Literature, Philosophy. (Ed.) G. Chiang Et. Al. Kesit Publishing House.
Link: https://www.kesityayinlari.com/kitap/cin-medeniyeti-tarih-kultur-edebiyat-felsefe-prof-dr-bulent-okay-in-35-meslek-yili-anisina-candan-kadriye-giray-9786059408752
2.BEDEL BURÇİN (2020) “Xunzi: the Inheritance and Development of Confucius’ Theory of Rites”, The Collected Works at the Symposium on China Studies 2018, (Ed.) Internationalexchange and Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of culture and Tourism, China Social Sciences Press
Link: http://www.csspw.cn/booksdetail_15923_2077116_1.jhtml
Papers published in international symposiums:
1. BEDEL BURÇİN (2022) “The Importance of Han Shu in Chinese Historiography”, in Turkish Historical Society International Prof. Dr. Halil Inalcik History and Historiography Symposium, Gazi University, Faculty of Science – Letters 10.04.2017- 13.04.2017 (International)
Link: https://www.ttk.gov.tr/10-37879-9789751749987-2022/
2. BEDEL BURCIN (2021) “Chinese Thought as Philosophy” (the paper is accepted for publication by the committee of 5th World Congress of Chinese Studies and awaits to be published, for more information please contact: wacs@china-studies.com)
Research
Presentations:
1. Turkish Historical Society International Prof. Dr. Halil Inalcik History and Historiography Symposium, Presentation, “The Importance of Han Shu in Chinese Historiography”, Gazi University, Faculty of Science – Letters 10.04.2017- 13.04.2017 (International)
2. 5th World Congress of Chinese Studies, Presentation, “Chinese Thought as Philosophy”, Witten/Herdecke University, 07.08.2021- 09.08.2021 (International)
3. I. Chinese Culture Seminar, Presentation, “Chinese Food Culture”, Ankara University, Faculty of Languages History and Geography, Muzaffer Göker Hall, Sertificate, 13.03.2013-13.03.2013 (National)
4. 2nd International Congress of Language and Translation Studies, Presentation, “The Hidden Philosophy in the Poems of Han Yu of the Tang Period”, Selçuk University, Online, 03-04.11. 2022 (International)
Scholarships and grants


16.06.2022- 20.06.2022 “Summer School on Contemporary Chinese Thought- Aesthetics, Anthropology, and Ethics through the Lens of Li Zehou’s Philosophy”, Organized by the Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana and the European Association of Chinese Philosophy (EACP) in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

11.2021- 11.2022 “New Sinology Program” Sino-foreign Cooperative Online Doctoral Training Program, Center for Language Education and Cooperation, China.

02.08.2021- 27.08.2021 University of Düsseldorf, Summer Courses at the Heinrich Heine University, DAAD, Germany.

02.2019- 01.2020 China/Fudan University, Senior Advanced Student major in Chinese Philosophy

09.2014 – 07.2015 China/ Beijing Language and Culture University, The College of Advanced Chinese Training as a General Scholar Student

Projects

1. China in My Imagination II, Painting Contest, Ministry of Education of Turkey and Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Ankara cooperation, Coordinator, 09/12/2016
2. Turkey-China Dialogue of University Students: New Silk Road, Moderator, Ankara University, Faculty of Languages and History- Geography, Farabi Hall, Sertificate, 09.11.2015- 09.11.2015 (National)

3. 13th Chinese Bridge, Organizer, Ankara University, Faculty of Languages and History- Geography, Farabi Hall, Sertificate 11.05.2014- 11.05.2014 (National)



Language
Turkish (native)
English (fluent)
Chinese (fluent)
German (basic knowledge, B1.1)