Kerem Öktem (D. Phil, MSt MMES, Oxon) is research fellow at the European Studies Centre, St Antony’s College and principal researcher for the study of Muslims and politics in Europe, a project funded by the Open Society Institute and the British Academy. He also teaches the courses Politics of the Middle East and Turkish History and is convenor of the M. Phil option course ‘Cities in the Middle East’ at the Oriental Institute in Oxford.

Dr Öktem read Modern Middle Eastern Studies at the Oriental Institute Oxford and completed his D. Phil. thesis on the spatial dimensions of nation-building at the School of Geography in Oxford in 2006. His research interests are informed by his area studies background and his expertise on Turkey: It ranges from the history of nationalism, ethnic politics and minority rights in Turkey to debates on history and memory and Turkey’s relations with Armenia and Greece. He has also worked on nations and minorities in the larger Mediterranean area and is contributor to the Research Network RAMSES at the Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme in Aix-en-Provence.

Kerem Öktem is a regular contributor to Middle East Report (MERIP) and publishes on current affairs in the New Humanist and in OpenDemocracy. His most recent books include:

Angry Nation: Turkey since 1989 (Zed Books, 2011). Please check: <http://angrynation.info> http://angrynation.info

Turkey’s Engagement with Modernity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) with Celia Kerslake and Philip Robins.

In the long shadow of Europe: Greeks and Turks in the era of Post-Nationalism (Brill, 2009) with Kalypso Nicolaidis and Othon Anstasakis

Mutual Misunderstandings: Muslims in the European media (European Studies Centre, 2009) with Reem Abou-El-Fadl.