MARTIN CYR HICKS Education Ph.D. IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE Université de Montréal, 1998 - 2004 Thesis title: Resistance and Symbiosis: Québec Discourses of Resistance in the Context of Postcolonial Theory GPA: 3.9 / 4.3 M.A. IN COMPARATIVE CANADIAN LITERATURE Université de Sherbrooke, 1995 - 1997 Thesis title: The Politics of Resistance: An Approach to Postcolonial Cultural and Critical Theory GPA: 4.12 / 4.3 B.A. IN PHILOSOPHY Université d’Ottawa, 1992 - 1993 Université de Sherbrooke, 1993 - 1995 GPA: 3.78 / 4.3 Relevant Work Experience ASSISTANT PROFESSOR – INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Boğaziçi University: Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies, Istanbul, 2009 – present Courses Taught: Adaptation Studies English Writing Skills Intercultural Communication Studies Language, Discourse, and Power The Language of Journalism Literary Research Paper Writing Public Speaking in English I Public Speaking in English II Research Paper Writing Skills Rhetoric and Composition
Bursaries and Scholarships FCAR Doctoral Fellowship, 1998 - 2001 Université de Sherbrooke Interdepartmental Graduate Bursary, 1997 Cappon Bursary, 1996 Research and Teaching Interests Intercultural Communication Canadian Studies Adaptation Studies Comparative Literature Rhetoric and Composition Conference Papers "Survival and Survivance: The Divergent National Narratives of the True North" The 3rd CEACS Triennial Canadian Studies Conference, Zagreb University (Zagreb, Croatia), October 2015 “Resistance vs. Reconciliation: Understanding Conflict Transformation in Canada” Cultural Difference and Social Solidarity, METU North Cyprus Campus, July 2015 “From a Québécois Starbuck to a French Fonzy: Variances in Insiderness/Outsiderness in the Intralingual Translation of Ken Scott’s Starbuck” International Workshop on Intralingual Translation, Boğaziçi University (Istanbul, Turkey), November 2014 “Multiculturalism versus Interculturalism: Policies, Ideologies, and Myths” Migration and Intercultural Competence as Pedagogical and Methodological Responsibilities. Boğaziçi University (Istanbul, Turkey), November 2014 “On the Adaptation and Globalization of Ken Scott’s Starbuck”” Translating Cultural Images, Yeditepe University (Istanbul, Turkey), September 2014 “Official Languages and Cultural Diversity: Language Policy and its Impact on Canadian National Narratives” Cultural Difference and Social Solidarity, METU North Cyprus Campus, July 2013 “The Language of Interculturalism: Bridging the Gap between Canadian Multiculturalism and Bilingualism.” The Annual Association for Language Awareness Conference. Concordia University (Montréal, Canada), July 2012 “Official Languages and National Consciousness:Language Policy and its Impact on Canadian Identity” Conference Interpreting: Building Bridges and Bringing Neighbours Together, Boğaziçi University, April 2012 “Collective Memory and National Self-Representation in Québec: On the Cultural Transfer of Postcolonial National Images” The Low Countries Conference, Antwerp-Amsterdam, November 2011 “The Québécois Conundrum: Understanding Interculturalism, Identity, and the Bouchard-Taylor Commission.” Cultural Difference and Social Solidarity, METU North Cyprus Campus, July 2011