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Kıvılcım has worked in arts and culture, publishing, and the higher education industry in different capacities for over two decades. She has a BA in Comparative Literature from Istanbul Bilgi University and an MA and a PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Leeds. Her most recent research focuses on book history and she is especially interested in medieval historiography, manuscript studies and digital humanities. Following a three-year stint in Copenhagen, she has been living in Lawrence, KS since September 2019. Personal website | Twitter | Email
Our advisory board provides us with invaluable expertise on academic, publishing and charitable issues. The role is advisory rather than editorial per se. Our advisory board members help to shape the press; suggesting potential themes, series and authors, connecting us with colleagues, and reviewing book proposals and manuscripts. They also contribute to the organisation and running of the press, and help us to fulfil Kısmet’s charitable mission.
It is our hope that Kısmet will develop organically through collaborations with authors, readers and other interested parties. Accordingly, if you would like to join our advisory board, or simply give us your thoughts, comments and advice, we’d love to hear from you. Kısmet is fundamentally an egalitarian enterprise, and we are therefore particularly interested in hearing from anyone who can help us to diversify the skills, experiences and backgrounds of our board.
Email us: kismet@kismet.press
Lecturer in the School of English, University of Leeds. Personal website | Academia.edu profile | University profile | Email
Leeds-based social entrepreneur, very active in the regional charity, non-profit and business communities. LinkedIn | Twitter
Professor Emeritus of Early Medieval History at the University of Leeds. University profile | Email
Professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews. Twitter | University profile Academia.edu profile | Medieval Apocalypse | Merovingian World | Email
Co-founder of Kısmet Press and a published academic author and freelance academic editor. Twitter | Email
Senior Lecturer in Global Studies at RMIT University. University profile | LinkedIn | Email
Interdisciplinary designer, researcher and artist based in New York. Personal website | Casual data | LinkedIn | Twitter (English) | Twitter (Turkish) | Email
Professor Emerita of Medieval History at Utrecht University. University profile | Email
Researcher on the primary sources for the study of Medieval and Renaissance Iberian literatures and cultures, especially songbook poetry written in Spanish. Academia.edu profile | Twitter | Blog
Social historian and religious studies researcher with interests in the ancient, medieval, and Byzantine periods. Academia.edu profile | LinkedIn | Email
Co-founder of Kısmet Press and researcher on issues of identity, community and otherness in the Early Middle Ages. Academia.edu profile | Twitter | Email
One-time researcher in the Cultural Memory and Resources of the Past project, and co-founder of Kısmet Press. Now mostly other projects, editing and translating medieval things, but still helps out with the paperwork occasionally. Academia.edu profile
Career Development and Research Fellow in Early Medieval History at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Academia.edu profile | LinkedIn
