Hazar Deniz Eker joins the Reel Borders team as a PhD student. His focus within the project will be on how visual media reflect and interact with socio-cultural bordering practises and political dynamics in the Turkish-Syrian border region. After receiving a BA in International Relations and Media Studies at the University College Maastricht, he obtained an MSc in Communication Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). His research interests are diaspora studies, security studies and visual methodologies. In addition to the project, he works as the co-leading editor for European Affairs at the European Correspondent. |