Assistant Professor of Political Science
Union College
Çigdem Çidam is an assistant professor of political science at Union College, New York. Her research interests lie at the intersection of democratic theory, theories of popular sovereignty, contemporary continental theory (Frankfurt School, Italian Marxism) and ancient political thought. She has published various articles in contemporary political theory and theory and event.
Cidam is currently working on a book titled “Beauty is in the Streets: Enacting Political Friendship” that focuses on contemporary forms of democratic popular action (e.g. Gezi protests in Turkey) through an engagement with the works of some canonical thinkers (e.g. Aristotle and Rousseau) and contemporary theorists (e.g. Negri, Habermas, Rancière).