ZEHRA BETÜL ATASOY

Instructor (Dr.)
ZEHRA BETÜL ATASOY

Education

Doctorate

NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Urban Systems

Master's Degree

ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
History of Architecture

Bachelor's Degree

ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Architecture

Research Areas

  • History of Architecture
  • Urban History
  • History of Everyday Lİfe
  • Gender Studies
  • History of Medicine

Work Experience

2025 / Continuing Assistant Professor
Kadir Has University Faculty of Art and Design

2020 / 2025 Visiting Scholar Dr.
Kadir Has University Faculty of Art and Design

2014 / 2018 Graduate Teaching Assistant
NJIT Hillier College of Architecture and Design

2014 / 2014 Writer-Editor
Natura Stone Architecture and Interior Magazine

2011 / 2013 Writer-Editor
Arkitera Architecture Center

Publications

  • "The role of the third plague pandemic in colonial India as the impetus for the improvement trusts and urban transformation in Bombay, Mysore, and Calcutta",
    Vardı Topal, Hanife; Atasoy, Zehra Betül; , Planning Perspectives, (2025) DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2025.2460160
  • "Contesting a Perpetual Display of State Power in Taksim Square and Gezi Park"
    , Atasoy, Zehra Betül; , Routledge Handbook of Public Space Use, Design, and Management, , Routledge (2023)
  • "Gendered Expressions of Labor: The Case of Sümerbank Defterdar Textile Factory (Feshane)",
    Atasoy, Zehra Betül; , Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies, (2021) Vol.8, No.1, 435-442 DOI: 10.2979/jottturstuass.8.1.32
  • "Gebeliğini Arzu Etmeyen Kadın Hekimini de Bulabilir”: Erken Cumhuriyet İstanbul’unda Kürtaj",
    Atasoy, Zehra Betül; , Journal of Turkish Studies/ Türklük Bilgisi Araştırmaları (JTS/TÜBA) , (2021) No.55, 65-88.
  • "Erken Cumhuriyet İstanbul’unda Frengi ve Fuhuşun Mekansal Yansımaları"
    , Atasoy, Zehra Betül; , Osmanlı’dan Cumhuriyet’e Salgın Hastalıklar ve Kamu Sağlığı, , Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları (2017)
  • "19. Yüzyıl Amerikan Gezi Metinlerinde Geç Osmanlı Mimarlığına Dair Gözlemler"
    , Atasoy, Zehra Betül; , Geç Osmanlı Döneminde Sanat Mimarlık ve Kültür Karşılaşmaları, , İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları (2016)

Courses Offered

Course Name Course Code Period
Photo-Narratives in Architecture IAR358 2024/25 Spring
Health Scapes and the Built Environment IAR354 2024/25 Spring
Interior Architecture Project III: Spatial Re-Use Studio IAR301 2024/25 Spring
Interior Architecture Project IV: Interior-Urban and Environment Interface Studio IAR302 2024/25 Spring
History of Interior Architecture IAR221 2024/25 Fall
Interior Architecture Project III: Spatial Re-Use Studio IAR301 2024/25 Fall
Interior Architecture Project IV: Interior-Urban and Environment Interface Studio IAR302 2024/25 Fall
Contemporary Architectural Discourse and Criticism IAR431 2024/25 Fall
Health Scapes and the Built Environment IAR354 2024/25 Fall