Ms. ÇIFTÇI Fatma Betül
PhD student (2025-2028)
MA (Interdisciplinary Human Rights, Maltepe University), with scholarship from YOK
BA (English Language & Literature, Yeditepe University), with national scholarship
B.Ed (English Language Teaching, Yeditepe University), with national scholarship
Department of English
Lingnan University
Email: [email protected]
Fatma Betül Çiftçi earned her B.Ed. in English Language Teaching in 2023 and her B.A. in English Language and Literature in 2024, both from Yeditepe University, Turkey, with the support of a national scholarship. She holds an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Human Rights from Maltepe University, Turkey, completed in 2025 with the support of a scholarship from YOK. Her research interests include the Other, gothic literature, monster studies, human rights, and the philosophy of human rights.
Book Chapter:
"Please Look After This Bear": How Do Law and Paddington Construct Human Dignity Through Counterfactual Narratives?, co-authored with Dr. Hasan Basri Çifci, forthcoming in The Fundamental Right to Human Dignity: Narratives of Loss, Violations or Safeguarding in Literature, Springer, "Law and Literature in Europe" series.
"From Adam to Lucifer: On Frankenstein's Creature's Humanity and Rights," presented at the Postgraduate Conference, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, 16 April 2026.
"Narratives of Human Value: Treating with Dignity in Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The Phantom of the Opera, and Jane Eyre," presented at JUST! Bodies, Relationships, and Rights in Space, Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy, 5 May 2026.
"Eylemlerde Doğru Değerlendirme ve İnsan Hakları: Minnesota'da Moller'in 2021 Yasa Tasarısı, Yetenekli Genç Kadın Filmi ve Prima Facie Oyunu Üzerinden Bir İnceleme," presented at IGSIS Symposium, Maltepe University, Turkey, 14 May 2026.
"Religious Identity in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Çağan Irmak's Yaratılan," presented at the 3rd APEAA Doctoral Symposium, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal, 17 June 2026.
"Queerness, Death, and Defiance: Özger and Lorca in Dialogue," presented at Queer: Present! Visibility Through the Body, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, 25 June 2026.
Narratives of Human Value: Treating with Dignity in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and The Phantom of the Opera. JUST! Book, an open-access volume by LetteraVentidue Publishers, developed from the JUST! Symposium on spatial justice held at Università Iuav di Venezia.