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Biography
I am a feminist cultural and political geographer. I received my PhD in Geography from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2000. Over the past two decades, my work has contributed to feminist political geography, cultural geography, urban geography, Turkish studies, geographies of religion, and spatial theory. From 2016-2022, I served as an editor of cultural geographies (Sage).
The strands of my work converge on questions of difference, politics, and space. I ask: What is ‘difference,’ how does it emerge, how does it become political, and what is at stake in this process? What are the embodied, affective, and topological dimensions of the (geo)political? How can we rethink core geographical concepts such that they become tools for a feminist and decolonial politics? How might geographical thought and research practice unleash new political potentialities? These questions animate my ongoing reading, teaching, writing and experimentation in geography.
Research interests
- Affect and Politics
- Deleuze
- Topology
- Creative Geographies
- Political Geography
- Cultural Geography
- Gender
- Social Theory
- Middle East
- Refugees
- Religion
- Trauma Literature and Trauma Studies
- Psychoanalysis
Publications
Chapter in book
- Beyond the symbolism of the headscarf: the assemblage of veiling and the headscarf as an agentic thingGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. J. (2020). Beyond the symbolism of the headscarf: the assemblage of veiling and the headscarf as an agentic thing. In V. Narayanan (Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Material Religion (pp. 591-616). John Wiley and Sons.
- Embodiment and Memory in the Geopolitics of TraumaEhrkamp, P., Loyd, J., & Secor, A. (2019). Embodiment and Memory in the Geopolitics of Trauma. In J. Fluri, K. Mitchell, & R. Jones (Eds.), Handbook on Critical Geographies of Migration (pp. 117-129). Edward Elgar Press.
- I love death: War in Syria and the Anxiety of the OtherSecor, A. J. (2018). I love death: War in Syria and the Anxiety of the Other. In I. Kapoor (Ed.), Psychoanalysis and the GlObal (pp. 97-115). Nebraska University Press.
- What Makes a Commodity Islamic? The Case of Veiling Fashion in Turkey.Gökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. (2015). What Makes a Commodity Islamic? The Case of Veiling Fashion in Turkey. In A. Jafari & Ö Sandıkcı (Eds.), Islam, Marketing, and Consumption: Critical Perspectives on the Intersections (pp. 123-138). Routledge.
- Mapping trauma: topography to topologyBlum, V., & Secor, A. (2014). Mapping trauma: topography to topology. In S. Pile & P. Kingsbury (Eds.), Psychoanalytic Geographies (pp. 103-116). Ashgate Publishing.
- Transnational networks of veiling-fashion between Turkey and Western EuropeGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. (2013). Transnational networks of veiling-fashion between Turkey and Western Europe. In E. Tarlo & A. Moors (Eds.), Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion (pp. 157-167). Bloomsbury Academic.
- ‘You can't know how they are inside’: The ambivalence of veiling and discourses of the other in TurkeyGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. (2012). ‘You can’t know how they are inside’: The ambivalence of veiling and discourses of the other in Turkey. In L. Kong, P. Hopkins, & B. Olson (Eds.), Religion and Place: Landscape, Politics, and Piety (pp. 95-114). Springer Verlag.
- An unrecognizable condition has arrived: Law, violence, and the state of exceptionSecor, A. J. (2006). An unrecognizable condition has arrived: Law, violence, and the state of exception. In D. Gregory & A. Pred (Eds.), Violent Geographies: Fear, Terror, and Political Violence (pp. 37-53). Routledge.
- Islamism, democracy and the political production of the headscarf issue in Turkey.Falah, G., Nagel, C., & Secor, A. (2005). Islamism, democracy and the political production of the headscarf issue in Turkey. In Geographies of Muslim Women: Gender, Religion and Space (pp. 203-225). Guilford.
- Feminizing electoral geographySecor, A. J. (2004). Feminizing electoral geography. In L. Staeheli, E. Kofman, & L. Peake (Eds.), Mapping Women, Making Politics (pp. 261-272). Routledge.
- Discourses of globalization and Islamist politics: Beyond global-local.Secor, A. J. (2004). Discourses of globalization and Islamist politics: Beyond global-local. In J. O’Loughlin, L. Staeheli, & E. Greenberg (Eds.), Globalization and its Outcomes (pp. 279-295). Guilford.
Edited book
- A Place More VoidKingsbury, P., & Secor, A. J. (Eds.). (2021). A Place More Void. University of Nebraska Press.
- The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political GeographyAgne, J., Mamadouh, V., Secor, A., & Sharp, J. (Eds.). (2015). The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political Geography. John Wiley and Sons.
Journal Article
- Responding: Spacetimeunconscious[ing] both heavy and lightSecor, A. J. (2025). Responding: Spacetimeunconscious[ing] both heavy and light. Dialogues in Human Geography. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206251316015
- Love and Work: Affect and Ideology Beyond ‘The Great Resignation’Secor, A. J., Ruez, D., & Cockayne, D. (2024). Love and Work: Affect and Ideology Beyond ‘The Great Resignation’. New Formations, 112, 94-112. https://doi.org/10.3898/newf%3A112.05.2024
- Affect and IdeologySecor, A. J., & Anderson, B. (2024). Affect and Ideology. New Formations, 112, 4-15. https://doi.org/10.3898/newf%3A112.editorial.2024
- Lockdown time, time loops, and the crisis of the futureSecor, A. J., & Blum, V. (2023). Lockdown time, time loops, and the crisis of the future. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society, 28, 250–267. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41282-023-00379-4
- The space of encounter and the making of difference: The entangled lives of Alevi and Sunni neighbours in TurkeyGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. J. (2023). The space of encounter and the making of difference: The entangled lives of Alevi and Sunni neighbours in Turkey. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 48(2), 380-394. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12584
- (Re)birthing the maternalSecor, A. J. (2023). (Re)birthing the maternal. Transpositiones, 2(1), 77-92. https://doi.org/10.14220/trns.2023.2.1.77
- Encountering Berlant part two: Cruel and other optimismsAnderson, B., Awal, A., Cockayne, D., Greenhough, B., Linz, J., Mazumdar, A., Nassar, A., Pettit, H., Roe, E. J., Ruez, D., Salas Landa, M., Secor, A., & Williams, A. (2023). Encountering Berlant part two: Cruel and other optimisms. The Geographical Journal, 189(1), 143-160. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12493
- SpacetimeunconsciousSecor, A. J. (2023). Spacetimeunconscious. Dialogues in Human Geography. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206231191763
- Geopolitics of Disability and the Ablenationalism of RefugeLoyd, J. M., Secor, A. J., & Ehrkamp, P. (2023). Geopolitics of Disability and the Ablenationalism of Refuge. Geopolitics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2023.2185139
- The problem of the future in the spacetime of resettlement: Iraqi refugees in the U.SSecor, A. J., Ehrkamp, P., & Loyd, J. M. (2022). The problem of the future in the spacetime of resettlement: Iraqi refugees in the U.S. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 40(3), 508-527. https://doi.org/10.1177/02637758221088865
- Propositions on right-wing populism: Available, excessive, optimisticAnderson, B., & Secor, A. (2022). Propositions on right-wing populism: Available, excessive, optimistic. Political Geography, 96, Article 102608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2022.102608
- Uneasy Neighbors: The Making of Sectarian Difference and Alevi Precarity in Urban TurkeyGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. J. (2022). Uneasy Neighbors: The Making of Sectarian Difference and Alevi Precarity in Urban Turkey. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 54(2), 243-259. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020743822000162
- Trauma as Displacement: Observations from Refugee ResettlementEhrkamp, P., Loyd, J. M., & Secor, A. J. (2022). Trauma as Displacement: Observations from Refugee Resettlement. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 112(3), 715-722. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2021.1956296
- Negativity: space, politics and affectsDekeyser, T., Secor, A., Rose, M., Bissell, D., Zhang, V., & Romanillos, J. L. (2022). Negativity: space, politics and affects. Cultural Geographies, 29(1), 5-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/14744740211058080
- Undoing mastery: With ambivalence?Linz, J., & Secor, A. J. (2021). Undoing mastery: With ambivalence?. Dialogues in Human Geography, 11(1), 108-111. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820621995626
- Affective geopolitics: Anxiety, pain, and ethics in the encounter with Syrian refugees in TurkeyGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. J. (2020). Affective geopolitics: Anxiety, pain, and ethics in the encounter with Syrian refugees in Turkey. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 38, Article 7-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399654418814257
- Thinking space differently: Deleuze's Möbius topology for a theorisation of the encounterCockayne, D. G., Ruez, D., & Secor, A. J. (2020). Thinking space differently: Deleuze’s Möbius topology for a theorisation of the encounter. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 45(1), 194-207. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12311
- Walter Benja-MemesHardesty, R., Linz, J., & Secor, A. J. (2019). Walter Benja-Memes. GeoHumanities : Space, Place, and the Humanities., 5(2), 496-513. https://doi.org/10.1080/2373566x.2019.1624188
- A geopolitics of trauma: Refugee administration and protracted uncertainty in TurkeyLoyd, J. M., Ehrkamp, P., & Secor, A. J. (2018). A geopolitics of trauma: Refugee administration and protracted uncertainty in Turkey. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 43(3), 377-389. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12234
- Devout Muslim masculinities: the moral geographies and everyday practices of being men in TurkeyGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. J. (2017). Devout Muslim masculinities: the moral geographies and everyday practices of being men in Turkey. Gender, Place and Culture, 24(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369x.2017.1314948
- Between ontology and representationCockayne, D. G., Ruez, D., & Secor, A. (2017). Between ontology and representation. Progress in Human Geography, 41(5). https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132516650028
- Becoming minorSecor, A., & Linz, J. (2017). Becoming minor. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 35(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775817710075
- The post-Islamist problematic: questions of religion and difference in everyday lifeGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. (2017). The post-Islamist problematic: questions of religion and difference in everyday life. Social and Cultural Geography, 18(5). https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2016.1210669
- Post-secular geographies and the problem of pluralism: Religion and everyday life in Istanbul, TurkeyGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. (2015). Post-secular geographies and the problem of pluralism: Religion and everyday life in Istanbul, Turkey. Political Geography, 46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2014.10.006
- Towards a post-mathematical topologyMartin, L., & Secor, A. J. (2014). Towards a post-mathematical topology. Progress in Human Geography, 38(3), 420-438. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132513508209
- The Veil, Desire, and the Gaze: Turning the Inside OutGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. (2014). The Veil, Desire, and the Gaze: Turning the Inside Out. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 40(1). https://doi.org/10.1086/676897
- 2012 Urban Geography Plenary Lecture Topological CitySecor, A. (2013). 2012 Urban Geography Plenary Lecture Topological City. Urban Geography, 34(4). https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2013.778698
- “Even I Was Tempted”: The Moral Ambivalence and Ethical Practice of Veiling-Fashion in TurkeyGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. (2012). “Even I Was Tempted”: The Moral Ambivalence and Ethical Practice of Veiling-Fashion in Turkey. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 102(4). https://doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2011.601221
- Turkey's Democracy: A Model for the Troubled Middle East?Secor, A. (2011). Turkey’s Democracy: A Model for the Troubled Middle East?. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 52(2). https://doi.org/10.2747/1539-7216.52.2.157
- Critical Infrastructure: Mapping the Leaky Plumbing of US HegemonyRoberts, S., Secor, A., & Zook, M. (2011). Critical Infrastructure: Mapping the Leaky Plumbing of US Hegemony. Antipode, 44(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00931.x
- Psychotopologies: Closing the Circuit between Psychic and Material SpaceBlum, V., & Secor, A. (2011). Psychotopologies: Closing the Circuit between Psychic and Material Space. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 29(6). https://doi.org/10.1068/d11910
- Between Fashion andTesettürGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. (2010). Between Fashion andTesettür. Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.2979/mew.2010.6.3.118
- Islamic-ness in the life of a commodity: veiling-fashion in TurkeyGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. (2010). Islamic-ness in the life of a commodity: veiling-fashion in Turkey. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 35(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2010.00384.x
- New transnational geographies of Islamism, capitalism and subjectivity: the veiling-fashion industry in TurkeyGökarıksel, B., & Secor, A. J. (2009). New transnational geographies of Islamism, capitalism and subjectivity: the veiling-fashion industry in Turkey. Area, 41(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00849.x
- "Everywhere and Nowhere: The Exception and the Topological Challenge to Geography"Belcher, O., Martin, L., Secor, A., Simon, S., & Wilson, T. (2008). "Everywhere and Nowhere: The Exception and the Topological Challenge to Geography". Antipode, 40(4), 499-503. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2008.00620.x
- Žižek's Dialectics of Difference and the Problem of SpaceSecor, A. J. (2008). Žižek’s Dialectics of Difference and the Problem of Space. Environment and Planning A, 40(11). https://doi.org/10.1068/a40269
- Review essay: Territory, enmity, and American globalismSecor, A. (2007). Review essay: Territory, enmity, and American globalism. Review of International Political Economy, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290701395767
- Between Longing and Despair: State, Space, and Subjectivity in TurkeySecor, A. J. (2007). Between Longing and Despair: State, Space, and Subjectivity in Turkey. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.1068/d0605
- Social and political trust in Istanbul and Moscow: A comparative analysis of individual and neighbourhood effects.Secor, A. J., & O’Loughlin, J. (2005). Social and political trust in Istanbul and Moscow: A comparative analysis of individual and neighbourhood effects. Transactions of the Institute for British Geographers, 30(1), 66-82.
- “There Is an Istanbul That Belongs to Me”: Citizenship, Space, and Identity in the CitySecor, A. (2004). “There Is an Istanbul That Belongs to Me”: Citizenship, Space, and Identity in the City. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 94(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8306.2004.09402012.x
- Belaboring Gender: The Spatial Practice of Work and the Politics of ‘Making Do’ in IstanbulSecor, A. J. (2003). Belaboring Gender: The Spatial Practice of Work and the Politics of ‘Making Do’ in Istanbul. Environment and Planning A, 35(12). https://doi.org/10.1068/a3639
- Citizenship in the City: Identity, Community, and Rights Among Women Migrants to IstanbulSecor, A. J. (2003). Citizenship in the City: Identity, Community, and Rights Among Women Migrants to Istanbul. Urban Geography, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.2747/0272-3638.24.2.147
- Neoliberal GeopoliticsRoberts, S., Secor, A., & Sparke, M. (2003). Neoliberal Geopolitics. Antipode, 35(5). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2003.00363.x
- The Veil and Urban Space in Istanbul: Women's dress, mobility and Islamic knowledgeSecor, A. J. (2002). The Veil and Urban Space in Istanbul: Women’s dress, mobility and Islamic knowledge. Gender, Place and Culture, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/09663690120115010
- Toward a Feminist Counter-geopolitics: Gender, Space and Islamist Politics in IstanbulSecor, A. J. (2001). Toward a Feminist Counter-geopolitics: Gender, Space and Islamist Politics in Istanbul. Space and Polity, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/13562570120104409
- Islamist politics: Antisystemic or post‐modern movements?Secor, A. (2001). Islamist politics: Antisystemic or post‐modern movements?. Geopolitics, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/14650040108407731
- Ideologies in crisis: political cleavages and electoral politics in Turkey in the 1990sSecor, A. (2001). Ideologies in crisis: political cleavages and electoral politics in Turkey in the 1990s. Political Geography, 20(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/s0962-6298%2801%2900011-7
- Gender, Orientalism and Class in Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s Turkish Embassy Letters: To Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters &c.Secor, A. (1999). Gender, Orientalism and Class in Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s Turkish Embassy Letters: To Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters &c. Ecumene : A Journal of Environment, Culture, Meaning., 6(4), 375-398.