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Bilge O'Hearn Firat

Assistant Professor
Sociology and Anthropology

Office Building: Old Main
Office Room: 312
Phone: (915) 747-6526
Email: bohearn@utep.edu

Expertise: See Research Profile in Expertise Connector

Bio

No info available.

Education

Ph D in Anthropology, Binghamton University (2011)
MA in Anthropology, State University of New York at Binghamton (2006)
BS in Sociology, Middle East Technical University (2002)

Publications

Geopolitics, Infrastructure and Scale-Making in the Southern Gas Corridor Ethnos (2023), Bilge Firat.
Geopolitics as an Ethnographic Object and Agenda Geography Compass 16 7 (2022), Bilge Firat.

Presentations

"What is it about a Big Metal Tube that is such a Big Deal?": The Work of Energy and Infrastructural Geopolitics in the Southern Gas Corridor (2022), Volume Bruges, Bilge O'Hearn.
Geopolitical Infrastructures and Scale-Making in the Southern Gas Corridor (2022), Volume Belfast, Bilge O'Hearn.
Anthropology of Geopolitics? (2021), Bilge Firat.
Southern Gas Corridor as a Legal Geographic Experiment (2021), Bilge Firat.
What Does a Political Anthropologist Do? (2021), Bilge Firat.
An Anthropology of Geopolitics? (2020), Volume Denver, CO, Bilge O'Hearn.

Grants

The Southern Gas Corridor as a Geopolitical Infrastructure: An Ethnography of the European Union's Energy Security and Union

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	SOCI 6398 - Dissertation I	14397
Fall 2025	SOCI 6399 - Dissertation II	14407
Fall 2025	ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	14290
Fall 2025	SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	14291
Fall 2025	ANTH 3379 - Independent Study	14102
Fall 2025	SOCI 4390 - Independent Study	12798
Fall 2025	SOCI 5390 - Individual Studies	10087
Fall 2025	ANTH 4303 - Internship in Anthropology	14114
Fall 2025	SOCI 4303 - Internship in Sociology	12794
Fall 2025	SOCI 5396 - Non-Thesis Project I	13139
Fall 2025	SOCI 5397 - Non-Thesis Project II	12800
Fall 2025	SOCI 6389 - Supervised Research	14387
Fall 2025	SOCI 5398 - Thesis I	13141
Fall 2025	SOCI 5399 - Thesis II	12719
Fall 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	15296
Fall 2025	ANTH 1302 - World Cultures	11977
Summer 2025	SOCI 6398 - Dissertation I	33104
Summer 2025	SOCI 6399 - Dissertation II	33114
Summer 2025	ANTH 3379 - Independent Study	31955
Summer 2025	SOCI 4390 - Independent Study	31957
Summer 2025	SOCI 5390 - Individual Studies	31959
Summer 2025	ANTH 4303 - Internship in Anthropology	31956
Summer 2025	SOCI 4303 - Internship in Sociology	32713
Summer 2025	SOCI 5396 - Non-Thesis Project I	31960
Summer 2025	SOCI 5397 - Non-Thesis Project II	31962
Summer 2025	SOCI 6389 - Supervised Research	33094
Summer 2025	SOCI 5398 - Thesis I	31963
Summer 2025	SOCI 5399 - Thesis II	31930
Summer 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	32089

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	14290
Fall 2025	SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	14291
Fall 2025	ANTH 1302 - World Cultures	11977
Spring 2025	ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	26924	Syllabus
Spring 2025	SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	26925	Syllabus
Spring 2025	ANTH 3379 - Independent Study	20321
Spring 2024	ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology	26750	Syllabus
Spring 2024	SOCI 6341 - Special Graduate Topics	26745	Syllabus
Fall 2023	ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	16016	Syllabus
Fall 2023	SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	16017	Syllabus
Fall 2023	ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology	13369	Syllabus
Fall 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	17861
Spring 2023	ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology	23734	Syllabus
Spring 2023	POLS 5343 - Seminar in Border Politics	24739
Spring 2023	SOCI 5341 - Special Graduate Topics	23105
Fall 2021	ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology	19490
Fall 2021	ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies	17879
Fall 2021	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	15110
Fall 2021	ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology	15621
Spring 2021	POLS 5343 - Seminar in Border Politics	28052
Spring 2021	POLS 4350 - Sp Topics in Comparative Gov	28053
Spring 2021	SOCI 5341 - Special Graduate Topics	24912
Spring 2021	ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies	27887
Spring 2021	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	24949
Spring 2021	LABS 5306 - Spl Topics: Social/Cult Issues	26026
Spring 2021	ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology	24681
Spring 2021	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	26530
Fall 2020	ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	16627
Fall 2020	ANTH 3315 - Urban Anthropology	16631
Spring 2020	SOCI 5341 - Special Graduate Topics	26351	Syllabus
Spring 2020	ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies	26564	Syllabus
Spring 2020	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	25949	Syllabus
Spring 2020	LABS 5306 - Spl Topics: Social/Cult Issues	26803	Syllabus
Spring 2020	ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology	25504	Syllabus
Fall 2019	POLS 4344 - Sp Topics in Political Theory	18295	Syllabus
Fall 2019	ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies	18228	Syllabus
Fall 2019	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	15678	Syllabus
Fall 2019	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	15688	Syllabus
Fall 2019	ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology	15667	Syllabus
Fall 2019	ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology	16341	Syllabus
Spring 2019	ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	23334	Syllabus
Spring 2019	SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	23692	Syllabus
Spring 2019	ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies	28078	Syllabus
Spring 2019	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	24468	Syllabus
Spring 2019	LABS 5306 - Spl Topics: Social/Cult Issues	27701	Syllabus
Spring 2019	ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology	24469	Syllabus
Fall 2018	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	19013	Syllabus
Fall 2018	ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology	19012	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2024	ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology	26750	Evaluation
Spring 2024	SOCI 6341 - Special Graduate Topics	26745	Evaluation
Fall 2023	ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	16016	Evaluation
Fall 2023	SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	16017	Evaluation
Fall 2023	ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology	13369	Evaluation
Spring 2023	ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology	23734	Evaluation
Fall 2021	ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology	19490	Evaluation
Fall 2021	ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies	17879	Evaluation
Fall 2021	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	15110	Evaluation
Spring 2021	POLS 4350 - Sp Topics in Comparative Gov	28053	Evaluation
Fall 2020	ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	16627	Evaluation
Fall 2020	ANTH 3315 - Urban Anthropology	16631	Evaluation
Spring 2020	SOCI 5341 - Special Graduate Topics	26351	Evaluation
Spring 2020	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	25949	Evaluation
Spring 2020	LABS 5306 - Spl Topics: Social/Cult Issues	26803	Evaluation
Spring 2020	ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology	25504	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Ph D in Anthropology, Binghamton University (2011)
MA in Anthropology, State University of New York at Binghamton (2006)
BS in Sociology, Middle East Technical University (2002)

Publications

Geopolitics, Infrastructure and Scale-Making in the Southern Gas Corridor Ethnos (2023), Bilge Firat.
Geopolitics as an Ethnographic Object and Agenda Geography Compass 16 7 (2022), Bilge Firat.

Presentations

"What is it about a Big Metal Tube that is such a Big Deal?": The Work of Energy and Infrastructural Geopolitics in the Southern Gas Corridor (2022), Volume Bruges, Bilge O'Hearn.
Geopolitical Infrastructures and Scale-Making in the Southern Gas Corridor (2022), Volume Belfast, Bilge O'Hearn.
Anthropology of Geopolitics? (2021), Bilge Firat.
Southern Gas Corridor as a Legal Geographic Experiment (2021), Bilge Firat.
What Does a Political Anthropologist Do? (2021), Bilge Firat.

The Southern Gas Corridor as a Geopolitical Infrastructure: An Ethnography of the European Union's Energy Security and Union

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2025

Course

SOCI 6398 - Dissertation I

Section

14397

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

SOCI 6399 - Dissertation II

Section

14407

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

14290

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

14291

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ANTH 3379 - Independent Study

Section

14102

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

SOCI 4390 - Independent Study

Section

12798

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

SOCI 5390 - Individual Studies

Section

10087

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ANTH 4303 - Internship in Anthropology

Section

14114

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

SOCI 4303 - Internship in Sociology

Section

12794

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

SOCI 5396 - Non-Thesis Project I

Section

13139

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

SOCI 5397 - Non-Thesis Project II

Section

12800

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

SOCI 6389 - Supervised Research

Section

14387

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

SOCI 5398 - Thesis I

Section

13141

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

SOCI 5399 - Thesis II

Section

12719

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

15296

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ANTH 1302 - World Cultures

Section

11977

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

SOCI 6398 - Dissertation I

Section

33104

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

SOCI 6399 - Dissertation II

Section

33114

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

ANTH 3379 - Independent Study

Section

31955

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

SOCI 4390 - Independent Study

Section

31957

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

SOCI 5390 - Individual Studies

Section

31959

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

ANTH 4303 - Internship in Anthropology

Section

31956

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

SOCI 4303 - Internship in Sociology

Section

32713

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

SOCI 5396 - Non-Thesis Project I

Section

31960

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

SOCI 5397 - Non-Thesis Project II

Section

31962

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

SOCI 6389 - Supervised Research

Section

33094

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

SOCI 5398 - Thesis I

Section

31963

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

SOCI 5399 - Thesis II

Section

31930

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

32089

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

14290

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

14291

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

ANTH 1302 - World Cultures

Section

11977

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

26924

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

26925

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ANTH 3379 - Independent Study

Section

20321

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology

Section

26750

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

SOCI 6341 - Special Graduate Topics

Section

26745

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

16016

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

16017

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology

Section

13369

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

17861

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology

Section

23734

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

POLS 5343 - Seminar in Border Politics

Section

24739

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

SOCI 5341 - Special Graduate Topics

Section

23105

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology

Section

19490

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies

Section

17879

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

15110

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology

Section

15621

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

POLS 5343 - Seminar in Border Politics

Section

28052

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

POLS 4350 - Sp Topics in Comparative Gov

Section

28053

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

SOCI 5341 - Special Graduate Topics

Section

24912

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies

Section

27887

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

24949

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

LABS 5306 - Spl Topics: Social/Cult Issues

Section

26026

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology

Section

24681

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

26530

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

16627

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

ANTH 3315 - Urban Anthropology

Section

16631

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

SOCI 5341 - Special Graduate Topics

Section

26351

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies

Section

26564

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

25949

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

LABS 5306 - Spl Topics: Social/Cult Issues

Section

26803

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology

Section

25504

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

POLS 4344 - Sp Topics in Political Theory

Section

18295

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies

Section

18228

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

15678

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

15688

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology

Section

15667

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology

Section

16341

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

23334

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

23692

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies

Section

28078

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

24468

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

LABS 5306 - Spl Topics: Social/Cult Issues

Section

27701

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology

Section

24469

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

19013

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology

Section

19012

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology

Section

26750

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

SOCI 6341 - Special Graduate Topics

Section

26745

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

16016

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

16017

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology

Section

13369

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology

Section

23734

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ANTH 1302 - Intro-Cultural Anthropology

Section

19490

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies

Section

17879

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

15110

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

POLS 4350 - Sp Topics in Comparative Gov

Section

28053

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

16627

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

ANTH 3315 - Urban Anthropology

Section

16631

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

SOCI 5341 - Special Graduate Topics

Section

26351

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

25949

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

LABS 5306 - Spl Topics: Social/Cult Issues

Section

26803

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology

Section

25504

Evaluation

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