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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.
Diplomacy and lobbying during Turkey’s Europeanisation Manchester University Press (2019), Bilge O'Hearn.

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.
Infrastructural State and Energy-Transport in the Southern Gas Corridor (2019), Volume Stockholm, Sweden, Bilge O'Hearn.
Energy Transport Infrastructures (2019), Volume El Paso, Bilge O'Hearn.
Energy Transport Infrastructures (2019), Volume UTEP, Bilge Firat.

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
Spring 2025	SOCI 6398 - Dissertation I	25270
Spring 2025	SOCI 6399 - Dissertation II	25281
Spring 2025	ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	26924
Spring 2025	SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	26925
Spring 2025	ANTH 3379 - Independent Study	20321
Spring 2025	SOCI 4390 - Independent Study	22831
Spring 2025	SOCI 5390 - Individual Studies	25284
Spring 2025	ANTH 4303 - Internship in Anthropology	21979
Spring 2025	SOCI 4303 - Internship in Sociology	23100
Spring 2025	SOCI 5396 - Non-Thesis Project I	23101
Spring 2025	SOCI 5397 - Non-Thesis Project II	23102
Spring 2025	ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies	27081
Spring 2025	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	22529
Spring 2025	ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology	26948
Spring 2025	SOCI 6389 - Supervised Research	25260
Spring 2025	SOCI 5398 - Thesis I	23099
Spring 2025	SOCI 5399 - Thesis II	23006
Spring 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	25384
Fall 2024	SOCI 6398 - Dissertation I	14986
Fall 2024	SOCI 6399 - Dissertation II	14999
Fall 2024	ANTH 3379 - Independent Study	14658
Fall 2024	SOCI 4390 - Independent Study	13112
Fall 2024	SOCI 5390 - Individual Studies	10092
Fall 2024	ANTH 4303 - Internship in Anthropology	14671
Fall 2024	SOCI 4303 - Internship in Sociology	13108
Fall 2024	SOCI 5396 - Non-Thesis Project I	13513
Fall 2024	SOCI 5397 - Non-Thesis Project II	13114
Fall 2024	SOCI 6389 - Supervised Research	14973
Fall 2024	SOCI 5398 - Thesis I	13515
Fall 2024	SOCI 5399 - Thesis II	13022
Fall 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	16209

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2025	ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	26924
Spring 2025	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	22529
Spring 2025	ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology	26948
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
Fall 2019	POLS 4344 - Sp Topics in Political Theory	18295	Evaluation
Fall 2019	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	15678	Evaluation
Fall 2019	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	15688	Evaluation
Spring 2019	ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	23334	Evaluation
Spring 2019	SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods	23692	Evaluation
Spring 2019	SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics	24468	Evaluation
Spring 2019	LABS 5306 - Spl Topics: Social/Cult Issues	27701	Evaluation
Spring 2019	ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology	24469	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.
Diplomacy and lobbying during Turkey’s Europeanisation Manchester University Press (2019), Bilge O'Hearn.

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

Spring 2025

Course

SOCI 6398 - Dissertation I

Section

25270

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

SOCI 6399 - Dissertation II

Section

25281

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 2025

Course

SOCI 4390 - Independent Study

Section

22831

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

SOCI 5390 - Individual Studies

Section

25284

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ANTH 4303 - Internship in Anthropology

Section

21979

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

SOCI 4303 - Internship in Sociology

Section

23100

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

SOCI 5396 - Non-Thesis Project I

Section

23101

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

SOCI 5397 - Non-Thesis Project II

Section

23102

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ASIA 3350 - Special Topics-Asian Studies

Section

27081

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

22529

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology

Section

26948

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

SOCI 6389 - Supervised Research

Section

25260

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

SOCI 5398 - Thesis I

Section

23099

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

SOCI 5399 - Thesis II

Section

23006

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

25384

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

SOCI 6398 - Dissertation I

Section

14986

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

SOCI 6399 - Dissertation II

Section

14999

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ANTH 3379 - Independent Study

Section

14658

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

SOCI 4390 - Independent Study

Section

13112

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

SOCI 5390 - Individual Studies

Section

10092

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

ANTH 4303 - Internship in Anthropology

Section

14671

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

SOCI 4303 - Internship in Sociology

Section

13108

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

SOCI 5396 - Non-Thesis Project I

Section

13513

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

SOCI 5397 - Non-Thesis Project II

Section

13114

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

SOCI 6389 - Supervised Research

Section

14973

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

SOCI 5398 - Thesis I

Section

13515

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

SOCI 5399 - Thesis II

Section

13022

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

16209

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

26924

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

22529

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology

Section

26948

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

Term

Fall 2019

Course

POLS 4344 - Sp Topics in Political Theory

Section

18295

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2019

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

15678

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2019

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

15688

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2019

Course

ANTH 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

23334

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2019

Course

SOCI 3358 - Ethnographic Methods

Section

23692

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2019

Course

SOCI 3341 - Special Undergraduate Topics

Section

24468

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2019

Course

LABS 5306 - Spl Topics: Social/Cult Issues

Section

27701

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2019

Course

ANTH 4370 - Studies in Anthropology

Section

24469

Evaluation

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