Professor Burcu Akan Ellis

Burcu Akan Ellis is associate professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University. Originally from Turkey, she works on issues of identity and migration in the Balkans and Southeast Europe, especially among the Albanian populations. Her previous book Shadow Genealogies: Memory and Identity among Urban Muslims in Macedonia , was published by East European Monographs in 2003 and is being translated into Albanian. Her current publications include articles on the Albanian...See more

Burcu Akan Ellis is associate professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University. Originally from Turkey, she works on issues of identity and migration in the Balkans and Southeast Europe, especially among the Albanian populations. Her previous book Shadow Genealogies: Memory and Identity among Urban Muslims in Macedonia , was published by East European Monographs in 2003 and is being translated into Albanian. Her current publications include articles on the Albanian diaspora in Balkanistica. She holds a Ph.D. from American University's School of International Service. See less