Hasan Bülent Kahraman

Hasan Bülent Kahraman (born September 1, 1957, Kars), is a Turkish academic, author, art critic, and curator. He worked as a lecturer, and had administrative duties at Hacettepe University, Middle East Technical University, Bilkent University, Sabancı University, Princeton University, Kadir Has University, and Netkent University as the Dean, Vice-Rector and Rector. He has been working as an independent writer, art critic, curator, and cultural critic since 1977. He currently serves as the rector of Işık University.

He was also a member of the Advisory Board of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) and served on the Advisory Board of the Istanbul Biennial (1992-2005). Since 2010, he has been the General Coordinator and a member of the Executive Committee of Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Akbank Sanat, and the Board of Trustees of Sakıp Sabancı Museum. He was the founder, director, and curator of Gallery KHAS, the art gallery of Kadir Has University. He also served as the Artistic Director of the Working Committee in Turkey for the Europalia Arts Festival held in Brussels in 2015. His research interests include Turkish politics, political theories, social theory, post-structural philosophy, cultural studies, visual theory, modern Turkish literature, and Turkish popular culture.