Arzu Beril Kırcı

Arzu Beril KIRCI graduated from Bilkent University’s Department of Archaeology and History of Art in 2008. Between 2005 and 2008, she participated in the excavations at Hacımusalar Mound in Elmalı, Antalya, conducted under the auspices of Bilkent University. She received her master’s degree in Museology and Art History from Başkent University in 2015, completing her thesis, “Standing the Taste of Time: Autobiographical Memory Spaces,” under the supervision of Prof. Billur Tekkök Karaöz.
Since 2010, Kırcı has been working as a Project and Event Coordinator at Koç University’s Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research Center (VEKAM), where she oversees the planning and coordination of a wide range of national and international academic and cultural programmes. Her work encompasses scholarly events, including conferences, symposia, panels, seminars, and workshops, as well as exhibitions and editorial and curatorial projects. Through her work at VEKAM, she contributes to the advancement and dissemination of research on Ankara and its surroundings, fostering scholarly exchange and public engagement with the city’s cultural and historical heritage.
Her academic and professional interests include urban studies, archaeology, art history, museology, and cultural studies.