Perin Gürel
American Studies
Associate Professor of American Studies and Gender Studies; Director of the Gender Studies Program
- The U.S. and the Middle East
- Culture and Foreign Policy
- Islam and Muslims in Popular Culture
- Humor and Politics
- Islam and Feminism
- Gender in International Relations
Video
Gürel in the News
The Conversation
What an old folktale can teach us about the ‘annoying persistence’ of political comedians
August 19, 2025
By Perin Gürel, Associate professor of American Studies, University of Notre Dame.
Foreign Policy
Empress Farah Pahlavi and the Myth of the Secular Shah
July 11, 2025
By Perin E. Gürel, an associate professor of American studies and the director of gender studies at the University of Notre Dame.
PBS
Politically Speaking: Turkish/US Relations
September 03, 2019
Author Perin Gurel of The Limits of Westernization gives a primer in the love hate relationship between Turkey and the US, what it means and why it’s important.
The Christian Science Monitor
How first burkini in SI swimsuit edition is shaping gender debate
May 22, 2019
“This photoshoot will function as a Rorschach test, as all Americans, Muslim and non-Muslim, will see their own identities and politics reflected in how they interpret the images,” says Perin Gurel, assistant professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, who studies gender and race in popular culture.
The Times
Erdogan enrages Nato by seeking new Russian arms
March 08, 2019
Perin Gurel, a professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame and author of a book on Turkish popular perceptions of the US, said there was an “ambivalent or flexible strain in Turkish political thought and foreign policy that allows for sharp ideological pivots away from and towards the West”.