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[ecrea] Turkish Film Studies Conference CFP

Thu Jan 20 15:56:35 GMT 2011



New Directions in Turkish Film Studies Conference XII
5-7 9 May 2011, Kadir Has University, Ä°stanbul
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Does cinema do philosophy? Does philosophy benefit from cinema?
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The theme of this yearâ??s conference is philosophy, both as a means of enriching the existing frameworks of film theory, film history, and film analysis, and as a space for us to realize the potential provided by cinema in our engagement with daily life and our perception of the world.
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This conference is concerned with what this relationship between cinema and philosophy means in Turkey and asks the following questions: Have contemporary philosophical movements influenced cinema in Turkey? Has Turkey developed a unique visual language that rests on a philosophical agenda? Are there any particular worldviews, ways of looking and comprehensive philosophical backgrounds behind Turkish and world cinema? What makes it difficult for the Turkish cinema to reflect on itself and its production process?

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The call for papers incorporates not only academic theories of philosophy framed by certain schools of thought, but also the forms of 'philosophical' thinking that have been effective in the functioning and perception of cinema and related artistic and cultural fields in different historical periods. The possible subjects for the conference may include newly reformulated concepts like nostalgia, memory, loss, grief, melancholy, soul and body, as well as theories and movements like realism, romanticism, expressionism, hermeneutics, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, feminism, and Marxism. Currently, some concepts have opened up productive spaces and grounds for reconsidering issues such as the center-periphery conflict, the balance between the two, and democracy. Concepts of class, equality, freedom and justice have created a gravitational pull. Therefore, all areas that have been in dialogue with philosophy from past to present (anthropology, sociology, positive sciences, linguistics, ethics, etc.) can be included into the framework of the conference so long as they are operationalized in relation to cinema and philosophy. Moreover, papers may cover the historical process, the ideological sensibilities of the period, the engagement of the artists to the historical discourse of the period, and the reflections of this engagement on creating characters, narrative styles and techniques, the worldviews of the characters, the ways of seeing provoked by cinema, the reasoning of the artists as well as their ethical and aesthetic premises. We are looking forward to your paper and panel proposals for Turkish Film Studies Conference XII.

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Those who would like to respond to the open call for the conference are kindly requested to send:

·    a 400-500-word presentation abstract,

·    three key words summarising the subject,

·    a short biography of 100-200 words.

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Those who would like to propose a pre-constituted panel consisting of 3-4 presentations are requested to send:

·    a 250-300 word statement describing the panel,

·    a short biography of the organizer,

·   information required for each of the individual contributions that comprise the panel.

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Please also state the preferred language of the presentantion in the application, since this is bilingual (Turkish/English) conference without simultaneous translation.

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Contact person: Oznur Sahin

  <mailto:(oznur.sahin /at/ khas.edu.tr)>(oznur.sahin /at/ khas.edu.tr)

Deadline:Â  February 28, 2011

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The main objective of the conference is to create a productive platform to encourage new perspectives on Turkish Film Studies by gathering academics, film makers and cinephiles interested in cinema of Turkey under the same roof. The edited versions of the selected papers from previous conferences are regularly published by Baglam Press. These volumes have formed the first comprehensively and systematically institutionalized works on cinema of Turkey. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to this process.

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Advisory Board:

Tevfik BaÅ?er (Kadir Has University)
Deniz Bayrakdar (Kadir Has University)
Nevena Dakovic (Univerzitet u Beogradu)
John Hill (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Dina Iordanova (University of St. Andrews)
Cemal Kafadar (Harvard University)
Fatih �zgüven (Film Critic)
Giovanni Scognamillo (Film Critic)
Louise Spence (Kadir Has University)
Hülya Uçansu (Former Director of Istanbul Film Festival)

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Programming Committee:

Tül Akbal Sualp (Bahcesehir University)
Zahit Atam (Film Critic)
Deniz Bayrakdar (Kadir Has University)
�vgü Gökçe (Altyazı)

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Organizing Committee:

Deniz Bayrakdar (Kadir Has University)
Melis Behlil (Kadir Has University)

Levent Soysal (Kadir Has University)

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Conference Assitant:

Ã?znur Å?ahin (Kadir Has University)

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