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*New Directions in Turkish Film Studies Conference* *XII*
*5-7 9 May 2011, Kadir Has University, İstanbul*

Does cinema do philosophy? Does philosophy benefit from cinema?

The theme of this year’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.


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?



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.



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.



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.



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



Contact person: Oznur Sahin

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Deadline:  February 28, 2011



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 Başer (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 Özgüven (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)
Övgü 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:*

Öznur Şahin (Kadir Has University)

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