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<P>UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON</P>
<P>NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES AND CIVILIZATION DEPARTMENT</P>
<P>TURKISH STUDIES PROGRAM</P>
<P>PRESENTS</P>
<P>A YEAR OF TURKISH LITERATURE</P>
<P>A Public Symposium</P>
<P>Turkish Literature in Seattle</P>
<P>A Celebration of Turkish Literature in English</P>
<P>February 1-2, 2008</P>
<P>PROGRAM</P>
<P>Friday, February 1</P>
<P>8:00 p.m., Kane Hall 220</P>
<P>Introduction Selim S. Kuru</P>
<P>Address Ahmet Ari,</P>
<P>Secretary for the Ministry of Culture of Turkey</P>
<P>Keynote Session</P>
<P>Ataol Behramoglu: Love in the Four Quarters of Poetry</P>
<P>An Evening with Ataol Behramoglu</P>
<P>Translations by Walter G. Andrews</P>
<P>Saturday, February 2</P>
<P>Modern Turkish Literature: The Translator's Ordeal</P>
<P>10:00-11:30 a.m., Communications 120</P>
<P>Aron Aji and Selim S. Kuru [moderator: Erdag Goknar]</P>
<P>Lunch Break</P>
<P>11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.</P>
<P>Translating Orhan Pamuk: On the Way to a Nobel Prize</P>
<P>1:00-1:45 p.m., Communications 120</P>
<P>Erdag Goknar and Maureen Freely</P>
<P>[moderator: Walter G. Andrews]</P>
<P>Translating the Ottoman Heritage</P>
<P>2:00-2:45 p.m., Communications 120</P>
<P>Walter G. Andrews and Mehmet Kalpakli</P>
<P>Translating Turkish Literature: What? Why? And How?</P>
<P>3:00-3:45 p.m., Communications 120</P>
<P>A Roundtable Discussion; All Speakers</P>
<P>CONCERT</P>
<P>4:30-5:30 p.m., Kane Hall 220</P>
<P>Munir Nurettin Beken</P>
<P>_______________________________________________________________</P>
<P>SPEAKERS</P>
<P>Aron Aji (Professor, St. Ambrose University, Davenport)</P>
<P>Walter G. Andrews (Professor, University of Washington, Seattle) Ataol
Behramoglu (Poet, Professor, İstanbul University, İstanbul) Munir Nurettin Beken
(Professor, UCLA) Maureen Freely (Professor, Warwick University, UK) Erdag
Goknar (Professor, Duke University, Durham) Mehmet Kalpakli (Professor, Bilkent
University, Ankara) Selim S. Kuru (Professor, University of Washington,
Seattle)</P>
<P>________________________________________________________________</P>
<P>Organizing Committee</P>
<P>Walter G. Andrews, University of Washington, Seattle</P>
<P>Mehmet Kalpakli, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey</P>
<P>Selim S. Kuru, University of Washington, Seattle</P>
<P>________________________________________________________________ </P>
<P>Supported by:</P>
<P>The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism</P>
<P>The University of Washington:</P>
<P>The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization,</P>
<P>The Middle East Center,</P>
<P>The Simpson Center for the Humanities.</P>
<P>TACA-WA</P>
<P>The Turkish-American Cultural Association of Washington</P>
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<P>Selim S. Kuru</P>
<P>Associate Professor</P>
<P>Turkish Studies Program</P>
<P>University of Washington</P>
<P>Near Eastern Languages and Civilization</P>
<P>Box. 353120</P>
<P>Seattle WA, 98195 USA</P></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>