[Bilimsel Haber] Beyond Boundaries: Media, Culture and Identity in Europe, 2-3 Oct 2009

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From: Aysegül Kesirli <aysegulkesirli at yahoo.com>


Beyond Boundaries:
Media, Culture and Identity in Europe

2-3 October 2009, Bahçesehir University,
Besiktas,
Istanbul, Turkey


Keynote Speakers

Prof. Richard Collins (Professor of Media Studies, Sociology, The Open
University)

Prof. Johan Fornäs (Professor at the Department of Culture Studies and 
Director of the Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden (ACSIS), 
both at Linköping University in Sweden)

Prof. Kevin Robins (Based in Istanbul and a visiting fellow at 
Goldsmiths' College, University of London)

Prof. William Uricchio (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
Comparative Media Studies)


Conference Program

2 October 2009, Friday

08.30 - 09.30  Registration

09.30 - 10.00 Opening Speech

10.00 - 11.00 Fazil Say Conference Hall

Prof. William Uricchio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Utrecht
University -- "Europe as Palimpsest: Exploring Definitional Tensions"

11. 15 -- 12.15 Fazil Say Conference Hall

Prof. Kevin Robins, Based in Istanbul and a visiting fellow at Goldsmiths'
College, University of London -- "Europe by Free Association"

12.15 - 13.30 Lunch Break

13.30 - 15.00 Panel I
Türkan Soray Hall

Difference, Diversity, Consumption
Chair: Kaya Özkaracalar

Eunice Goes, Richmond University -- "The End of British 
Multiculturalism: Changing Elite Attitudes Towards Muslim Veiled Women 
in Britain"

Sevgi Ayse Öztürk, Anadolu University and Nurdan Sevim, Bilecik 
University -- "Media Consumption Behavior of Turkish Immigrants in 
Germany: The Effect of Ethnic Identification, Language Ability and 
Duration of Stay."

Volkan Aytar, University of Amsterdam -- "Devouring the Reconstructed 
City: New Turkish Consumerism and Spaces of Fun and Leisurely 
Consumption in Istanbul"

13.30 - 15.00 Panel II
Fazil Say Conference Hall

Theorizing Europe I
Chair: Christine Hanke

Loreta Georgievska Jakovleva, Institute of Macedonian Literature and 
Misel Pavlovski, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius -- "Europe as 
Europe's Otherness"

Franziska Dübgen, Goethe-University -- "Reflexive Eurocentrism? - 
Hospitality as Deconstructive Ethics"

Dieter Mersch, University of Potsdam -- "Europe's Identity Politics: 
Between Alterity and Imperialism"

15.00 - 15.30 Coffee Break

15.30 - 17.00 Panel III
Türkan Soray Hall

Europeanization vs. Eurocentrism
Chair: Orhan Tekelioglu

Agnes Czajka, American University in Cairo / The Centre for Migration 
and Refugee Studies - "Europe's Other: Europe , Europeanization, and the 
Refugee"

Shambhavi V. Murthy Gopalkrishna, University of Lagos - "To Hell with
Eurocentrism in the New Millennium: In Search of Alternatives from the 
African Shores"

Jehanne-Marie Gavarini, University of Massachusetts Lowell -- "European
Passport: The Subversive Performances of Tanja Ostojic"

15.30 - 17.00 Panel IV
Fazil Say Conference Hall

Screening Europe
Chair: Savas Arslan

Kevin Smets, Philippe Meers, and Roel Vande Winkel (University of 
Antwerp) and Sofie Van Bauwel (Ghent University) - "Turkish Diasporic 
Cinema Culture in the Multicultural European City: A Structural Analysis 
of Turkish Film Screenings in Belgium"

May Telmissany, University of Ottawa -- "Bridging Deleuzian Nomadicism 
and Transnational Cinema"

Mariah Larsson, Malmö University and Olof Hedling, Lund University / 
Växjö University -- "National Boundaries? Pornographic Films in Sweden 
in the 1970s"

18.00 Conference Cocktail


3 October 2009, Saturday

9.30 - 11.00 Panel V
Türkan Soray Hall

Media and Cultural Policies in Europe
Chair: Süheyla Schroeder

Elena Lazarou, London School of Economics / Senior Research Fellow, 
Hellenic Center for European Studies -- "The role of the national media 
in the Europeanization of national foreign policy"

Selcen Öner, Bahçesehir University -- "The EU Policies on Media: 
Challenges and Implications on Identity"

Salvatore Scifo, Marmara University -- "European Community Media Policy:
Opportunities and Challenges in the New EU Term"

9.30 - 11.00 Panel VI
Fazil Say Conference Hall

Seeing Europe through Media Practices
Chair: Alex Seago

Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and E. 
Nezih Orhon, Anadolu University - "Greek Media's Coverage on Turkey's 
Accession to the EU and Turkish Media's Striking Back"

Walid El Khachab, York University -- "The Other Europe: Veils, 
(In)Visibility and Strangers in Western Culture"

Mehmet Sagnak, Bahçesehir  University -- "Reading Europe from Turkish Media"

11.15 - 12.15 Fazil Say Conference Hall

Prof. Johan Fornäs, Linköping University, "Between Captain Euro and 
Entropa: Symbols of Europe as Ambivalent Identifiers"

12.15 - 13.30 Lunch

13.30 - 14.30 Fazil Say Conference Hall

Prof. Richard Collins, The Open University -- "How Important is Culture 
in a Just and Durable Society?"

14.30 - 15.00  Coffee Break

15.00 - 16.30 Panel VII
Türkan Soray Hall

Understanding European Identities: Temporal and Spatial Approaches
Chair: Volkan Aytar

Özgür Yaren, Yüzüncü Yil University -- "Transidentical Intersections: 
Queer and Migrant Film Practices in Europe"

Sheenagh Pietrobruno, Fatih University -- "Europe and the Intangible 
Heritage"

15.00 - 16.30 Panel VIII
Fazil Say Conference Hall

"Designing" Europe
Chair: Winfried Gerling

Natascha Adamowsky, Humboldt University -- "Playing with Computers in 
Urban Space: Aesthetic-Medial Dimensions."

Simon Vincent, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, University of 
Potsdam - "The Sampler"

16.30 - 17.00 Coffee Break

17.00 - 18.30 Panel IX
Fazil Say Conference Hall

Transnational Movements : The Case of the Turkish German Diaspora

Chair: Burçe Çelik

Süheyla Schroeder, Bahcesehir University, University of Potsdam, and 
Stefanie Appelius, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam -- "Strategies 
and Policies of "Mainstreaming" German Turks in the German Media"

Onur Kömürcü, Goldsmiths, University of London -- "Cultural Diversity in 
the Arts Policies and Turkish German Artists' Working Conditions in 
Berlin's Cultural Industries"

Demet Lüküslü, Yeditepe University -- "Turkish Hip Hop: A Migrant 
Culture and A Transnational Community?"

17.00 - 18.30 Panel X
Türkan Soray Hall

Theorizing Europe II
Chair: Dieter Mersch

Savas Arslan, Bahçesehir University  -- "Danger! Keep Out: Europe under
De-con-struction"

Barry Stocker, Istanbul Technical University - "Political Theory and the 
Idea of Europe: Foucault Against Habermas"

Christian Schwarzenegger, University of Vienna -- "The Europe of the 
Others - A Posttraditional Tale"

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Please note:

There is no fee for the conference registration.
The language of the conference is English.

If you have further questions about the conference, please do not 
hesitate to contact us.

E-Mail: Aysegül Kesirli (conference assistant) <aysegulkesirli at yahoo.com>
Phone: +90 (212) 381 0764

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