[Bilimsel Haber] CFP First Circular --- Topographies of 'Turkish cinema': Hybrids, hyphens and borders ---

[Gokcen Karanfil]

*Topographies of ‘Turkish cinema’: Hybrids, hyphens and borders*



International Conference**

İzmir University of Economics, Department of Media and Communication

İzmir / Turkey

21-22 April 2011

http://iletisim.ieu.edu.tr/topographies



*First Circular*





Over the past few decades the concept of national cinema has become a hotly
debated topic. The global circulation of cultures, finances, people and
commodities has come to render impossible the delegation of fixed national
affiliations to films, filmmakers and audiences. Furthermore, as a more
recent development, the way films are being produced/co-produced,
distributed and consumed are now raising new questions for, and requiring
new vocabularies from film, scholars. When we look at the literature in this
area the concept of national cinema is being contested increasingly. At the
heart of these discussions we encounter notions such as transnationalism,
globalization, diaspora, migration, post-nationalism, hybridity, exile,
post-colonialism etc. Interestingly, with a few exceptions, the literature
on Turkish cinema seems to have missed, or at best neglected, these
discussions.



The* Topographies of ‘Turkish Cinema’* conference is intended to be an
intervention into these issues, aiming to shed light on Turkey-related
films, filmmakers and audiences. There are approximately four million
Turkey-related migrants living in western European countries, and many
filmmakers with links to Turkey dispersed around the world, producing films
that portray hybrid, diasporic subjectivities and experiences. These
audiences, films and filmmakers are forging new transcultural fields, which
scholars and critics of Turkish Cinema have yet to properly engage with. The
* Topographies of ‘Turkish Cinema’* conference will bring together
filmmakers, researchers and academics to initiate a discussion that
probletamises the concept of what ‘Turkish Cinema’ might be. Within this
context the position of Turkey-related filmmakers, films and audiences will
be reconsidered and the impact of its cinema on diasporic/transnational
viewers will be scrutinized.



Below is a non exhaustive list of topics and themes around which interested
film scholars, filmmakers and cinema professionals may give their
presentations. The list is intended to be a guide; we are open to papers on
topics other than the ones listed below as well.



·       Films and their nationalities

·       Hyphenated identities, belongings and films

·       Theorizing the concepts of *nationality*, *transnationalism,
migrant, exilic* and *diasporic* within the scope of Turkish cinema

·       Rethinking conventional vocabulary used for stereotyping particular
films, filmmakers and audiences (Türk asıllı/Turkish-origined,
gurbetçi/expatriate etc.) – their contestations

·       Film as a bridge/breach between host/guest cultures and societies

·       Migratory filmmakers - their biographies, cinemas and films

·       Non-conventional migrants/migrations: exiles, sojourners, etc.

·       Films and audiences

·       Short and documentary films

·       Migratory Turkish filmmaking as a transnational industry.
(Distribution, co-production, etc.)

·       Celebrities and spectacles of diasporic/transnational Turkish cinema


·       Screening of Turkish films abroad and their reception among
audiences (theatres, premieres, festivals)



Abstracts of up to 400 words can be sent to gokcen.karanfil at ieu.edu.tr or
serkan.savk at ieu.edu.tr. The abstracts should include the full name,
institutional affiliation (if any) and the contact information of the
author(s) along with an e-mail address. The deadline for abstract submission
is the 10th of December 2010. There will be a registration fee of 50 Euros
for those presenting a paper. The language of the conference will be
English. Each presenter will have 20 minutes to present her/his work.



As a parallel project to the *Topographies of ‘Turkish Cinema’* conference,
we are planning to publish an edited collection which will include selected
papers from the conference presentations. Those who are interested in
contributing to this collection with their articles will need to send in the
drafts of their full papers by the 1st of April 2011.



*Important dates*

*Deadline for abstract submission*: 10 December 2010

*Notification of acceptance:* 20 December 2010

*Registration opens:* 15 January 2011

*Deadline for full paper drafts:* 1 April 2011(for those who wish to
contribute to the edited book project)

*Registration ends:* 8 April 2011

*Conference days:* 21-22 April 2011



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*Organizing committee*

Burak Doğu

Assist. Prof. Dr. Ebru Uzunoğlu

Assist. Prof. Dr. Gökçen Karanfil

Serkan Şavk

Prof. Dr. Sevda Alankuş



*Academic Advisory Board*

Assist. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Gürata (Bilkent University)

Assist. Prof. Dr. Ashley Carruthers (Australian National University)

Assist. Prof. Dr. David J. Gramling (University of Arizona)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nejat Ulusay (Ankara University)

Prof. Dr. Nezih Erdoğan (İstanbul Bilgi University)

Prof. Dr. Robert Cardullo (İzmir University of Economics)





You can reach further details regarding the conference through the website
located at http://iletisim.ieu.edu.tr/topographies



Please don’t hesitate to contact the Conference Organizing Committee through
the following e-mails should you have any questions.

serkan.savk at ieu.edu.tr

gokcen.karanfil at ieu.edu.tr
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