[Bilimsel Haber] CIEE Summer 2012 Intern. Fac. Dev. Seminar in Turkey - "Consuming Istanbul: Space, Spectacle and the Politics of Popular Culture"

[Gonul Pultar]

From: Caitlin Vaughan <CVaughan at ciee.org>


CIEE - Council on International Educational Exchange (USA) announces 
Summer 2012 International Faculty Development Seminar in Turkey

Consuming Istanbul:  Space, Spectacle and the Politics of Popular Culture
June 11 – 22, 2012

<http://www.ciee.org/ifds/seminars/turkey/index.aspx>

Program Description:  Since the 1980's, Turkey, in particular Istanbul, 
has seen unprecedented transformations with the influences of rapid 
urbanization, the emergence of consumerism and the "opening" up to new 
configurations of public space and images. While Turkey's accession to 
the E.U. remains elusive, and the country's role on the global economic 
and political stages is being debated, images and imaginings of Istanbul 
have acquired new and complex significance. Declared a "Cultural Capital 
of Europe" in 2010, a number of civic initiatives, municipal "urban 
renewal" (i.e. gentrification) projects, and cultural events have 
literally and figuratively "re-oriented," reshaped and repackaged 
Istanbul for consumption on local and global levels.

Academic Content Includes Lectures Addressing:

  *   Space, Power, and Politics in Contemporary Turkey
  *   Migration, Globalization, and Urban Transformation in Istanbul
  *   Civilizing Istanbul: City, Spectacle, and the Making of a Capital 
of Culture
  *   Istanbul through the Ages
  *   Imagining Istanbul: Tourism and the Consumption of Culture
  *   Istanbul in Literature, Art, Public, and Private Spaces
  *   Turkish Foreign Relations: Bridge or Barrier?
  *   Religion, Politics, and Social Change in Turkey

Funding Assistance Available:  Ping Faculty Development Fellowship 
awards in the amount of $1000-1500 are available for 10-15 International 
Faculty Development Seminar participants per year.

Questions about the seminars or the Ping Fellowship awards can be 
directed to either Teri Coviello, <mailto:tcoviello at ciee.org> 
tcoviello at ciee.org<mailto:tcoviello at ciee.org>, or Cait Vaughan, 
<mailto:cvaughan at ciee.org> cvaughan at ciee.org<mailto:cvaughan at ciee.org>.