Oct 11, 2019
Ayşe Parla – Precarious Hope: Migration and the Limits of Belonging in Turkey
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Giddings House
128 Hope St.
Turkey
May 3, 2019
Turkish Studies Reading Group #3
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Birkelund Boardroom
Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
Apr 30, 2019
The Seven Doors film screening with Dr. Mehmet Mim Kurt
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
111 Thayer St.
Apr 5, 2019
Turkish Studies Reading Group #2
2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Birkelund Boardroom
Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
Mar 13, 2019
Asli Zengin – Caring for the Dead: Intimacy, Abandonment and Transgender Funerals in Turkey
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute
111 Thayer St.
Feb 22, 2019
Turkish Studies Reading Group #1
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Birkelund Boardroom
Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
Sep 21, 2018
Asli Zengin — The Afterlife of Gender: Sovereignty, Intimacy, and Transgender Funerals in Turkey
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Giddings House 212
Apr 10, 2018
Apr 3, 2018
Fatma Müge Göçek – Gender and Nationalism in Turkey and Kurdistan
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Sep 19, 2017
Film | Araf, 2012 (Somewhere in Between)
7pm – 9pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Mar 7, 2017
Turkish Film Series | Eskiya, 1996 (The Bandit)
7pm – 9:30pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Feb 16, 2017
Lecture + Book Talk | The Singing Turk: Ottoman Power and Operatic Emotions on the European Stage from the Siege of Vienna to the Age of Napoleon
12pm – 2pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Jan 31, 2017
Turkish Film Series | Hacivat Karagoz Neden Olduruldu? (Killing the Shadows)
7pm – 9pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Nov 19, 2016 – Feb 5, 2017
Fatma Bucak | And men turned their faces from there
Bell Gallery and List Art Center Lobby
Nov 1, 2016
Turkish Film Series | Kasaba (The Small Town) 1998
“Us and Them: Across the Borders” MES film series on Displacement, presented by Prof. Pelin Kadercan and Kutay Onayli ’17 in partnership with BUFF (Brown Film Forum)
7pm – 9:30pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Oct 4, 2016
Turkish Film Series | Ruzgarin Hatiralari, 2015 (Memories of the Wind)
“Us and Them: Across the Borders” MES Turkish film series on Displacement, presented by Prof. Pelin Kadercan and Kutay Onayli ’17 in partnership with BUFF (Brown Film Forum)
7pm – 9:30pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Sep 20, 2016
Turkish Film Series Screening/ Gölgeler ve Suretler, 2010 (Shadows and Faces)
Original Title: Gölgeler ve Suretler (Shadows and Faces)
7pm – 9:30pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Sep 15, 2016
The Coup, the Purge, and the Future of Democracy in Turkey: A Teach-in
5:30pm – 7:45pm ListArt120, 64 College Street, Providence, RI 02912 United States
Apr 19, 2016
Film Screening and Talk “A Touch of Spice”
6:30pm – 8pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Apr 12, 2016
“Fair to Swear? Gendered formulations of fairness in football in Turkey”
12pm – 2pm Giddings 212, 128 Hope Street, Providence, 02912 United States
Mar 22, 2016
Film Screening: “Men on the Bridge” / Turkey
Men on the Bridge (2009) written and directed by Aslı Özge.
7pm – 9pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Mar 3, 2016
Critical Conversations # 6: Suffocating Embrace? The Futures of Palestinians in Israel
Every semester, Middle East Studies holds a public discussion, Critical Conversations on Palestine/Israel featuring distinguished panelists.
5:30pm – 7:30pm Macmillan 117, Starr Auditorium, 167 Thayer Street Providence, RI 02912 United States
Nov 13, 2015
“Between Distinction and Mediocrity: Turkey after the Elections”/ By Invitation. Peter Green Lecture
Peter Green Lecture on the Modern Middle East with Engin Deniz Akarli, Professor of History, Istanbul Şehir University, and Professor Emeritus, Brown University.
12pm – 1:45pm Brown Faculty Club, One Magee Street, Providence, RI 02912 United States
Nov 3, 2015
“From Forbidden Love to The Magnificent Century: Turkish Soap Operas in the Arab Middle East”
5pm – 6:30pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St. Providence, RI 02906
Dec 3, 2014