March 13th, 2025 – June 12, 2025, 5PM-6:30PM, Hybride Event, Campus of the University of Vienna, Institute’s Auditorium

 March 13th, 2025 – June 12, 2025, 5PM-6:30PM, Hybride Event, Campus of the University of Vienna, Institute’s Auditorium

The Ringvorlesung Turkologie Summer semester 2025 will be devoted to the Contemporary trends in the study of modern Turkish literature. The lecture series at the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Vienna will examine contemporary research trends in modern Turkish literature, offering students and scholars new perspectives on the field’s evolving dynamics. Key topics include Turkish literature in a global context, exploring cross-cultural influences and international reception. Another focal area is the emerging field of health humanities, investigating how themes of health, illness and well-being are represented in Turkish literary works. The series will also address the interplay between literature and contemporary politics, providing insights into how authors from Turkey engage with socio-political issues.  Additionally, discussions will cover gender and LGBTIQ+ representation, analysing (queer) narratives that reflect and challenge societal norms. Finally, we will explore transcultural identities and the role of translation, emphasizing how migration and diaspora shape the Turkish literary landscape. Overall, this lecture series, scheduled for the summer term 2025, seeks to provide new insights into the diverse thematic dimensions of modern Turkish literature through contemporary literary approaches.

Zoom-Link for the entire lecture series 
https://univienna.zoom.us/j/68578731559?pwd=U2Jouiq5vxnOwaKNWuitJmFF9TFmK1.1

Meeting ID: 685 7873 1559
Passcode: 188961

Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.

https://univienna.zoom.us/meeting/u5wocOGvrTovH91QGUWSdWAk0WcPLrAyAAUd/ics?icsToken=DKgBQb95c9sK-C56-gAALAAAAEr_FWtonrnuX208kW4u0AqbmgT_Tknde77O5PxUvXHonOBqT49JWbYT2027xwtyTbwmIQ7Rw3bsk061NzAwMDAwMQ

13.03.2025        
Brett Wilson (Central European University, Vienna)
A Microcosm of Ottoman Decline: Sufism, Sexuality, and Morality in Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu's Nur Baba (Abstract and Bio)

20.03.2025
Petr Kučera (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
Sex, Drugs and Violence: Turkish Underground Literature (Abstract and Bio)

27.03.2025        
Johanna Chovanec (University of Vienna)
Narrating Neurodiversity in Turkey: an Emerging Literary Genre? (Abstract and Bio)

03.04.2025        
Hülya Çelik (Ruhr University Bochum) /Ani Sargsyan (University of Hamburg)
Translating Worlds, Bridging Cultures: Shaping Literary Taste(s) in 19th-Century Ottoman Empire (Abstract and Bio)

10.04.2025        
Ercan Akyol (University of Vienna)
Publishing Ottoman Texts in Modern Times: Denial, Distortion and Censorship (Abstract and Bio)

08.05.2025        
Şima İmşir (Koç University, Istanbul)
In Sickness and in Health: Medical Imagination in Turkish Literature (Abstract and Bio)

15.05.2025        
Ralph Poole (Paris Lodron University Salzburg)
Queer Turks on the Move: Ambiguities of Home in Pan-European Cinema (Abstract and Bio)

22.05.2025        
Özen Nergis Dolcerocca (University of Bologna)
Modernizing Empires: Enlightenment, Nationalist Vanguards and Non-Western Literary Modernities (Abstract and Bio)

05.06.2025        
İpek Şahinler (University of Texas at Austin)
What is Queer Turkish Literature? (Abstract and Bio)

12.06.2025        
Burcu Alkan (Yeditepe University Istanbul)
Medical Humanities in Turkey: The Psych-Direction (Abstract and Bio)