Today, a superficial gaze at the diverse landscape of the political left at a global level could make one observe an overwhelming representation of leftist movements that are strongly secular and critical of religion in general. However, that generalization does not hold strong under academic scrutiny. Religion and political left have a complicated, intertwined, and…

Contesting Governance Platform at Utrecht University invites you to a book launch hosted by author Dr. Aslı Zengin, Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Rutgers University, the United States. This event will include a talk about the book from Dr. Aslı Zengin, followed by an interdisciplinary discussion.  Dr. Zengin’s book Violent Intimacies :…

What is Turkey’s mode of production? Does Turkey’s social structure diverge from that of the West? Will workers or intellectuals be the vanguard of the socialist struggle in Turkey? These questions sparked significant debates among the Turkish left during the Cold War. These debates led to investigations into the historical sociology of the Ottoman Empire…

In this event Görkem Akgöz (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) will discuss her latest book In the Shadow of War and Empire: Industrialisation, Nation-Building, and Working-Class Politics in Turkey. The book offers a site-specific history of Ottoman and Turkish industrialisation through the lens of a mid-century cotton factory in the “Turkish Manchester” a name chosen by the Ottomans…

The “cosmopolitan” districts of Galata and Pera in Istanbul, with embassies built since the beginning of the 16th century, can be seen as one of the first environments in world history where diplomacy constructed a peculiar urban space and landscape. In this lecture, Paolo Girardelli argues that, beginning in the mid 18th century, each phase…

27 March | 17:00-18:30 | Spui 25 Amsterdam | Onsite & Online A panel discussion with Enno Maessen (Turkey Studies Network), Zeynep Koban (University of Amsterdam), Zeynep Kaşlı (Erasmus University), Burcu Köken (TU Delft), Sherwan Qasem (Médecins sans Frontières) and Uğur Üngör (NIOD/University of Amsterdam). Moderation: Beste İşleyen (University of Amsterdam). The two disastrous earthquakes…

Thursday 15 December 2022 | 17:15 – 18:15 | Leiden University | Lipsius Cleveringaplaats 1 Leiden & Online Television drama is the strongest narrative tool for popular culture to represent and comment on the socio-political context in which it is produced. The idea that television drama is a powerful tool in present days cultural production…