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'''Provisional Programme'''<br><br> '''Provisional Programme'''<br><br>
-27 September 2012<br><br>+<u>27 September 2012</u><br><br>
09.00-10.00 <br> 09.00-10.00 <br>
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15.30-17.00<br> 15.30-17.00<br>
-Session 2: Women’s Writing and the Memory Work+''Session 2: Women’s Writing and the Memory Work''<br><br>
-Moderator: Arzu Öztürkmen (Bo?aziçi University - ?stanbul/Turkey) +Moderator: Arzu Öztürkmen (Bo?aziçi University - ?stanbul/Turkey) <br><br>
-Elif Ekin Ak?it (Ankara University- Ankara/ Turkey)+*Elif Ekin Ak?it (Ankara University- Ankara/ Turkey)<br>
-“Feminist Utopias: The Memoirs of Mualla Eyübo?lu” +*“Feminist Utopias: The Memoirs of Mualla Eyübo?lu” <br><br>
-Tülin Ural (University of Mimar Sinan- ?stanbul/ Turkey)+*Tülin Ural (University of Mimar Sinan- ?stanbul/ Turkey)<br>
-“Theme of ‘Marriage with a Foreigner’: Nationalism and Female Authorship in Early Republican Novel”+*“Theme of ‘Marriage with a Foreigner’: Nationalism and Female Authorship in Early Republican Novel”<br><br>
-Hazal Halavut (Bo?aziçi University- ?stanbul/Turkey)+*Hazal Halavut (Bo?aziçi University- ?stanbul/Turkey)<br>
-“Absence is a ‘Shirt of Fire’: Literary Encounters with Zabel Yesayan and Halide Edib” +*“Absence is a ‘Shirt of Fire’: Literary Encounters with Zabel Yesayan and [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/5275 Halide Edib]” <br><br>
-17.00- 17.30 +17.00- 17.30 <br>
-Çimen Günay-Erkol: Conclusions to be drawn from the Turkish project.+''Çimen Günay-Erkol: Conclusions to be drawn from the Turkish project.''<br><br>
-28 September 2012+<u>28 September 2012</u><br><br>
-09.00-10.00 Keynote speeches “Women Writers in Turkey”+09.00-10.00 <br>
 +''Keynote speeches “Women Writers in Turkey”''<br><br>
-Ay?e Durakba?a (University of Marmara- ?stanbul/ Turkey)+*Ay?e Durakba?a (University of Marmara- ?stanbul/ Turkey)<br>
-“The Return of Rabia: Rewriting Halide Edib’s Women Characters"+*“The Return of Rabia: Rewriting [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/5275 Halide Edib]’s Women Characters"<br><br>
-Efstratia Oktapoda (University of Sorbonne Paris IV- Paris /France) +
-“Écriture féminine et autobiographie dans les Balkans:+
-Aline Apostolska, Mimika Kranaki et Lilika Nakos”+
 +*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Efstratia_Oktapoda Efstratia Oktapoda] (University of Sorbonne Paris IV- Paris /France)<br>
 +*“Écriture féminine et autobiographie dans les Balkans:
 +Aline Apostolska, Mimika Kranaki et Lilika Nakos”<br><br>
 +10.00-10.15<br>
 +Coffee break<br><br>
-10.00-10.15 Coffee break 
 +''Studing women’s authorship on a European scale
 +COST IS0901 “Women Writers In History”''<br><br>
-Studing women’s authorship on a European scale +10.15-11.00<br>
-COST IS0901 “Women Writers In History”+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Amelia_Sanz Amelia Sanz] (Complutense University of Madrid /Spain)<br>
 +*“COST Action Women Writers In History: a transnational approach to women’s writings and readings”<br><br>
-10.15-11.00 
-Amelia Sanz (Complutense University of Madrid /Spain) 
-“COST Action Women Writers In History: a transnational approach to women’s writings and readings” 
 +11.00-12.30<br>
 +''COST-WWIH session I: Nationalism and Orientalism in Women’s Writing'' <br><br>
-11.00-12.30+Moderator: [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Amelia_Sanz Amelia Sanz] (Complutense University of Madrid /Spain)<br><br>
-COST-WWIH session I: Nationalism and Orientalism in Women’s Writing +*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Caterina_Nosdeo Caterina Nosdeo] (University of Zürich/ Switzerland):<br>
 +*Scènes de la vie turque (1849-1854): The Orient of Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso.<br><br>
-Moderator: Amelia Sanz (Complutense University of Madrid /Spain)+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Astrid_Kulsdom Astrid Kulsdom] (Radboud University Nijmegen and Huygens ING/ Netherlands):<br>
 +*The Representation and Reception of Lucy M.J. Garnett as a specialist on Balkan (Women’s) Folklore<br><br>
-Caterina Nosdeo (University of Zürich/ Switzerland):+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Nadejda_Alexandrova Nadezhda Alexandrova] ( Sofia University- Sofia/ Bulgaria):<br>
-Scènes de la vie turque (1849-1854): The Orient of Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso.+*Nationalism and Nostalgia in the travelogue of the Bulgarian writer Evgenia Mars (1909)<br><br>
-Astrid Kulsdom (Radboud University Nijmegen and Huygens ING/ Netherlands):+12.30-14.00<br>
-The Representation and Reception of Lucy M.J. Garnett as a specialist on Balkan (Women’s) Folklore+Lunch<br><br>
-Nadezhda Alexandrova ( Sofia University- Sofia/ Bulgaria):+14.00-15.00<br>
-Nationalism and Nostalgia in the travelogue of the Bulgarian writer Evgenia Mars (1909)+''COST-WWIH session II: Images of Turkey and Turkish Women in Western Narratives''<br><br>
-12.30-14.00 Lunch+Moderator: Sevgi Uçan Çubukçu (?stanbul University- ?stanbul/ Turkey)<br><br>
-14.00-15.00+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Ileana_Mihaila Ileana Mihaila] (University of Bucharest/ Romania):<br>
 +*The Turkish Side of Dora d’Istria<br><br>
-COST-WWIH session II: Images of Turkey and Turkish Women in Western Narratives+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Magdalena_Koch Magdalena Koch] (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan/Poland) and [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Biljana_Doj%C4%8Dinovi%C4%87_Ne%C5%A1i%C4%87 Biljana Doj?inovi?] (University of Belgrade/ Serbia):<br>
-Moderator: Sevgi Uçan Çubukçu (?stanbul University- ?stanbul/ Turkey)+*Turkish in Cyrillic: The Serbian Writer Jelena Dimitrijevi? on Turkish Harems<br><br>
-Ileana Mihaila (University of Bucharest/ Romania): 
-The Turkish Side of Dora d’Istria 
-Magdalena Koch (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan/Poland) and Biljana Doj?inovi? (University of Belgrade/ Serbia):+15.00-16.30<br>
-Turkish in Cyrillic: The Serbian Writer Jelena Dimitrijevi? on Turkish Harems+
 +''COST-WWIH session III: Women Writers Building the ‘Other’''<br><br>
-15.00-16.30+Moderator: [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Magdalena_Koch Magdalena Koch] (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan/Poland)<br><br>
-COST-WWIH session III: Women Writers Building the ‘Other’+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Nancy_Isenberg Nancy Isenberg] (University of Romme 3- Rome/ Italy):<br>
 +*On being a woman: Giustiniana Wynne’s contribution to the discussion<br><br>
-Moderator: Magdalena Koch (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan/Poland)+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Zsuzsanna_Varga Zsuzsanna Varga] (Glasgow University-Glasgow/Scotland):<br>
 +*Bertalan and Polixéna: two 19th century Hungarian travellers negotiating alterity<br><br>
-Nancy Isenberg (University of Romme 3- Rome/ Italy):+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Katerina_Dalakoura Katerina Dalakoura] (University of Creta- Creta/ Greece):<br>
-On being a woman: Giustiniana Wynne’s contribution to the discussion+*Nationalism and education: The national self and the “other” in Greek women’s educational writings<br><br>
-Zsuzsanna Varga (Glasgow University-Glasgow/Scotland): 
-Bertalan and Polixéna: two 19th century Hungarian travellers negotiating alterity 
-Katerina Dalakoura (University of Creta- Creta/ Greece):+16.30-17.00<br>
-Nationalism and education: The national self and the “other” in Greek women’s educational writings+Coffee break<br><br>
-16.30-17.00 Coffee break+17.00-18.30<br>
 +''COST-WWIH session IV: Women’s Writing and Cultural Encounters''<br><br>
 +Moderator: Katerina Dalakoura (University of Creta- Creta/ Greece)<br><br>
-17.00-18.30+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Ramona_Mihaila Ramona Mihalia] (University of Spiru Haret-Bucharest/ Romania):<br>
 +*Trans-national Connections: Foreign(-Born) Women Writers in the Romanian Principalities<br><br>
-COST-WWIH session IV: Women’s Writing and Cultural Encounters+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Ragnhild_J._Zorgati Ragnhild J. Zorgati] (University of Oslo- Oslo/Norway):<br>
- Moderator: Katerina Dalakoura (University of Creta- Creta/ Greece)+*An unusual encounter between the Polish-Danish painter Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann and the Egyptian Princess Nazili Hanim<br><br>
-Ramona Mihalia (University of Spiru Haret-Bucharest/ Romania):+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Alenka_Jensterle_Dole%C5%BEal Alenka Jensterle Doležal] (Charles University in Prague/ Czech Republic):<br>
-Trans-national Connections: Foreign(-Born) Women Writers in the Romanian Principalities+*Cultural Hybridity of the Slovene writer Lili Novy<br><br>
-Ragnhild J. Zorgati (University of Oslo- Oslo/Norway): 
-An unusual encounter between the Polish-Danish painter Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann and the Egyptian Princess Nazili Hanim 
-Alenka Jensterle Doležal (Charles University in Prague/ Czech Republic): 
-Cultural Hybridity of the Slovene writer Lili Novy 
 +<u>29 September 2012</u><br><br>
- +09.00-10.30 <br>
-29 September 2012+''Session 3: Women’s Writing and Feminisms in Comparison''<br><br>
-09.00-10.30 Session 3: Women’s Writing and Feminisms in Comparison+
-Moderator: Çimen Günay-Erkol (WWT project leader, Özye?in University- ?stanbul/ Turkey)+Moderator: Çimen Günay-Erkol (WWT project leader, Özye?in University- ?stanbul/ Turkey)<br><br>
-“Two Fin de Siecle Literary Feminists Across the Waters: Halide Edip and Virginia Woolf”+Burcu Alkan (WWT member, Bahçe?ehir University-?stanbul/ Turkey)<br>
-Burcu Alkan (WWT member, Bahçe?ehir University-?stanbul/ Turkey)+“Two Fin de Siecle Literary Feminists Across the Waters: Halide Edip and Virginia Woolf”<br><br>
-“A Transnational Approach to Confessional Poetry Through the Works of Sylvia Plath and Nilgün Marmara”+?ima ?m?ir (WWT member, Özye?in University- ?stanbul/ Turkey)<br>
-?ima ?m?ir (WWT member, Özye?in University- ?stanbul/ Turkey)+“A Transnational Approach to Confessional Poetry Through the Works of Sylvia Plath and Nilgün Marmara”<br><br>
-10.30- 11.00 Coffee break 
-11.00-12.00 Panel discussion about the importance of the WWT project for COST-WWIH and vice versa; possibilities of collaboration for the near future.+10.30- 11.00<br>
 +Coffee break<br><br>
-Participating in the panel:+11.00-12.00<br>
-For TWW:+''Panel discussion about the importance of the WWT project for COST-WWIH and vice versa; possibilities of collaboration for the near future.''<br><br>
-1. Çimen Günay-Erkol +
-2. Senem Timuro?lu+
-3. Burcu Alkan+
-For COST-WWIH: +Participating in the panel:<br>
-1. Amelia Sanz+For ''TWW'':<br>
-2. Biljana Dojcinovic+* [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Cimen_Gunay_Erkol Çimen Günay-Erkol]<br>
-3. Nadezhda Alexandrova+* [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Senem_Timuroglu Senem Timuro?lu]<br>
 +* [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Burcu_Alkan Burcu Alkan]<br><br>
 +For ''COST-WWIH'': <br>
 +* [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Amelia_Sanz Amelia Sanz]<br>
 +* [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Biljana_Doj%C4%8Dinovi%C4%87_Ne%C5%A1i%C4%87 Biljana Dojcinovic]<br>
 +* [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Nadejda_Alexandrova Nadezhda Alexandrova]<br><br><br>
 +'''About the Workshop'''<br><br>
- +Since last year Turkish colleagues Senem Timuroglu have joined our COST-WWIH Action. They represent a research project entitled "Turkish Women Writers", and were for that reason eager to join "Women Writers In History". During the [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Bucharest%2C_April_2012 Bucharest Workshop] Senem Timuroglu was present. She then announced the final symposium of the "Turkish Women Writers" project, planned for end of September 2012, in which it would be interesting to make explicitly the connection with COST-WWIH. Colleagues present were all in favour.<br><br>
- +
- +
- +
- +
- +
- +
-'''''Call for proposals'''''<br><br>+
- +
-'''OZYEGIN UNIVERSITY, FACULTY of ARTS and SCIENCES'''<br><br>+
- +
-Since last year Turkish colleagues Senem Timuroglu have joined our COST-WWIH Action. They represent a research project entitled "Turkish Women Writers", and were for that reason eager to join "Women Writers In History". During the Bucharest Workshop Senem Timuroglu was present. She then announced the final symposium of the "Turkish Women Writers" project, planned for end of September 2012, in which it would be interesting to make explicitly the connection with COST-WWIH. Colleagues present were all in favour. Hence here the announcement and call for papers: <br><br> +
-'''Transnational Perspectives on 19th and 20th century Women’s Writing''' <br>+''Transnational Perspectives on 19th and 20th century Women’s Writing'' is an international workshop taking place within the scope of the project “Women’s Writers in Turkey” supported by TÜB?TAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (109K517). The project also takes part in the collaborative research in the framework of the COST Action entitled “Women Writers In History – Toward a New Understanding of European Literary Culture” (IS0901). In our project we seek to explore the history of women’s literature in Turkey in an interval spanning from 16th-century Ottoman Empire to 21st-century contemporary Turkey, aiming to establish a trilingual (Turkish, English and French) electronic database that will make biographical and bibliographical information about women writers in Turkey visible and increase both the research potential on their work and also the number of citations that previous critical research gets. <br><br>
-International Workshop (27-28-29 September 2012) Istanbul-Turkey <br><br>+
- +
-This international workshop takes place within the scope of the project “Women’s Writers in Turkey” supported by TÜB?TAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (109K517). Our Project also takes part in the collaborative research in the framework of the COST Action entitled “Women Writers In History – Toward a New Understanding of European Literary Culture” (IS0901). In our project in which we seek to explore the history of women’s literature in Turkey in an interval spanning from 16th-century Ottoman Empire to 21st-century contemporary Turkey, we aim to establish a trilingual (Turkish, English and French) electronic database that will make biographical and bibliographical information about women writers in Turkey visible and increase both the research potential on their work and also the number of citations that previous critical research gets. <br><br>+
The 19th and 20th centuries witnessed an acceleration in the interaction of international women’s movement and women’s writing. This transnational movement which spread out across-borders, opened a door to the disintegration of colonial and orientalist discourse, which contained homogenous and monolithic fictions with strong influence on gender order, and also on solid constructions such as nation, ethnicity, and class. <br><br> The 19th and 20th centuries witnessed an acceleration in the interaction of international women’s movement and women’s writing. This transnational movement which spread out across-borders, opened a door to the disintegration of colonial and orientalist discourse, which contained homogenous and monolithic fictions with strong influence on gender order, and also on solid constructions such as nation, ethnicity, and class. <br><br>
-This international workshop titled “Transnational Perspectives on 19th and 20th century Women’s Writing” aims to enliven the dialogue between texts published by women writers of different origins. A comparative look at women’s writing will be animated with help from the theory of transnationalism which favors historical and experience-based relations over nationalist, ethnic, and cultural divisions. <br><br>+This international workshop aims to enliven the dialogue between texts published by women writers of different origins. A comparative look at women’s writing is animated with help from the theory of transnationalism which favors historical and experience-based relations over nationalist, ethnic, and cultural divisions. <br><br>
Some thematic titles include: <br> Some thematic titles include: <br>
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*Production and circulation of texts (translation, translator, publisher) <br><br> *Production and circulation of texts (translation, translator, publisher) <br><br>
-Sessions will be conducted in English. Please send your abstract as MS Word attachment (max. 250 words) with a short bio to [mailto:senem.timuroglu@ozyegin.edu.tr Senem Timuroglu], no later than 15 June 2012 (extended).  
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-SvD, June 2012<br><br><br>+AsK, September 2012<br><br><br>
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*Conferences > [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/NEWW_international_conferences NEWW international conferences] > Istanbul 2012 <br><br> *Conferences > [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/NEWW_international_conferences NEWW international conferences] > Istanbul 2012 <br><br>

Revision as of 08:01, 19 September 2012


International Workshop Istanbul 27-28-29 September 2012




Transnational Perspectives on 19th and 20th century Women’s Writing:
Turkey and Europe

Symposium closing the project “Women Writers in Turkey” and opening the collaboration with COST Action “Women Writers In History”.

To be held at:
WOMEN'S LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTER FOUNDATION
Kadir Has Caddesi, No.8
Fener - Haliç
34220 – ?stanbul



Provisional Programme

27 September 2012

09.00-10.00
Registration - tea and coffee

10.00-11.00
Welcoming and Opening speech

  • Prof. Dr. Esra Gençtürk (Vice Rector of Özye?in University -?stanbul/Turkey)

Presentation of “Women Writers in Turkey” Project

  • Assist. Prof. Dr. Çimen Günay-Erkol (Project Leader WWT, WWIH member, Özye?in University - ?stanbul/Turkey):
  • The Profile of Women Writers in Turkey

Presentation of COST Action IS0901

  • Suzan van Dijk:
  • Female connections with Turkey: travelers, brides, writers

11.00-12.00
Keynote speeches

  • Jale Parla (Bilgi University - ?stanbul/Turkey)
  • Bodyless Voice, Echo

  • Nüket Esen (Bo?aziçi University - ?stanbul/Turkey)
  • To be a woman and a writer: The case of Fatma Aliye

12.00-13.30
Lunch

13.30-15.00
Session 1: Women and Writing in the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic

Moderator: Didem Havlio?lu (?stanbul ?ehir University - ?stanbul)

  • Gül?en Çulhao?lu (WWT member, Çankaya University - Ankara):
  • Ottoman Women Poets Writing from behind the Cage of Literature: 15th-20th centuries

  • Senem Timuro?lu (WWT member, WWIH member, Özye?in University - ?stanbul):
  • The Profile of 19th Century Ottoman Women Writers

  • Reyhan Tutumlu (WWT member, Sabanc? University - ?stanbul)
  • Women Writers in Anthologies and Literature Textbooks

15.00-15.30
Coffee break

15.30-17.00
Session 2: Women’s Writing and the Memory Work

Moderator: Arzu Öztürkmen (Bo?aziçi University - ?stanbul/Turkey)

  • Elif Ekin Ak?it (Ankara University- Ankara/ Turkey)
  • “Feminist Utopias: The Memoirs of Mualla Eyübo?lu”

  • Tülin Ural (University of Mimar Sinan- ?stanbul/ Turkey)
  • “Theme of ‘Marriage with a Foreigner’: Nationalism and Female Authorship in Early Republican Novel”

  • Hazal Halavut (Bo?aziçi University- ?stanbul/Turkey)
  • “Absence is a ‘Shirt of Fire’: Literary Encounters with Zabel Yesayan and Halide Edib


17.00- 17.30
Çimen Günay-Erkol: Conclusions to be drawn from the Turkish project.

28 September 2012

09.00-10.00
Keynote speeches “Women Writers in Turkey”

  • Ay?e Durakba?a (University of Marmara- ?stanbul/ Turkey)
  • “The Return of Rabia: Rewriting Halide Edib’s Women Characters"

  • Efstratia Oktapoda (University of Sorbonne Paris IV- Paris /France)
  • “Écriture féminine et autobiographie dans les Balkans:

Aline Apostolska, Mimika Kranaki et Lilika Nakos”


10.00-10.15
Coffee break


Studing women’s authorship on a European scale COST IS0901 “Women Writers In History”

10.15-11.00

  • Amelia Sanz (Complutense University of Madrid /Spain)
  • “COST Action Women Writers In History: a transnational approach to women’s writings and readings”


11.00-12.30
COST-WWIH session I: Nationalism and Orientalism in Women’s Writing

Moderator: Amelia Sanz (Complutense University of Madrid /Spain)

  • Caterina Nosdeo (University of Zürich/ Switzerland):
  • Scènes de la vie turque (1849-1854): The Orient of Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso.

  • Astrid Kulsdom (Radboud University Nijmegen and Huygens ING/ Netherlands):
  • The Representation and Reception of Lucy M.J. Garnett as a specialist on Balkan (Women’s) Folklore

  • Nadezhda Alexandrova ( Sofia University- Sofia/ Bulgaria):
  • Nationalism and Nostalgia in the travelogue of the Bulgarian writer Evgenia Mars (1909)

12.30-14.00
Lunch

14.00-15.00
COST-WWIH session II: Images of Turkey and Turkish Women in Western Narratives

Moderator: Sevgi Uçan Çubukçu (?stanbul University- ?stanbul/ Turkey)

  • Ileana Mihaila (University of Bucharest/ Romania):
  • The Turkish Side of Dora d’Istria

  • Magdalena Koch (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan/Poland) and Biljana Doj?inovi? (University of Belgrade/ Serbia):
  • Turkish in Cyrillic: The Serbian Writer Jelena Dimitrijevi? on Turkish Harems


15.00-16.30

COST-WWIH session III: Women Writers Building the ‘Other’

Moderator: Magdalena Koch (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan/Poland)

  • Nancy Isenberg (University of Romme 3- Rome/ Italy):
  • On being a woman: Giustiniana Wynne’s contribution to the discussion

  • Zsuzsanna Varga (Glasgow University-Glasgow/Scotland):
  • Bertalan and Polixéna: two 19th century Hungarian travellers negotiating alterity

  • Katerina Dalakoura (University of Creta- Creta/ Greece):
  • Nationalism and education: The national self and the “other” in Greek women’s educational writings


16.30-17.00
Coffee break


17.00-18.30
COST-WWIH session IV: Women’s Writing and Cultural Encounters

Moderator: Katerina Dalakoura (University of Creta- Creta/ Greece)

  • Ramona Mihalia (University of Spiru Haret-Bucharest/ Romania):
  • Trans-national Connections: Foreign(-Born) Women Writers in the Romanian Principalities

  • Ragnhild J. Zorgati (University of Oslo- Oslo/Norway):
  • An unusual encounter between the Polish-Danish painter Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann and the Egyptian Princess Nazili Hanim

  • Alenka Jensterle Doležal (Charles University in Prague/ Czech Republic):
  • Cultural Hybridity of the Slovene writer Lili Novy


29 September 2012

09.00-10.30
Session 3: Women’s Writing and Feminisms in Comparison

Moderator: Çimen Günay-Erkol (WWT project leader, Özye?in University- ?stanbul/ Turkey)

Burcu Alkan (WWT member, Bahçe?ehir University-?stanbul/ Turkey)
“Two Fin de Siecle Literary Feminists Across the Waters: Halide Edip and Virginia Woolf”

?ima ?m?ir (WWT member, Özye?in University- ?stanbul/ Turkey)
“A Transnational Approach to Confessional Poetry Through the Works of Sylvia Plath and Nilgün Marmara”


10.30- 11.00
Coffee break

11.00-12.00
Panel discussion about the importance of the WWT project for COST-WWIH and vice versa; possibilities of collaboration for the near future.

Participating in the panel:
For TWW:

For COST-WWIH:



About the Workshop

Since last year Turkish colleagues Senem Timuroglu have joined our COST-WWIH Action. They represent a research project entitled "Turkish Women Writers", and were for that reason eager to join "Women Writers In History". During the Bucharest Workshop Senem Timuroglu was present. She then announced the final symposium of the "Turkish Women Writers" project, planned for end of September 2012, in which it would be interesting to make explicitly the connection with COST-WWIH. Colleagues present were all in favour.

Transnational Perspectives on 19th and 20th century Women’s Writing is an international workshop taking place within the scope of the project “Women’s Writers in Turkey” supported by TÜB?TAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (109K517). The project also takes part in the collaborative research in the framework of the COST Action entitled “Women Writers In History – Toward a New Understanding of European Literary Culture” (IS0901). In our project we seek to explore the history of women’s literature in Turkey in an interval spanning from 16th-century Ottoman Empire to 21st-century contemporary Turkey, aiming to establish a trilingual (Turkish, English and French) electronic database that will make biographical and bibliographical information about women writers in Turkey visible and increase both the research potential on their work and also the number of citations that previous critical research gets.

The 19th and 20th centuries witnessed an acceleration in the interaction of international women’s movement and women’s writing. This transnational movement which spread out across-borders, opened a door to the disintegration of colonial and orientalist discourse, which contained homogenous and monolithic fictions with strong influence on gender order, and also on solid constructions such as nation, ethnicity, and class.

This international workshop aims to enliven the dialogue between texts published by women writers of different origins. A comparative look at women’s writing is animated with help from the theory of transnationalism which favors historical and experience-based relations over nationalist, ethnic, and cultural divisions.

Some thematic titles include:

  • Body
  • Voyage/Migration/Exile
  • Cultural hybridity
  • Master narratives
  • East and West
  • The “other”
  • Education
  • Harem
  • Resistance
  • Common differences
  • Intertextuality
  • Solidarity
  • Freedom
  • Production and circulation of texts (translation, translator, publisher)







AsK, September 2012




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