Invited Presentations

 

"Night-time Illumination in Istanbul," at “The Urban Night: Issues of Culture, Security and Inclusion,” organized by Prof. Will Straw, Casa del Popolo, Montreal, August 7, 2014.

 

“Peripheries of Istanbul in Cinema.” 5533 Art Space, 13th Istanbul Biennial. Istanbul, Turkey, September 19, 2013.

 

Final Plenary Session, overview of conference presentations, IASTE Conference. Portland, OR, U.S.A., October 7, 2012.

 

“Panoramic Urbanism: Visualizing Urban History in Istanbul.” Delivered at:

 

University of California Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A., January 22, 2014;

 

Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., November 7, 2011;

 

Department of Art History, Binghamton University, SUNY. Binghamton, NY, U.S.A., October 19, 2011;

 

Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Bogazici University. Istanbul, Turkey, July 7, 2011;

 

Department of Art History, New York University. New York, NY, U.S.A., April 11, 2011;

 

School of Architecture, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Urbana-Champaign, IL, U.S.A., April 6, 2011.

 

“‘Imageability’” in Architectures of Globalization.” School of Architecture, McGill University. Montreal, QC, Canada, June 13, 2011.

 

“Recording the Fabric of Istanbul.” Recording the Fabric of Great Cities Workshop, organized by English Heritage, Andrew Saint and Peter Guillery, London, U.K., May

       11, 2010.

 

“Imagining ‘Old Istanbul’: Mediations of the ‘Turkish House’.” Symposium: Urban Planning in Istanbul, Kevorkian Center, New York University. New York, NY, U.S.A.,

       May 23, 2010.

 

“Nation Building and the Design of Capital Cities.” Department of Art History, Ithaca College. Ithaca, NY, U.S.A., March 23, 2010.

 

“Emergence of Urban Politics in Turkey through the Lens of Cinema.” Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University. Istanbul, Turkey, December 14, 2006.

 

 

Conference Presentations

 

“Housing for Spatial Justice.” The Society of Architectural Historians Annual Conference. Chicago, U.S.A., April 17, 2015.

 

“Visualizing Spatial (In)Justice in Middle Eastern Cities.” (with PhD student Ayça Köseoğlu) World Congress of Middle Eastern Studies at the Middle East Technical

        University in Ankara, Turkey, August 21, 2014.

 

“Nighttime Illumination in Istanbul.” The Urban Night: Issues of Culture, Security and Inclusion. Casa del Popolo and University of McGill. Montreal, Quebec, Canada,

       August 7, 2014.

 

“Building Missionary Networks in the Eastern Mediterranean.” The Society of Architectural Historians Annual Conference. Austin, TX, U.S.A., April 9, 2014.

 

“Panoramic Urbanism.” “IMAGES (III) – Images of the City” Conference, Austrian Cultural Forum. Istanbul, Turkey, October 31, 2013.

 

“Housing Options after Pruitt-Igoe.” International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) Biennial Conference. Portland, OR, U.S.A., October 4,

        2012.

 

“Istanbul in Black-and-White: Cinematic Representations of Urban Modernity.” Panel: “Cinematic Urbanism in the Middle East.” Historians of Islamic Art Association

       2nd Annual Symposium. Washington, D.C., U.S.A., October 21-23, 2010.

 

“Imagining Nations in Miniature: A Comparison of Splendid China in Florida and Shenzen.” Session: “A Closer Look at Miniaturization.” College Art Association Annual

       Conference. Chicago, U.S.A., February 10, 2010.

 

“The Return of the Turkish House in Popular Media.” Session: “Transforming Home: The Politics of Dwelling in the Middle East.” Middle Eastern Studies Association of

       North America (MESA) Annual Conference. Boston, MA, U.S.A., November 23, 2009.

 

“The Return of the Turkish House.” Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments. Oxford, U.K., December 14, 2009.

 

“Emergence of New Consumption Practices in a Modernizing City: Istanbul in the Mid-Twentieth Century.” European Social Science History Conference. Lisbon,

       Portugal, February 28, 2008.

 

“1960s’ Social Realism: Could Cinema Be Used in the Service of Revolution?” American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Conference. Washington, D.C.,

       November 2007.

 

“Locating the Istanbulite: Reframing Images of Underdevelopment for Cosmopolitan Nostalgia.” International Congress of Aesthetics Conference: Aesthetics Bridging

       Cultures, Middle East Technical University. Ankara, Turkey, June 10, 2007.

 

“From Golden Houses of ‘Little America’ to Class Coalition between ‘Bus Passengers’: Emergence of Urban Politics in Turkey.” Middle Eastern Studies Association of

       North America (MESA) Annual Conference. Boston, MA, U.S.A., November 2006.

 

“Showcasing Istanbul and Modeling Citizenship in Turkey’s Miniature Park.” American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Conference. San Jose, CA, U.S.A.,

       November 2006.

 

“ColaTurka's Imaginary Encounters with Amerika.” Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference: “Mirrorings: Reflections on Reflection.” Harvard University. Cambridge, MA,

       U.S.A., April 2006.

 

“Lost in Migration: Visualizations of Istanbul in Turkish Cinema.” Symposium: “Istanbul Fragmented.” Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture. Istanbul,

       Turkey, September 22, 2005.

 

“Citizenship in the City: Two Takes on Istanbul through Migrants’ Eyes.” Conference: “Visualizing the City.” University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K., June 28, 2005.

 

“Infantile Citizenship in a Post-Global Istanbul.” International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) Biennial Conference: “Post-Traditional

       Environments in a Post-Global World.” Sharjah, U.A.E., December 2004.

 

“Camouflage in Mediaspace: ColaTurka's Imaginary Encounters with Amerika.” Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.,

       November 2004.

 

“Sedad Eldem and National Architecture in Turkey: Myth and Reality in a Cinematic Representation.” Middle Eastern Studies Association of North America (MESA)

       Annual Conference. Anchorage, AK, U.S.A., November 2003.