Staging the Past in Contemporary Turkey

Welcoming

Welcoming address by Bayram Balcı (IFEA)

Introduction

Neo-Cultures in Turkey: Cultural Revivals, Nostalgia and Performing Traditions since the 1990s Ülker Sözen (NIT)

Panel 1: Performing the Ottoman Past

The Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora in the Early Twentieth Century Mustafa Avcı (Altınbaş University)
Ottoman Music and Historically Informed Performance Practice Judith Haug (OII)
Mevlevi Sema in Contemporary Turkey: The Culturalization of a Sufi Ritual Ayşe Akyürek (IFEA)

Coffee Break

Panel 2: The Past in Contemporary Turkey

"The Efe Walks". Staging a Late Ottoman Figure in Contemporary Western Anatolia Lydia Zeghmar (IFEA)
Afro-Turks and Revitalization of the Calf Festival (Dana Bayramı) Fahriye Dinçer (YTÜ)
Music within the Neo-Dersim Revival Martin Greve (OII)

Conclusion speech

Arzu Öztürkmen (Boğaziçi University)