Symposium on Autobiographical Themes in Turkish Literature: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives

Istanbul, 15 – 17 May 2003, organized by Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, and the Orient-Instiut der DMG, Istanbul

Tentative Program

Wednesday, 14 May

Arrival of conference guests

Thursday, 15 May, 9:30-12:45

09:30

Welcome speech

1. Theoretical Dimensions: Developments

in Autobiographical Criticism

Chair: Angelika Neuwirth

10:00-10:30

Christoph K. Neumann (Istanbul): Concepts of the Self among the Ottomans

10:30-11:00

Susanne Enderwitz (Heidelberg): Autobiography and Islam

11:00-11:30

Özkan Ezli (Frankfurt): Lejeune and Foucault or the Place Where the Author Cannot Be

11:30-11:45

coffee break

11:45-12:15

Hülya Adak (Istanbul): The Misanthrope and His Beloved Nation: Rıza Nur’s Hayat ve Hatıratım [My life and my memoirs]

12:15-12:45

Herrad Heselhaus (Tübingen/Tsukaba): Autobiography and Age

12:45-14:30

lunch break

Thursday, 15 May, 14:30-18:15

 2. Spectrum and History of First-Person- Narrative Genres

Chair: Christoph Neumann

14:30-15:00

Derin Terzioglu (Istanbul): Diarist as Ventriloquist: Poetics of the Self in a Seventeenth-century Ottoman Diary

15:00-15:30

Barbara Kellner-Heinkele (Berlin): Autobiography and Self Representation: Hafiz Nuri Efendi's Divan

15:30-16:00

Zehra Toska (Istanbul): Eski Türk Edebiyatından Otobiyografik Bir Eser: Mehmet Rifat’in Sergüzeşti

16:00-16:15

coffee break

16:15-16:45

Klaus Kreiser (Bamberg): An Ottoman Autobiography: Ebubekir Hazım Tepeyrans Hatıralar

16:45-17:15

Haşim Koç (Istanbul): Memoirs of a Dervish: Aşçı Dede İbrahim

19:30

Reception at the Orient-Institut der DMG

Susam Sokak 16-18, 80060 Cihangir

Friday, 16 May, 9:30-12:15

3. Aspects of Identity and the Process of Self-Constitution

Chair: Sibel Irzik

09:30-10:00

Serif Mardin (Istanbul): Ibrahim Temo’s Childhood Memoirs

10:00-10:30

Nilüfer Hatemi (Istanbul): An Example of First-Person Narrative: The Diaries of Marshal Fevzi Çakmak

10:30-11:00

Erika Glassen (Freiburg): The Sociable Self: The Search for Identity in Conversation (Sohbet)

11:00-11:15

coffee break

11:15-11:45

Nüket Esen (Istanbul): Menfa: Self-Reflection in Ahmet Midhat’s Memoirs in Exile

11:45-12:15

Halim Kara (Istanbul): The Juxtaposition of Self and Nation in Yakup Kadri’s Autobiographical Writings

12:15-14:00

lunch break

Friday, 16 May, 14:00-17:45

4. Fact and Fiction in Autobiographical Writings

Chair: Nüket Esen

14:00-14:30

Sibel Irzık (Istanbul): Narratives of Collectivity and Autobiography in Latife Tekin’s Works

14:30-15:00

Karin Schweissgut (Berlin): Autobiographical Features in the Works of Leylâ Erbil and Aslı Erdogan

15:00-15:30

Börte Sagaster (Istanbul): Autobiographical Writings in Turkish Literature after 1980

15:30-15:45

coffee break

15:45-16:15

Katharina Nikolic (Berlin): The Autobiographical Space in Orhan Pamuk’s Works

16:15-16:45

Olcay Akyıldız (Istanbul): What Happens When Fact and Fiction Overlap? Emine Sevgi Özdamar’s Leben ist ein Karawanserei

18:30

Keynote Speaker of the Symposium - Orhan Pamuk: Özyaşam mı İtiraf mı? (Autobiography or Confession?)

20:00

Reception at Albert Long Hall, Boğaziçi University

Saturday, 17 May, 10:00-13:15

5. Turkish Literature in Comparative Perspective

Chair: Hülya Adak

10:00-10.30

Stefan Wild (Bonn): Fading heroes: Modern Arabic Autobiographies in Comparative Perspective

10:30-11:00

Farzaneh Milani (Virginia): Women’s Autobiographies in Iran

11:00-11:30

Mehmet Ölmez (Istanbul): The Biography and Autobiography of Chinese Pilgrim Xuanzang

11:30-11:45

coffee break

11:45-12:15

Gabriele Jancke (Berlin): Autobiography as Social Practice in Modern German-Speaking Areas

12:15-12:45

Angelika Neuwirth (Berlin): Imagining Autobiography: Mahmud Darwish's self-representation as a liminal figure

12:45-13:15

Stephan Guth (Bern): Writing the Self, Choosing a Language: Non-Arabic autobiographies by Arabs, non-Turkish by Turks.

13:15-13:45

Closing session and final discussion