Workshop #3 : Visualising the Ottoman City : then and now

Ottoman Past, Present Cities : Cosmopolitanism and Transcultural Memories AHRC Research Network

Friday 28th March 2014 / Birkbeck, University of London 

The workshop will address some of the representational issues that arise from this pivotal historical moment in the visual culture of the empire to question the possibility of a multi-vocal cosmopolitanism emerging out of these images. Parallel to this the workshop will address the visual ‘archive fever’ that is currently sweeping the ex-Ottoman cities and the dialogue that could be initiated between the visual ottoman pasts and present conflicts in the Middle East thus highlighting the role that contemporary artistic interventions can play in transgressing present nationalisms in the area. 

Speakers :   Wendy M. K. Shaw, Vazken Khatchig Davidian, Gabriel Koureas, Laura Carderera and Yael Friedman

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