Organizing Committee:
Dr. Heather Alberro (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Dr. Emrah Atasoy (Cappadocia University, Turkey)
Dr. Raffaella Baccolini (University of Bologna, Italy)
Dr. Shaul Bassi (Ca-Foscari University of Venice, Italy)
Dr. Anna Bugajska (Jesuit University Ignatianum, Poland)
Dr. Marcin Turski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)
Dr. Fátima Vieira (University of Porto, Portugal)
►Conference Program►
Opening Ceremony: 11:00-11:30 GMT+3
Welcoming Remarks by Cappadocia University and Conference Organizing Committee
Dystopia and Utopia: 11:30-12:50 GMT+3
Chair: Dr. Emrah Atasoy
Dr. Anna Vaninskaya: “Speaking Truth to Power: George Orwell and Victor Serge”, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Dr. Raffaella Baccolini: “Contested Memories and Acts of Counter-Commemoration as Temporary Utopian Spaces”, University of Bologna, Italy
Dr. Emrah Atasoy: “Problematizing the Definition of Utopia and Dystopia”, Cappadocia University, Turkey
Dr. Benet Vincent and Dr. Jim Clarke: “Translating Nadsat into French and Spanish: Contrasting Translation Strategies”, Coventry University, UK
BREAK 12:50-13:10 GMT+3
Cultural Intersections: 13:10-14:10 GMT+3
Chair: Dr. Anna Bugajska
Dr. Tomasz Skirecki: “American Gothic as an icon of American popular culture” Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Dr. Jarmila Midorf: “Narratives and Mental Health: Medical Humanities Perspectives and Creative Interventions”, Paderborn University, Germany
Dr. Anna Bugajska: “Inspecting Gadgets: Emerging Technology in Culture”, Jesuit University Ignatianum, Poland
LUNCH BREAK 14:10-15:10 GMT+3
Posthumanism and the Anthropocene: 15:10-16:30 GMT+3
Chair: Dr. Shaul Bassi
Dr. Sinan Akıllı: “The Posthumanist Turn in Adaptation Studies, or the Lack Thereof…”, Cappadocia University, Turkey
Dr. Heather Alberro: “Interrupting the Anthropocentric ‘One-World World’ through Le Guin’s Always Coming Home”, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Dr. Shaul Bassi: “Writing Venice in the Anthropocene”, Ca-Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Chiara Xausa: “A Feminist and New Materialist Reading of the Broken Planet: N. K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season”, University of Bologna, Italy
BREAK: 16:30-16:50 GMT+3
Language and Translation Theory: 16:50-17:50 GMT+3
Chair: Dr. Marcin Turski
Dr. Jacek Surzyn: Where word breaks off no thing may be "- Problem of relation being-language. The voice of Martin Heidegger”, Jesuit University Ignatianum, Poland
Dr. Yusuf Gökkaplan: “Semiotics Studies in Turkey”, Cappadocia University, Turkey
Dr. Marcin Turski: “The Interpreting Profession - a Blessing or a Curse?”, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
BREAK: 17:50-18:10 GMT+3
Literary Theory and Translation: 18:10-19:30 GMT+3
Chair: Dr. Fátima Vieira
Dr. Sibel Dinçel: “On the Verge of Re-writing Literature: Writer, Translator, Editor Trilogy”, Cappadocia University, Turkey
Dr. Mena Mitrano: “Between Suspicion and Love: The Debate on Postcritique”, Ca-Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Dr. Fátima Vieira: “Julius Caesar: Translating Rome into the late 16th century”, University of Porto, Portugal
Dr. Rui Carvalho Homem: “Wavering Borders: Translation and Shakespeare in Our Time”, University of Porto, Portugal
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